You’ve found the college of your dreams, you’ve got the required scores on all of your standardized tests, you’ve hit your target GPA, and you’ve received that coveted acceptance letter…now how are you going to pay for it?
This is the question that so many college-bound students and parents agonize over, and in today’s economy, this is likely to continue for some time to come. Grants, scholarships, and other forms of “free money” are increasingly difficult to come by, and the competition for the awards that are presented is fierce.
Students taking part in the College Application Program at Toby Rose's have taken a significant step in ensuring success in their quests for scholarship dollars. Independent College Counselor Toby Rose focuses her attention and imparts her knowledge directly and personally upon each student in the program, and helps each student discover and apply for the scholarships that most closely match their needs, grades, and/or talents.
There are scholarships for high grades in high school, for being part (even a small part) of a certain minority group, for participation in various activities, for having a musical or theatrical talent, or for being the first in a generation to attend college. There are even scholarships for students who are extremely tall or short, for being left-handed, or for being overweight! Corporations sponsor many scholarships, as do civic organizations.
Most people are aware of scholarships offered for those with talent in sports such as football, basketball, and baseball, but many are not aware that a student with competitive talent in ping-pong may also be eligible for tremendous financial assistance from a university with a sanctioned ping-pong team!
Students who have been successful in securing scholarship money have done so primarily due to submitting an outstanding essay (or several essays, as some scholarships require up to five different essays in their application packets). Students in the Toby Rose’s College Application Program receive one-on-one counseling.
Trying to win scholarship money can be overwhelming, to say the least, but Toby Rose takes the load off of her students.
In the past two years, 98% of Toby's students received scholarships.