Saturdays we share tips of cautions to facilitate getting scholarships or avoid problems
Cheryl, Zack, Brenda, and Will all took our scholarship workshop. Each of them invited others to help them complete the five steps to get money for college. Cheryl met with members of her local church congregation. Zack worked closely with the high school guidance counselor that maintained the school’s scholarship web site. Brenda asked her older sister who had received several scholarships to help. Will formed a group of friends who all worked together. Each of them earned more than $100,000 in scholarships. They attributed their success to working with others.
Who You Can Ask to Help
You may ask several people to help you apply for financial aid. You increase your success the more the people you ask who understand how to apply for grants, scholarships, and student loans. We also suggest that while parents may help, they should not be your primary coaches. Within those parameters, you may select any of the following people to help you apply for financial aid:
- High school guidance counselors
- College financial aid counselors
- Teachers or professors
- Family members
- Friends (especially in groups) who also want to get money for college
- Human resource specialists at work who can help you get educational reimbursement
- Nonprofit associations and organizations (especially those for women & minorities)
- Others who received substantial financial aid
- Members of civic clubs, church congregations
What They Can Do to Help
Other people may help you in a variety of ways:
- Keep you encouraged and motivated
- Ask you questions to generate your thoughts, strengths,
- Remind you of activities, experiences, and memberships as you complete search engine profiles
- Brainstorm ideas for themes, categories, and home run statements
- Edit your master application, essays, and letters of recommendation
- Lift you when you get discouraged or feel like quitting
We encourage you invite others to help you apply for grants, scholarships, and student loans. You enhance your success. You feel more motivated. You think better when you bounce ideas and thoughts off others.
Tuesday we review Club Scholarship or Collegiate Funding source of funding
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