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High SAT Scores: How Can They Help Your College Search?

High SAT scores can be very advantageous in your student’s college search process. They can open up a whole realm of possibility when it comes to college admission and merit scholarships. We will discuss both here. High SAT Scores & College Admission After your student has taken their first SAT Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 4 years ago
Scholarships

Merit Scholarships Make College More Affordable

Merit scholarships make college more affordable, especially for those families who will not qualify for need-based aid. If you don’t know yet if you qualify for need-based financial aid, read Will We Qualify for Need-Based Financial Aid?  If you are familiar with my Upside Down College Search process, you will know Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 4 years3 years ago
Scholarships

Who Gets Full Ride Scholarships?

Who gets full ride scholarships? Most parents want to know this as wouldn’t we all love not to have to pay for college? In answering this question, the key word is “Top“. Before we go any further in exploring this though, we need to address “need based” scholarships as they Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 5 years5 years ago
Scholarships

How Do You Find Merit Scholarships?

How do you find merit scholarships? It depends on what type of merit scholarship you are looking for! In my prior post, Merit Scholarships – Types and Sources, I broke down 3 sources for merit scholarships – Private Sources, States, and the College Themselves. Let’s look at how to find Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 5 years4 years ago
Paying for College

Merit Scholarships – Types and Sources

Merit scholarships can be one of the best ways to make college affordable, especially if your family will not qualify for need-based aid. It is important to know the different types and sources of merit scholarships available. Just to be clear, a merit scholarship is “free” money offered based on Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 5 years5 years ago
Applying to Colleges

Full Tuition Merit Scholarship – A Success Story

I’d like to share a full tuition merit scholarship success story today. A mother recently emailed me to let me know about her daughter winning a great full tuition scholarship for Fall of 2018. I was thrilled to hear her story and asked if I could share it here. This Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 5 years5 years ago
College Search

College Search: When Do GPA & Test Scores Matter Most?

In the college search process, when do GPA and test scores matter most? I believe there are two places where GPA and ACT or SAT scores matter most – determining the student’s college list and qualifying for merit scholarships. Overall in college admissions, the better your student’s GPA and test Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 5 years5 years ago
Paying for College

How to Find Merit Scholarships

This post is no longer available, but I have many others on the topic of merit scholarships! Please check out the following posts instead: Merit Scholarships – Types and Sources How Do You Find Merit Scholarships Who Gets Full Ride Scholarships?      

By Wendy Nelson, 5 years4 years ago
Paying for College

What Is An Automatic Merit Scholarship?

What is an automatic merit scholarship?  An automatic merit scholarship is one that a college provides “automatically” based on the student meeting specific criteria.  The student doesn’t need to compete to receive a scholarship.  Many colleges offer automatic merit scholarships as a form of tuition discounting to attract top students. Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 6 years6 years ago
Paying for College

1,225 Major Merit Scholarships – Updated List

This post was published in July of 2016. The latest version of the Full Scholarship List, version 7.1 was published 3-13-2019 and contains more scholarships than all the previous versions. It is still available through the links below. The Full Scholarship List, with 1,225 major merit scholarships, is newly updated as Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 7 years4 years ago

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