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4 benefits of scholarships (besides the money)

  • Feb 29, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jun 27, 2023

Do you know there are benefits to winning a scholarship in addition to the money?

While scholarship funding is the best kind of funding a student can get -- free money that doesn't have to be paid back! -- scholarships offer benefits to the student far beyond money.

In fact, sometimes the money is not the most valuable benefit!

Check out my infographic to learn more:

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About the author


Janet MacDonald is a Scholarship Coach with mycampusGPS Education Consulting. She is a former Canadian university admissions officer. For seven years, she was the coordinator of a scholarship program at a major Canadian university. Janet has helped her student clients win hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships.


You can find her online at mycampusGPS.ca, and on LinkedIn.

 
 
 

15 Comments


Hannah Vang
Hannah Vang
18 hours ago

Great point that scholarships pay off with skills and confidence long after the funding is spent — the networking and career momentum are genuinely underrated. When I need to organize scholarship data exported from application portals, this json to excel converter makes it quick to turn messy records into clean spreadsheets. Thanks for the insight!

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Hannah Vang
Hannah Vang
3 days ago

Great reminder that scholarships offer so much more than the money itself — the confidence, network, and skills you build through the process are just as valuable. Polishing your application also matters: I have been using a free AI photo editor to clean up resume photos and portfolio images before submitting. Thanks for sharing this!

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Hannah Vang
Hannah Vang
3 days ago

This is such a helpful reminder that scholarships offer benefits far beyond the funding itself — the confidence, network, and skills built through the process really do carry into your future career. Organizing all the contacts and data involved in applications is much easier when you can quickly clean and validate your lists with a phone number extractor. Thanks for the great read!

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kiki
kiki
Jul 26

This concise blog post breaks down underrated long-term advantages of scholarships beyond financial aid perfectly. The clear infographic neatly outlines four key perks: better admissions chances, competitive job interview edges, expanded professional networks, and momentum to secure more awards. Drawing on the author’s background as a university scholarship coordinator makes every tip credible and practical for students. I hope you create a follow-up guide sharing actionable strategies to stand out in scholarship applications. This is such valuable guidance for young learners. --image search

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Jul 25

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