Hi Stanley, I see your order and you should have received an email containing your pdf download links soon after you placed it. I went ahead and resent the email. The original may have gotten sent to your spam folder. Please let me know when you receive it. You can message me here or email me at info@how2winscholarships.com. Monica

Ricardo, my scholarship guides come as a pdf download. I do not have a physical book. I'm really sorry for the confusion. What can I do to help you in this situation? Monica

Hi Ricardo, I see your order and you should have received an email with your download links as soon as your payment was confirmed. Have you checked your spam folder? I went ahead and resent the email a few minutes ago. Please let me know when you get it. Monica

Hello, I'm a little confused by your question.  He used all of it to pay for his college expenses.

Hi Therese, has she gotten financial aid offers from the colleges?  You need to compare these offers and see what your family can afford.  In the meantime, there are lots of scholarships with deadlines that have not yet passed, so encourage your daughter to apply for as many as she possibly can.

Hi Brian, unique experiences absolutely make a difference in the scholarship decision process!  Each scholarship is unique, however, and students need to use each experience to align as closely as possible to each one.  For example, a student who has many years of quality volunteering (with the same organization) should concentrate on scholarships that focus on community service.  They should then share in detail about their volunteer experiences (in an interesting and detailed story-form) in their essays.  When choosing a letter of recommendation writer, the student can then ask a leader in that organization to write a letter with examples and personal details about how that student has made a difference in his or her own community.  In my scholarship guide, How to Win College Scholarships, I show students and their parents exactly how to impress scholarship judges by highlighting personal experience and leadership skills, which are both highly valued by college scholarship judges.  I hope that helps answer your question.  Feel free to contact me again anytime. 

Hi John, that's a great question.  In the scholarship essay, students need to align themselves as closely as possible to what they think the judges are looking for in their winner.  They can find this out by reading the mission statement of the company or organization offering the scholarship and reading the essays of previous winners, if shared online.  Judges love to hear true, detailed stories of how students have overcome obstacles in their lives, so sharing a weakness and then writing about how that weakness was overcome is one way to share both strengths and weaknesses in an essay.  There is no rule that weakness has to be shared however, so students needs to decide if they even want to let the judges see what they struggled with in the past, or even currently.  If the essay question directly asks students to write about both weakness and strength, students need to make sure they start off their essay with a hook (an eye-catching first few words that draw the reader in), write from their hearts, and end with a positive, uplifting tone.  I share a lot more about writing a memorable and effective scholarship essay in my ebook, How to Win College Scholarships, so I encourage you to request a call with me to get your copy and learn my unique scholarship strategies that have helped so many parents and their students win college scholarships.  You can also find more scholarship information and tips on my website at how2winscholarships.com.

It really depends on the age and level in school of you or your student, but there is never a wrong time to begin the scholarship process and apply for scholarships. Most people assume scholarships are for high school seniors only, but there are plenty of scholarships available for all levels of students, from elementary to grad school.  My best advice is to start where you are right now.  Younger students can benefit from what I call "Scholarship Prep", which is volunteering with their families, getting good grades in school, and having a special place in their home for all honors and award certificates.

There is no "scholarship season" and many make the mistake of waiting until the spring of their senior year in high school to begin applying for scholarships.  Start now, right where you are.  Find out the scholarship applying process I developed in my ebook, How to Win College Scholarships by requesting a call with me.  You get a free copy of my scholarship guide with each paid call.  You can also visit my website at how2winscholarships.com for additional scholarship help.