Recently I was interviewed for The Southern California
Writers Showcase. This is a group of over 2,000 writers from Long Beach, south through
Orange County, to the Inland Empire and even to the East Sierras. You can
read the entire interview by clicking HERE. The interviewer was one of their
writers, Jeanette Fratto. She’s a published author of a series of fascinating novels whose main character works in the probation department in Orange County,
California. The questions I was asked in the interview were insightful, and I tried to keep my
answers informative and succinct.
One question she asked was a first for me. She asked me to share a success story of one of the students who used all the
tactics contained in my book, Free
College. I told her about Mia, one of my students who was offered full-ride
scholarships by Harvard, Yale and MIT. When she came home from a free trip to visit Yale
and MIT, she was confused.
I asked her five questions about the colleges so she could focus. Were
they accredited? Did they teach what she wanted to study? Were they well known
in this field? Did they offer her the same amount of money, and/or would she
have debt left to pay? Did she like the people she met there? She answered yes
to all of them. I told her she was in luck. There was no bad decision. She could flip a
coin. She was relieved.
Then Mia came back from visiting Harvard, again on
their dime. She was confused all over again. I asked her the five questions once more. She
answered the same for all of them. So I asked her where she felt the most comfortable. It was MIT, and she graduated from there with honors four years after her high school graduation.
It’s fun doing interviews. The questions allow me to zero in on what people want to know. Then I can advise them better. When I taught, my goal
was to help students reach their goals. To do so, most students needed to go
to college. I learned how to assist them, and later, when college costs
soared, I showed them how to win lots of scholarships. I continued after my retirement. I did extensive research on how students earn the most free scholarship money, and wrote Free College.
I hope all families learn the sixteen defining habits of successful scholarship winners I discovered and included in my book. By following the step-by-step guide I created, their kids can graduate from college debt free too. Everyone should be able to start their lives after college with no debt and a bright future, like Mia.
I hope all families learn the sixteen defining habits of successful scholarship winners I discovered and included in my book. By following the step-by-step guide I created, their kids can graduate from college debt free too. Everyone should be able to start their lives after college with no debt and a bright future, like Mia.
You are reading from the blog, RoadtoFreeCollege.com, where we empower families with knowledge to navigate the path to higher education without the burden of excessive loans.
For more information, you’ll want my book, Free College, CLICK HERE. It teaches families how to help their kids become more successful in school, college, and life.
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