The Scholarship System: 6 Simple Steps on How to Win Scholarships and Financial Aid

by Jocelyn Paonita Pearson, Adam Carroll (foreword), Jocelyn Paonita

The Scholarship System provides you with a step-by-step guide that you can actually implement in fewer hours than a part-time job yet realize the benefits for more than four years later. With proven strategies, examples and testimonies, The Scholarship System gives you a guide to make the scholarship process as easy and painless as possible regardless of your age, GPA, financial situation, or family background. With these same tactics, Jocelyn Paonita managed to bring in over $125,000 in scholarships and financial aid, paying her entire college bill and giving her extra cash each semester. She was able to focus on her higher education rather than constantly worrying about money and how much student loan debt was piling up. With The Scholarship 6 Simple Steps on How to Win College Scholarships and Financial Aid, you can do the same thing too!

Genres: College

138 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2014

Reviews

[Tammy Moeller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is packed full of valuable scholarship information that can really help students achieve success when filling out scholarship applications. It obviously doesn't write your essays for you, but it gives students some great insight on what scholarship judges are looking for in a winning essay/application. Jocelyn is a great motivator and is clearly passionate about helping others achieve the same success that she has.

I especially loved the audio book option. I was able to listen to the entire book today, all while canning a batch of pizza sauce in my kitchen.

[Amanda Gallenberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good stuff in here. It was directed to the actual applicant (aka--my daughter in this case) but I took some notes and can give her the cliff notes and also utilize some of the tips for both my boys, starting now even. It kept mentioning a bonus parent chapter at the end, but then there wasn't one, so I'm not too sure about that part.

[The Cerroni's · Rating 5 out of 5]

My college aged kids gleaned enough information from the first edition of this book to hone their scholarship applications and come away winners. A quick read through this second edition shows a few more tips and tricks that will help with organization and attitude! Great advice!

[Tina Mayr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Customers agree that this scholarship system presents an easy to follow approach for students to optimize their chances. Jocelyn has neatly compiled years of research into understandable material to implement a time saving strategy.

[Jerome · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must Have for Students

Book is outlined properly.
Contains many examples and supporting documentation.
Book is easily to understand and follow so it is great for students.

[Matthew J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource for parents of first time college students.

[Amenumey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book on how to secure scholarships. This book has the knowledge you need to secure scholarships for your college students. We’ve had some success just by using the basic information here.

[Nicole L Dalakas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great resource for high school students - and not just seniors! This is a useful book and there is also an online program with free tips and advice and package programs as well.

[Bianca Cruz · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I love most is that this book gives practical advice that ANY student can use. The strategies on finding lesser-known scholarships and tips for writing standout essays are especially helpful.

[Tray Thompson]

Nice

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great tips!

I found the information in this book extremely helpful with guiding my family through the scholarship application process. Definitely recommend!

[Eve (Moving to StoryGraph: eve314) · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book took me about 20 minutes to read and was a waste of a third of an hour. Padding, typos, more padding, missing pieces (actual blank spaces to be addressed later), elementary-level writing. The author says right off that one need not be discouraged by a sub-perfect GPA, as she was not a spectacular student. IT SHOWS.

Long story short: Don’t assume you won’t get a scholarship; get involved with activities; keep going until your senior year of college; devote two hours a week to the search; use books and the internet and your parents’ networks to find scholarships; make lots of lists. There—I just saved you 18 minutes and the price of the book (in my case, $5.25 off eBay).

[Delores · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a lengthy book but it provides useful information presented in an easy to understand format. There are suggested exercises (filling in tables, making lists, etc.) to help an applicant prep for scholarship applications, essentially the idea is to think about qualifications in a different light especially if you feel you do not have strong qualifications. It would useful for both parents and their getting ready to go to college age children to read. The basic premise is that any student has the potential to earn scholarship monies even if you have not faced major adversity, don't have a perfect GPA or test scores or a long list of extracurricular activities. The author serves to dispel many of the myths often associated with scholarships. I flagged many pages and will use if as a resource for my soon to be college freshman.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned a few things, and it did help to have everything laid out in a systematic order. I think I would have learned a lot more if I had read this in high school though.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Let's hope this system works. It was written to the student so I'm going to get Andrew to read it next.