Can Demonstrating Leadership and Commitment to Community Service Make the Difference?
For a student with a lower GPA or one who is unable to demonstrate financial need, there are many scholarships based solely on community service, leadership and/or merit (GPA and/or SAT/ACT score). This is my answer to parents who say, “My child will never receive a scholarship because we make too much money,” or, “My child is not an honor student or a minority.”
It is true that many scholarships and federal financial aid packages are need-based: calculated from the student’s and parents’ income from the previous year. That is why I cannot stress enough the importance of finding and applying to the scholarships for which you qualify.
Many students know that their family income will not qualify them for financial need-based scholarships or federal financial aid. They need to begin immediately establishing the foundations (as addressed in the workbook) for the profile that would qualify them for a community service, leadership, faith-based, and/or merit-based scholarship.
Testimonials
“I am not afraid of applying to schools anymore because I think I can’t afford it,” he said. “I know I am going to get in somewhere that is best for me and I will be happy.” The result at the end of his senior year was almost a half a million dollars of scholarships which included the Bills Gates Millennium Scholarship, admission to Columbia University paid in full, and scholarship money to pay for his education from the freshman year in college through medical school."
St. John Newmann High School, Naples, Florida
"Another record year at Chapel Hill High School with over one million dollars in scholarships using Path to Scholarships®! A record of nine students received Faulconer Scholarships for five years and one Dell Scholar!"
Frances Palmer, Counselor, Chapel Hill High School, Tyler, Texas
"Path to Scholarships® is a very effective program that guides students step by step. The program not only guides students through the scholarship process, but also teaches them to speak from within in learning about their life purpose. Through this curriculum students are equipped and prepared to move on to the next level!"
Jaime Valverde, Counselor, Woodburn High School, Woodburn, Oregon
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