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The Scholarship Algorithm
Having won 25 scholarships ($90,000) for myself and over $1.2 million for students both in the U.S. and internationally, this comprehensive book details my techniques to securing scholarships and graduating debt-free. The advice in this book is applicable to any type of student no matter your grade/classification or major/study concentration. Those who have won thus far range from:
STEM, the arts, media concentrations etc.,
Med school, law school, grad school, school of business
High school students, current college students, transfer students etc.,
Various U.S. states such as California, Arizona, Ohio, the Carolinas etc.,
From various countries such as Canada, Singapore, Ghana, Germany, South Sudan etc.,
You will be 5x more likely to actually win not just one scholarship -- but multiple. In this book you will be equipped with:
Research techniques need to find scholarships that you are more likely to win
Ways to speed up your process so that you are not wasting your time
Persuasive writing skills needed to write strong and memorable essays
And strategies for filling out the application with discussions behind the psychology of what makes a winning application stand out from the rest
STEM, the arts, media concentrations etc.,
Med school, law school, grad school, school of business
High school students, current college students, transfer students etc.,
Various U.S. states such as California, Arizona, Ohio, the Carolinas etc.,
From various countries such as Canada, Singapore, Ghana, Germany, South Sudan etc.,
You will be 5x more likely to actually win not just one scholarship -- but multiple. In this book you will be equipped with:
Research techniques need to find scholarships that you are more likely to win
Ways to speed up your process so that you are not wasting your time
Persuasive writing skills needed to write strong and memorable essays
And strategies for filling out the application with discussions behind the psychology of what makes a winning application stand out from the rest
117 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2020
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December 30, 2021
I waited for this book to be a little cheaper for a year, but it's still over $40; granted, she does a wonderful job of giving you a lot of links to helpful things relevant to winning scholarships, but I feel a little let down by the contents. It costs the same as a textbook, but the content isn't very dense for what you're paying; I think $25.99-29.99 would be a very fair price for this, as the links are indeed helpful.
What I wanted in this book was a bit of the "what now" for the if/when you win a scholarship. Would I need to have a special bank account such as a 529 plan to receive scholarship money if they don't want to send it just to my personal account? What if you're applying for scholarships before you've chosen or rather narrowed down your university? She does go over how communication is key to ensure you get the payout to the proper account, so maybe I'm being nitpicky.
Something that got on my nerves a bit is that she ends the book with saying this book is not comprehensive for everything she knows about scholarships. I felt that it should be as comprehensive as possible, but she says to buy her online class. I feel that she could have better ended it by saying that the book is all you need to succeed, but if you want a more personalized coaching interaction, her class is also available. I don't know, felt a bit cheap to me.
All in all, it's full of good tips, but I don't know that it's worth the over-$40 price, and I didn't feel as if I was given a lot of information I haven't already picked up. For example, organizing my scholarships in a spreadsheet; great idea, but I feel that's common sense. Some of the categories were ones I hadn't thought of, though, so I'll definitely incorporate them into my own spreadsheet. The people who will get the most out of this book are high schoolers and college freshmen, but I am a 30-year-old return-student and senior at my uni, and I feel I could've gotten by without this. I stupidly haven't applied for scholarships before this, though, so...lol.
What I wanted in this book was a bit of the "what now" for the if/when you win a scholarship. Would I need to have a special bank account such as a 529 plan to receive scholarship money if they don't want to send it just to my personal account? What if you're applying for scholarships before you've chosen or rather narrowed down your university? She does go over how communication is key to ensure you get the payout to the proper account, so maybe I'm being nitpicky.
Something that got on my nerves a bit is that she ends the book with saying this book is not comprehensive for everything she knows about scholarships. I felt that it should be as comprehensive as possible, but she says to buy her online class. I feel that she could have better ended it by saying that the book is all you need to succeed, but if you want a more personalized coaching interaction, her class is also available. I don't know, felt a bit cheap to me.
All in all, it's full of good tips, but I don't know that it's worth the over-$40 price, and I didn't feel as if I was given a lot of information I haven't already picked up. For example, organizing my scholarships in a spreadsheet; great idea, but I feel that's common sense. Some of the categories were ones I hadn't thought of, though, so I'll definitely incorporate them into my own spreadsheet. The people who will get the most out of this book are high schoolers and college freshmen, but I am a 30-year-old return-student and senior at my uni, and I feel I could've gotten by without this. I stupidly haven't applied for scholarships before this, though, so...lol.
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