Sources of Money 20: Super College Helps You Find More Money

Tuesday’s we review a source of financial aid available to help pay for college

Fran wanted to go back to school at age 52. She had 3 children, a mortgage, and a job that did not pay well enough to go to college. She needed to earn scholarships to pay for college. She attended our workshop and worked with our coaches for more than one year. She earned enough money to pay for her tuition, books, housing (that mortgage), and some of her food for two years.

About Super College

Super College (www.supercollege.com) describes their purpose as “SuperCollege was founded in 1998 in the heart of Silicon Valley as a traditional book publisher. Ironically, this coincided with the ascension of the Internet. SuperCollege quickly expanded to include an online community and electronic publishing.”

Advantages of Super College Web Site

The site offers several nice features. At the very top of the page you find options for four audiences:

• College: for high school students wanting to go to college
• Graduate school: for traditional students wanting to attend graduate school
• Adult students: for non-traditional students
• Parents: of college and graduate school

Clicking on one of the options changes what the pages say on the major elements of the page. For example, the contents of each of the following elements adapts as you click on the audience link:

• Popular (College, Graduate School, Adults Student, or Parents [shows college]) Scholarships
• Books shows different books to help each audience for example some titles are
  • 1001 Ways to Pay for College, Get Into Any College, America’s Best Colleges for B Students
  • Accepted 50 Business School Admissions Essays, Creative Careers
  • 501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College, A Painless Guide to Going Back to College Adult Students
• Ask the Experts also changes as you click a different audience. Some of the questions the experts answer include:
  • Is it too late to apply for scholarships?
  • How do I start researching colleges?
  • Is there financial aid for nursing students?
  • Are there law scholarships for law school?

Thursday we highlight the outline for reusable letters of recommendation