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List of Scholarships: 24 Scholarships to Apply to Before the New Year

With students having some free time over holiday break, we thought we’d share these. The best part? The majority have minimal requirements which means most students are eligible to apply. Time to get busy!

5 Quick Tips to Maximize the Holiday Break for the College Process

The holiday season is upon us. While this often represents time to spend with family, it is also a great time to catch up on the college prep that has fallen to the wayside

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New FAFSA Changes: 5 Quick Tips to Maximize Financial Aid

Whether your child is going to be a freshman or they are returning to college in the fall, it’s time to start thinking about how to pay for it – or else you can miss out on a lot of money! Here are 5 quick tips to maximize the FAFSA.

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How to Get Money for College: 10-Point Checklist to Help Your Child

While scholarships can sometimes seem like mystical creatures, the truth is that students are awarded billions of dollars in scholarships every single year. Check out our 10-point checklist below to help your child be competitive for scholarships.

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How Grants and Scholarships Help Needy Students to Complete Higher Studies

How can grants and scholarships help needy students to complete higher studies? These days, educational costs are sky high and simultaneously the unemployment level are rising. As a result, very few students are able to fund their college costs. The parents are equally not able to fund their kid’s higher education as they’re going through…

The Complete Reference Guide on How to Pay for College: FAFSA, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Student Loans and More

Do you know how to pay for college? Are you fully prepared to cover the substantial expense of college? Do you want a better understanding of FAFSA, financial aid, scholarships, student loans and all those key terms for paying for college? And for those with students already in college, are you paying for college in the…

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5 Common Mistakes That Increase the Cost of College

The cost of college is not declining. This is well-known. And with the constant reminder that student loan debt is getting out of hand, parents and students are trying to find ways to make higher education more affordable. Even so, some families may not even realize that they are voluntarily increasing their expenses. Here are…

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4 Scholarship Myths That Lead to Student Loans (And How to Overcome Them)

Paying for college is only getting more and more challenging over time. With tuition and costs increasing at a rate much higher than inflation, it’s nearly impossible for families to be able to afford it on their own – especially with multiple students. This leads to students borrowing huge amounts of money and signing up…

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The Most Difficult Part of Applying for Scholarships

The scholarship process can be a scary and grueling task for many students. It can even be scary for parents – desperate for their child to secure some free funding, yet unsure of where to start. According to most of my students, one of the hardest parts of applying for scholarships is finding appropriate scholarships…

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3 Quick Tricks to Streamlining Your Scholarship Process

Keeping track of everything you need for scholarship applications can be overwhelming. Scholarship applications Logins Passwords Essays Recommendation letters Transcript requests SAT & ACT score requests Schedule information College information ….the list goes on. In my 5 years of applying to REAL scholarships (see my last article about how I wasted my junior year applying…

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