Sometimes the best way to learn is to go through the process yourself and then share your learnings with others. That’s exactly what Dawn Wotton did the other day in our Paying For College 101 F...
Applying To College Scholarships? Avoid These Mistakes
Scholarship judges go nuts when they see these mistakes made by students over and over again. Are you making them? This might surprise you, but college scholarship judges are everyday people wh...
A Student Athlete’s Path to College — Tips From An Expert
A student athlete’s path to college differs from that of the non-athlete…right? Michele Larson of Knowledge4College recently joined us on a Facebook Live to discuss this topic and what student athlete...
5 Scholarship Tips For High School Seniors
When our children are growing up, we read fairy stories to engage them in a story that can teach them about the real world. That’s great when they are young, but by the time they are in high sc...
Are No-Essay College Scholarships a Student’s Dream Come True?
One of the most searched for phrases online when it comes to college scholarships is, “No essay scholarships”. Every student dreams of filling out short scholarship forms, without doing essays, and cl...
Strategies For Getting Niche and Local Private Scholarships
Below is a summary of our Facebook Live discussion with Becky Ix on the topic of how to get niche and local private scholarships. Presenter – Becky Ix, College Prep Advisor and author of Who’s Guiding...
What Are Merit Scholarships?
Don’t good grades matter anymore? Many parents with children who excel in school are frustrated by the lack of funding for these bright students. While there seem to be thousands of scholarship...
How To Find Colleges That Give The Most Merit Aid – Follow The Money
We’ve all heard the term “follow the money” but does it come to mind when you think about applying to college? Probably not. If you’re interested to find merit aid/ scholarships, following the m...
Are Private Scholarships Worth The Effort?
With all of the college scholarship search websites available, it would seem that getting a scholarship to pay for school has never been easier. Unigo’s scholarship tool offers to match students to 3....
Learn How To Cut College Costs
Do you have an extra $250,000 to pay for one child’s college education? Very few families do. Starting February 24th, Michelle Kretzscmar (of DIYCollegeRankings) and I will be offering a 4 week ...