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Strategic Scholar Podcast

Kristy Sturgill

Learn how to find and apply for scholarships efficiently, and learn how to strategically handle a higher education investment without significant amounts of student loan debt.

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Episode 33: Is the Ultimate Scholarship Book worth it?

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/09/29

The Ultimate Scholarship Book is an annual publication with hundreds of scholarships, but it is worth the time and effort necessary to find scholarships that matter? This episode explores the pros and cons on searching for scholarships in a book format.

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34:25

Episode 32: Purdue University introduces...

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/09/22

Ted Malone, Financial Aid Director at Purdue University, discusses how income-sharing agreements work, and how students can benefit from the opportunity. Income-sharing agreement is an arrangement to dedicate a specific percentage of a student's income to pay for college rather than to take out a traditional loan.

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19:24

Episode 31: Seven things I wish I knew as a senior

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2016/09/15

This episode explores some common knowledge students learn while at college that they may not understand or know while in high school. It is always better to learn sooner rather than later.

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Episode 30: Big projects are key to more opportunities

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2016/09/08

This episode features Wyatt Hancock who is hosting a cancer care packaging event at his high school. These large events and projects help build resumes and open up new opportunities for high school students and college student. The work also gives young adults experience and stories to share for their scholarship applications and job interviews.

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26:09

Episode 29: Handling rejections and being positively...

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2016/09/01

Handling rejection is an important part of the scholarship process. This episodes features some tools and strategies to keep going even when you keep hearing 'no.'

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21:54

Episode 28: Brainstorming and researching topic...

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/08/25

This episode discusses strategies on how to brainstorm and do research quickly and effectively for topic scholarships. Topic scholarship are common, and quality essays are more competitive.

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24:35

Episode 27: Pros and Cons of AP Courses or Concurrent...

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2016/08/18

Strategies to reduce college debt can begin in high school by taking college courses or AP courses instead of simply high requirements. Here are the pros and cons of each option.

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Episode 26: How to be a competitive scholarship...

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2016/08/11

Continuing to search for scholarships after starting college is important, and there are ways to be more competitive. This episode presents six strategies to increase your scholarship opportunities.

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Episode 25: Kierstin Stapleton: College admissions...

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2016/08/04

Kierstin and I graduated from the same high school, and she and I both have decided to pursue helping students through higher education decisions. She focuses a lot of college admission. She is a current student at Tulsa University, and she regularly helps students have a competitive college admissions application. She also teaches students how to decide which college is best. College choice has a big impact on student debt, so this episode is full of strategies to further reduce overall student

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43:01

Episode 24: Adam Carroll author of Broke, Busted and...

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2016/07/28

This episode features Adam Carroll the author of Broke, Busted and Disgusted - a pro-education film that discusses the costs of college. For more than ten years, Adam has encouraged families, students and academic institutions to teach the importance of financial literacy. He hosts a podcast called “Build a Bigger Life” he has presented Ted Talks and conducted programs related to financial literacy. Adam is the the vision driver for Broke, Busted and Disgusted.

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23:52

Episode 23: Seven questions to ask before starting...

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/07/21

We have discussed personal information with focus on avoiding scams and knowing how to test whether or not a scholarship is legitimate. We have also discussed recommendation letters and transcripts, and how to not let those items make you miss a deadline, and finally we are going to talk about the main content, which could be an essay, video, photography, or maybe even poem.

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20:35

Episode 22: Strategies for transcripts and...

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/07/14

Transcripts and recommendation letters are an important part of an application. In many cases, recommendation letters can be a major deciding factor for a scholarship applicant. This episode covers a variety of strategies related to completing the recommendation letters and transcript portion of the application process.

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19:31

Episode 21: How to discover scholarship scams and...

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2016/07/07

One of the very first questions I encountered when I began my scholarship journey, was is this scholarship legitimate. I didn't want to waste my time or my put my information at risk. This episode covers some good strategies to avoid the scams, and how to report a scam if you come across one.

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Episode 20: Three strategies for "middle-of-the-road"...

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2016/06/30

On request, this episode is a conversation on how to manage feeling average, and winning scholarships even when you think you won't qualify for any. Specifically, students should search for one or two exceptional qualities or skills, focus on topic scholarships if experience-focused scholarships are a weakness and explore possible niche scholarship opportunities.

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Episode 19: Five rules for experience-focused...

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/06/23

Outside of the specific rules outlined for each scholarship, there are several other rules to keep in mind. This episode we discuss some great strategies to implement on experienced-focused scholarships including using SMART goals and storytelling.

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Episode 18: Finding time for scholarship applications

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2016/06/16

Full time college students must manage their time well to be able to apply for scholarships while also finishing homework and sometimes managing a full or part-time job. Working in an entire list of activities into one day is difficult but possibly if you employ time management strategies. In this episode, we discuss some strategies that helped me maintain motivation during exhausting seasons.

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Episode 17: #CollegeCash with Jodi Okun

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/06/09

Jodi Okun is a financial aid expert who regularly helps families and students navigate the college funding process. She is an author and she host #CollegeCash every Thursday on Twitter. In this episode, she discusses some important strategies she has learned through her years as an advisor, and other important topics related to financial aid.

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Episode 16: Scholarship marathon, never undervalue a...

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2016/06/02

Many students get discourage when applying for a scholarship that is only a few hundred dollars and a lot of work, but strategic scholars never undervalue any scholarship. Every dollar in scholarship is one less dollar in debt, which is why we work hard and apply for every opportunity. This episode features two $500 scholarships, if you win them both that is probably at least a credit hour covered at most universities. Most of the work in this episode's feature scholarships will take less than ten

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Episode 15: Scholarship Marathon, dealing with...

Strategic Scholar Podcast ·

2016/05/26

This is the second week of the three-week scholarship marathon. The purpose of the marathon is to apply for many scholarships in three weeks. The two strategies discussed in this episode with the two featured scholarships are how to handle scholarships when your prospective differs from the scholarship committee, and how to choose an essay format or video format if there is a choice on the scholarship application.

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Episode 14: Scholarship Marathon, the power of past...

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2016/05/19

A big part of winning scholarships is completing scholarship application. Now that the Spring semester has ended, it is time to really get to work on scholarships. This is the first episode of three featuring various scholarships most students are eligible for, and great strategies to utilize. This episodes main strategies are the power of past winners and making the most of annual scholarships.

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