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Finding a Scholarship and Writing Winning Essays
If you are looking for money to go to college investigate scholarships. There are many that are available and you might find them in strange places. The usual places to find scholarship information will be: your high school, your college, local businesses, and on the internet.
There are unusual places to find scholarships which might be: churches, unions, interest clubs, professional sport teams, local government, state government, newspapers, other high schools, other colleges and even professional associations.
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Big College Scholarship Bucks Are Won in Summer
Driving to the beach. Visiting the park for an enjoyable picnic. Seeing a baseball game. Calling on the local fishing hole. These are great summertime activities. Other pursuits include painting, cutting the grass and washing and waxing the car. We look forward to all of them with great anticipation. When the weather gets warm (no doubt about it), thoughts and actions turn to outdoor events.
One activity that gets forgotten by many college-bound students and their families is the inside expedition of hunting for college scholarships, searching for huge scholarship dollars, initiating the quest for money that will significantly reduce or eliminate college debt. This happens for four reasons. First, it is easy to forget because summer is now and scholarships are in the future, the distant future. Second, my child is not smart enough to win a scholarship. So, why bother thinking about it now or
ever. A third possibility: our student has no desire to go to college. Fourth, our family income is too high. Read the rest of this entry »
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How to Win Lots of Scholarship Money
Want to Win a Lot of Scholarship Money? Beginning in junior high/ middle school is a great time to start. I’m serious. A winning scholarship effort always requires a plan. And assembling a plan of action requires time.
After one of my talks a happy couple asked me “Why do you think starting in the 8th grade is the best time?” Before I could answer they said, “We are telling our children in the fifth grade to start working on winning scholarship contests and any other contests that we find out about.”
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