Petersons - The C Students Guide to Scholarships

I dedicate this book to my high school guidance counselor who told me that I could not make it to college because of my GPA and to C students everywhere who have been told by others that they could not achieve greatness and used that comment as motivation to prove them wrong.

Table of Contents

Introduction
This Book is For You, Slacker!

Chapter One
Sprinting Off the Starting Line

Chapter Two
Show Me the Money!

Chapter Three
Application Dos and Donts

Chapter Four
Write a Freakin Awesome Essay!

Chapter Five
Recommendation Letters That Rock!

Chapter Six
The Scholarship Express Package

Chapter Seven
How to Become an Interview Rock Star!

Chapter Eight
What Now?

Foreword

If a college graduate told you she paid for her education with $100,000 in scholarship money even though her high school grade point average (GPA) was less than 3.0 would you believe her? If you had a student preparing for college wouldnt you be the least bit curious to hear her story? Thats what this book is all about.

I was excited to write the foreword to this book because as a father of four children with a 16-year-old getting ready for college, I needed a practical guide to help navigate the daunting and somewhat complicated waters of finding money for college. With college tuition on the rise, I understand the possibility of not being able to afford college. This book could not have come at a better time.

When I first met Felecia many years ago, she asked me to speak to her student group at her college. I was impressed by her professionalism and by the fact that she was running a nonprofit called Urban Excellence at such a young age. She explained to me that she helped students find money for college. So, I asked the next logical question, What makes you qualified to do that? She simply told me that she had won $100,000 in scholarships and wanted to help others do the same.

Being told that she should not look into college because of her grades didnt crush her dreams; it only made her work that much harder. In her book she shows you do not have to be defined by a GPA and she shares exactly what she did to win those scholarships. Unlike other cold, research-compiled books on finding money for college, Felecia provides motivational as well as the impactful wisdom and techniques that are needed for students and parents to successfully win money for college. Felecia may have been a C student in high school but she is not a C student in life, and she will show you how to take charge of your destiny.

I am also excited to have had the privilege over the years of watching Felecia become tremendously successful in business. As one of the top rising entrepreneurs under 30 in the country, she still has the desire of that 19-year-old college student who wanted to empower other students. So, whether youre a C student or an A student, a broke parent or a parent who can afford to pay for college, you need to pay attention to the pages in this book. Through her experience, Felecia has become my College Financial Coach, and with three more children to send to college, I am so thankful for her guidance.

Nathan E. Burrell Founder/CEO
Helping Our Nations Empowering Youth Project

Preface

This book is as much about uncovering scholarships as it is about personal marketability; your grades may not be your strongest point but I am going to help you find out what is. You are not a walking GPA. You are an individual with unique talents. Someone wants to give you a chance; all you need are the tools to put your best foot forward. I wrote this book because Ive run into thousands of kids whove had horrible teachers and guidance counselors who have shattered their dreams of going to college by telling them that their grades define them and define their lives. Yes grades are important, but if you have had mishaps like I did when I was in high school, you still deserve to go to college and you deserve a chance to be a ROCKSTAR! So I wrote this book to empower you and your parents to say Screw the people that wont help me with my future! Im going to do it myself!

Remember this: C students are:

COOL, CREATIVE, & COURAGIOUS
and deserve to get
CASH for COLLEGE!