I
didn't have straight A's. I didn't have great test scores
and I definitely did not play a varsity sport.
But I still got two full-ride
college scholarships that equaled over
$50,000 dollars.
So if you want to know how I did it.
Please keep watching.
Hi everyone.
My name is Amber
and I'm the creator of
Girl with Drive, where I help ambitious millennials
reach their goals.
So in this video today I'm going to give you
my top five tips of how
I got college scholarships.
And this is applicable to upcoming
high school graduates as well as current
college students.
So I think most of
us know that going to college is
super valuable
but it's super expensive.
Let's be honest here.
And when I graduated high
school, I really just did not want
to be bogged down
with a bunch of student loans
and my mom could not afford to send
me to college on her paycheck.
So you know I had to think of
creative ways to pay for college
and I was
a good student
but I wasn't going to get the Gates
scholarship.
So this is
what I did
and I really hope that it can help you.
So number one I went to a community college.
Now I really did
not want the community college at first.
I thought I worked so hard during
high school that I
really feel like I deserved to go to a four
year college.
But you know
my mom really did convince me to
you know check out community college
and I didn't realize that there was so
many scholarships
at community college.
I ended up getting a full
ride scholarship which covered
my full tuition for the entire
length of my associate's degree which was two
years.
It covered my fees.
I got a book stipend
and honestly going
to community college was
the best decision I feel like I've ever
made. At community college
there's a million resources
there and a million opportunities.
So I was able to do leadership
positions during
my freshman and sophomore year.
And because I was able to do so much at community
college, it helped me get my scholarship
to my four-year-college which ended up being
the University of Maryland.
So I don't think when I watch scholarship
videos a lot of people don't talk about going
to community college but
I really think there's so many free resources
there and to get an associate's degree for
free.
That's amazing.
So I would really encourage you to check
out your local community college.
Number two.
You have to write a bomb essay.
So the essay portion
of your scholarship application is a chance
for you to tell the scholarship committee
why you're a good fit,
how to help you
and how you will also benefit them.
So how do you write this
bomb essay?
So the first thing you have to do
is do a lot of research on
the actual scholarship that you're applying for.
The first thing I would look at
is is this foundation named after
a person?
Is that person living
or is that person passed away?
And the scholarship that I
got for example to community college
was named after
a couple and they did pass away.
And I did just some
research on them.
And it said their legacy was about
helping young people
with a strong work ethic.
So my essay I tailored
it towards my work ethic
and I had a bunch of odd jobs in
my senior year of high school.
I was a clown.
I was a party host.
I dressed up as an elf for the holidays.
I did a bunch of things.
To pay for prom,
graduation and stuff.
And I spoke about how I didn't love my
jobs. But it really taught
me how to have a stronger
work ethic.
So that's how I tailored my
essay
and then I
other essays could be about you know your demographic
or about your career
or your major interest.
So kind of like tailor your resume
towards that but in a really concise way.
At the University of Maryland,
my transfer scholarship it was about
the neighborhood
or area you grew up in
and how those experiences when
you were younger shaped you
will shape you know go into the school
and your professional development.
And I spoke about how I was a military
brat and how I moved around a lot
and how I was always meeting different people
ever since I was really young
and how I had to adapt to new cultures
and new communities.
And that's why going to this school
I would fit in just fine because I've been doing
it my whole life.
So you know when you write
your essay come from the heart
but it doesn't have to be this
way grand story
you know it could be just a really small
thing.
But make that connection as to
how it's related
to the scholarship if that makes any sense.
Make sure you get this thing proofread.
And really
stay within the limit.
So if it says 500 words,
don't turn in 700 words
and address the scholarship committee
each and every time.
I had a template.
So I made so
during my senior year of high school
and during my sophomore year of college so when
I was trying to transfer,
I had three different types of
essays
but I would recycle through
but they were like templates.
So I would always customize
them depending on what scholarship I was applying for.
Number three join our
societies
and take advanced courses.
So not only does this look amazing
on your resume
but it shows that you're not content
with just doing the bare minimum.
In high school,
I was part of the National Honor Society
and the Thespian Honor Society which
is like the theater honor society
for students.
And then in college I was part of
Phi Beta Kappa which is like the
National Community College
honor society
and all of those things significantly helped
me get scholarships.
When I was applying for my four
year scholarship,
80 percent of the applicants
were in Phi Beta Kappa.
Who like
got it. You know who got the scholarship in years
past. So it only looked good
for me to be in it too.
Taking advanced courses like honors
courses, AP classes,
IB classes depending on what your
your high school offers.
It does wonders for you.
I personally took
AP classes not to get the college credit
but just to boost my GPA.
And I was because it was
AP classes are
weighted higher so I was like fine if I
got a 'B' in a class because I was like
"it's like an A." It's going to help
my GPA.
So I would really consider doing that.
And in college you know if you were
going for scholarships
and I'm going to talk about this a little later on how to get
smaller scholarships
but taking those honors courses
like your whole schedule does not be
full of honors courses.
Do what you can
but take a couple a semester because
it really shows that you're going the extra
mile and that you're not content
with just being mediocre.
Right?
My fourth tip would be to
get amazing recommendation letters.
So a really good recommendation letter
can definitely put you over the top
especially if there's a large pool
of applicants applying for the same scholarship.
So when you're asking
and thinking to yourself,
who can write a really good
scholarship recommendation
for me? Think of someone
who can really speak to the growth of you
as a student
and as a person.
So this isn't necessarily have
to be
you know if you're trying to be a pre-med
it doesn't necessarily have to be a science
teacher. Mostly the scholarship
specifically says they want
that to be your recommender.
But for me I remember
I asked my literary writing teacher,
I asked my newspaper editor,
I asked my history teacher
I had asked like so many different types of people,
my guidance counselor wrote one for me.
I just had a wide range.
I think I asked like five people because I wanted to
have options.
My top tips would be after you find
the perfect people that can write your
recommendation letter for you,
you know approach them really kindly
and this can be through an e-mail.
And you say you know I hey I'm applying for college
scholarships, could you please
write me a recommendation letter?
Send them your resume
and then you know give them some bullet
points that she may want added.
So you can be like remember
a couple of years ago when
I did that National History
Day project
and it got to the semifinals.
I would really appreciate if you maybe mention it.
So give them talking points
and I don't think it hurts to do that
at all because people do forget.
And also give them a very firm
deadline of when you need it by.
And I would say at least three
or four weeks if possible to write us.
Another tip would be
make sure the person who's writing
your recommendation letter is a
responsible person.
So I don't mean this in a shady way
or anything
but you know if you have a professor
who you know never met
deadlines never gave you your work back
on time, was always really frazzled.
Maybe that's not the best person
for you to ask to rate your
recommendation letter because you don't want to be stressed out
and like hunting them down to get
this recommendation letter.
My fifth tip would be to apply to
small scholarships.
So in addition to getting my community
college scholarship
and my transfer scholarship to my four year
university I did get some small scholarships
and I truly believe I got them because
no one else applied for them.
One of them was a humanities
scholarship which meant that I had
a take I had a have like
a certain number of humanities courses
and it was like I think like philosophy,
english,
political science I have like a mix
of courses that I passed
and I think I had to have seven
and I applied.
Wrote a really short essay.
And I got it the very next day
and I was like did anyone else
apply for this? There's no way I got that
so quickly.
But you might be thinking Amber
how do I find these small scholarships?
Well...
My number one tip honestly would
to be using social media.
So there's thousands
thousands of scholarships on
Pinterest,
on Twitter,
on LinkedIn etc. etc.
etc.
I have a Pinterest board
where I just call it college
scholarships board on my Pinterest account
and I post six times a day different
scholarships that I see.
Because I'm really passionate about
people not paying for college if you didn't know.
So my bonus tip.
So this is be my sixth tip would
be apply for contests.
So a contest
usually will not pay your
whole college.
But I found them extremely useful in
getting other things,
so I remember the
business school which I was not in,
had a contest
and it was to win a Kindle Fire.
And I applied,
again I was the only person that applied
and I got that
and it ended up being my mom's
Mother's Day gift.
She's still used it to this day.
I have won other little things.
I know friends who have won
Macbooks
and things like that that can really help them for
school.
So you know in addition
to looking for scholarships,
also look for contests.
I really hope you found this video helpful.
And this is my first video in
my series of scholarship videos
where I'll be going more into detail as
to what to do during your interview,
what to put in your resume,
how to find different types of scholarships.
So if this topic interests you,
please consider subscribing to my channel
and share this video
with anyone who you think might find
this helpful.
And as another bonus,
I'm giving away
a free scholarship checklist.
The link will be in the description
box, so check that out
and you just easily download it.
And until next time I will
see you in my next video.
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