After winning 25 scholarships for myself and over $1.2 million for students both in the U.S. and internationally, this book details most of my techniques to securing scholarships and graduating debt-free. This book covers it all. You will be 5x more likely to actually win a scholarship - if not multiple. Learn how to:-Find scholarships that you are more likely to win-Ways to speed up your process so that you are not wasting your time- Effectively write strong and memorable essays-And strategically filling out the application with discussions behind the psychology of what makes a winning application stand out from the rest
"Provides 30 complete winning scholarship essays with analysis of why they were successful, scholarship interview strategies, Q&A with scholarship judges, 12 essays that bombed and an essay-writing workshop that covers selecting a topic, creating an outline, writing and editing"--
Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples and more, this book provides a clear, stress-free roadmap to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: 1. Have you experienced significant challenges in your life? 2. Do you know what you want to be or do in the future? With these questions providing the building blocks for your essay, Sawyer guides you through the rest of the process, from choosing a structure to revising your essay, and answers the big questions that have probably been keeping you up at night: How do I brag in a way that doesn't sound like bragging? and How do I make my essay, like, deep? College Essay Essentials will help you with: The best brainstorming exercises Choosing an essay structure The all-important editing and revisions Exercises and tools to help you get started or get unstuck College admission essay examples Packed with tips, tricks, exercises, and sample essays from real students who got into their dream schools, College Essay Essentials is the only college essay guide to make this complicated process logical, simple, and (dare we say it?) a little bit fun. The perfect companion to The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2020/2021. For high school counselors and college admission coaches, this is an essential book to help walk your students through writing a stellar, authentic college essay.
The #1 selling scholarship guide from winners of more than $100,000 in scholarships. A directory of more than 1.5 million scholarships, grants and prizes that you can use at any college, The Ultimate Scholarship Book includes helpful indexes to pinpoint the best scholarships for you.
Scholarship Strategies empowers students to be uniquely proactive towards their scholarship search process, enabling them to find more scholarships than with the traditional approach through the guidance and college offices at their schools. The current approach to finding scholarships to reduce college costs is not giving families the results they need. College costs continue to rise and so does student loan debt. As a recipient of an academic college scholarship as well as several outside scholarships, Jean O’Toole was able to attend Wagner College, but she and her family still had to pay for the remainder of her education with student loans. A different approach is needed to provide families with different results. In Scholarship Strategies, Jean simplifies the scholarship application process in easy-to-follow steps which any student can incorporate into their already busy schedules. She provides students and parents with a clear plan to decipher which scholarships have the best chances of winning and should be applied to. This easy-to-follow, out-of-the-box approach was developed over a decade of working with thousands of students, giving students and families ownership of the scholarship search process to build on the efforts that their school counselors are already providing. A future can be designed without college debt, and Scholarship Strategies with its 25 clear strategies, along with 15 additional ways to reduce college costs, helps students live that future.
This guide provides proven tips to assist students with composing a scholarship essay. With the costs of college steadily on the rise, scholarships are resources to help students become financially secure. High school as well as college students can benefit from scholarships, although many students are often deterred from applying for scholarships that require an essay. Therefore, this guide will provide fundamental steps of composing an organized essay tailored to meet the requirements of most scholarship essay prompts. Students will learn how to search for various types of scholarships, tailor their essay to meet scholarship requirements, organize and structure paragraphs, cultivate their voice, and learn how to integrate their uniqueness as a writer. By the end of the guide, students will be able to write a standard scholarship essay that can be used for a variety of scholarships. The guide is ideal for high school and college students, useful for academic counselors, and beneficial for mentoring or community organizations that serve students.
An insider's college admissions guide that teaches students to identify and harness their unique passions, stand out from the crowd, and achieve their dreams. Dr. Aviva Legatt has spent her career in higher education as a professor, counselor, and admissions officer in the Ivy League, and she wants to let students in on a secret: admissions offices are sick of seeing the same cookie-cutter applications. What were once considered best practices for “doing high school right” are now so commonplace that they have become a liability. Get Real and Get In teaches readers to think outside of the box and focus on what admissions officers are really looking for—young people who dare to be their most authentic selves. Through engaging, accessible, and empathetic prose, this book forms an inspirational roadmap for readers to uncover their true passions and leverage them to create applications that truly stand out from the crowd. It also features a variety of useful exercises and candid stories from many influential figures, which teach students to look beyond just getting into a “good” college and focus more actively on identifying and attaining their long term goals. Get Real and Get In is designed to ignite an essential mindset shift in students: stop trying to just “get in” and start figuring out exactly what you want from life and how to get it. Stop managing the impressions you make on admissions officers and start defying impressions. This is an essential guide to cutting through the noise of the admissions process and gaining the confidence to forge one’s own path to success—in college and beyond.
Need Help Writing Essays for Scholarships or College? Many people hate the idea of writing scholarship essays. They find it difficult to write about certain topics and aren't sure how to respond to essay questions. This dilemma often leads them to a case of writer's block that never goes away. Unfortunately, if YOU are one of those people who hate writing, you could miss many scholarship opportunities since most scholarships and awards require an essay of some kind. Use The Scholarship & College Essay Planning Kit to help you write winning scholarship and college essays!
