Going Merry is a free scholarship-matching platform. We make it easier for students to find and apply for scholarships and simpler for scholarship providers to create and manage them. Going Merry also provides financial aid resources for students, parents, and counselors. Our mission is to give every student truly equal access to life-changing education. 

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If you’re a college counselor, coach, teacher, or mentor looking to support your college-bound students, chances are you’ve been asked to write a strong letter of recommendation. With so much competition these days, it can take a lot to help your student stand out. Here’s how to write a college letter of recommendation that will blow the admission committee’s socks off.

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Watching your high school students get ready to graduate can be an emotional time of year for any teacher, advisor, or family friend. That’s especially true if you’re taking an active role in helping them apply for colleges or scholarships. Getting asked to write letters of recommendation can be equal parts flattering and daunting. Crafting a convincing scholarship application letter requires a unique set of skills as well as insight into a student’s personal character and academic performance. But if you write them well, letters of recommendation can set your student apart from the crowd. To help make your job easier, we compiled this list of 24 templates to help you write reference letters for need-based awards, merit scholarships, and everything in between.

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You’re a counselor and have signed up to use Going Merry to help your students navigate how to pay for college, by applying for government financial aid and private “outside” scholarships. But where do you start? In this guide, we'll go step by step, showing you screenshots of where you can find everything you need. Let’s dive in!

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In 2019,  NACAC (the National Association of College Admission Counseling) invited us to deliver an online demo of our scholarship platform. So Going Merry co-founder and CEO Charlie Maynard led high school counselors through how the scholarship platform works and how it benefits counselors: “It’s one place where students can come and get matched with hundreds of scholarships, based on their profile eligibility,” Charlie said.

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More than 5,000 high school counselors across the U.S. use Going Merry. Recently, we reached out to some of the most successful counselors–ones who’ve helped many scholarship student winners. We asked them for their top tips in this counselor’s guide to Going Merry.

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