Risk and Reward: Pushing Yourself Beyond Your Bounds In The College Application Process You never know what will happen in life, but senior year, this reality is amplified to a level that’s unconceivable until the school year is over. You will be challenged and also rewarded; you will endure a slurry of emotions, ex [...]
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This week, we’re excited to spotlight Madison Cuba, a freshman at the Indiana State University who earned $8,500 in micro-scholarships on RaiseMe for school. A pre-health student and aspiring nurse, Madison broke down for us the ways in which doing her homework on scholarships and resources helped her prepare for the c [...]
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This week’s student spotlight comes from Jess Greenburg, a first-year history major at Ursinus College, where she earned $60,000 in RaiseMe scholarships ($15,000 per year). A prolific musician and accomplished writer, Jess loves ballet, punk music, cooking, and repairing motorcycles and has worked at Her Campus, Dorm [...]
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3 Lessons I Learned from Getting my first C Alex Jay Phillips (he/him and they/them) is a writer, actor, dancer, and singer from North Philly with an unhealthy love for smoothies. Alex is a freshman at Rowan University, majoring in theatre (with a concentration in acting-directing) and minoring in dance, where he is active o [...]
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Meet Leah Dunlap, an aspiring digital artist and freelance photographer beginning her freshman year at Jacksonville University. Read on to learn more about Leah’s influences in life, how she earned $27,500 in scholarships through RaiseMe, and the moment that she learned how her individual academic achievements were bei [...]
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This article was written by Subha Sivakumar, a RaiseMe student editorial intern. Subha is currently a first year neuroscience student at The Ohio State University. Her other passions include dancing, updating her Spotify playlists, collecting things that have elephants on them, learning new languages, and being outdoors. The [...]
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If you plan to apply for college financial aid to help you pay for college, you may be wondering, what is the FAFSA? This Sunday, October 1st, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) officially opened for the 2018-2019 school year. Millions of high school seniors and college students will submit FAFSA applicatio [...]
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This article was written by Julio Mendez, a RaiseMe student editorial intern and a current freshman at Florida International University. Julio earned $5,768 in micro-scholarships from Florida International University, with a strong Portfolio of achievements that included taking tons of AP and Honors courses, scoring well on [...]
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Another successful NACAC (National Association of College Admissions Counseling) annual conference came and went, and the RaiseMe team was out in full force last month in Boston to meet with hundreds of educators to collaborate, discuss and brainstorm the most effective tactics and strategies to help their students build out [...]
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For this week’s #StudentSpotlight, we’ve interviewed Charline Laurore, a freshman at Barry University in Miami, Florida. Originally from North Miami, Charline earned $27,653 on RaiseMe during her time at North Miami Senior High School and is pursuing a career in health care with hopes of becoming a pediatrician. [...]
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