Scholarship Winners

College Raptor’s goal is to offer all the tools and tips that college bound students need to realize their college dreams. Part of realizing that dream is paying for college. We know scholarships are a great way to help cover the cost of college and that’s why we award $3,500 every quarter through our own scholarship program. Our scholarship winners each offer a unique perspective about their college journey. See what they have to say and apply to be the next winner. Congratulations to all our winners!

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John R.

$2,500 (March 2024)

"Applying for college has been a tiresome process due to the financial conflicts that I face at every turn. However, College Raptor has made this process manageable and exciting by both filtering my options and opening up new opportunities that I never even dreamed of."

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Sayeli E.

$1,000 (March 2024)

"I am very thankful to College Raptor for providing me with the direction and assistance I needed to start this new chapter in my academic career. It laid the groundwork for a rewarding and life-changing college experience."

Artem K.

$2,500 (June 2024)

"College Raptor was integral to my college search and application process. It helped me discover my best-fit colleges and finalize my college list. It was a valuable source of college information."

Sanaa C.

$1,000 (June 2024)

"College Raptor was integral to my college search and application process. It helped me discover my best-fit colleges and finalize my college list, was a valuable source of college information, which was especially useful for a first generation student like me, and even served as inspiration for a programming project that boosted my college applications."

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Jayne H.

$2,500 (March 2023)

"My college and scholarship research brought me to College Raptor. I knew that finances were very important to the decision. My family is not able to contribute to my tuition because of our low-income status, so I needed to rely on scholarships. Academic, admission, finances, and acceptance category information was so helpful in my search."

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John A.

$1,000 (March 2023)

"The College Raptor College Match tool calculated that I would spend roughly $19,178 a year and would come out of college with minimal to no debt. This is huge for me, as the college has a great Nursing program, and is cheaper than most of the schools I have looked at. This website gave me my specific costs based on my situation, and it has been the most helpful tool so far in determining where I want to go."

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Charles P.

$2,500 (June 2023)

"Overall, the College Raptor match tool has been a valuable resource for me during my college search process. It allowed me to broaden my search, compare costs of attending, and find the academic programs I was after."

Emmely S.C.

$1,000 (June 2023)

"College Raptor has been a game-changer in my college search journey. Personalized recommendations, financial aid insights, and information about campus culture made the overwhelming process much more manageable."

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Joseph C.

$2,500 (September 2023)

"College Raptor's transparency reshaped my perspective on the college selection process. It taught me that making informed decisions requires looking beyond surface-level allure and delving into the financial realities."

Ria D.

$1,000 (September 2023)

"College Raptor's transparency about finances at each college-as well as the scholarship search allowed me to pick colleges that I can get the most return on investment for, regardless of which career path I end up taking."

Ellie V.

$2,500 (December 2023)

"The [College Match] tool's ability to consider factors like cost, quality, and academics would have undoubtedly guided me toward a more informed and fulfilling college path. I can now reflect on the significance of making informed decisions when it comes to my future."

Illana R.

$1,000 (December 2023)

"The College Raptor match tool has many features that would've made the process much easier for me. College Raptor has many tabs listing suggested colleges based on your personal information on your profile, which would've been helpful as some schools they suggested for me were schools I never would have considered!"

Vivian L.

$2,500 (March 2022)

"College Raptor allows me to navigate my college search based on geographical location and city. Through reading the "campus life" tab under each college, I gain a detailed understanding of the social atmosphere, facilities, and campus services offered. These tools are extremely helpful when considering not only the academic fit of a college but the social life as well."

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Christine Y.

$1,000 (March 2022)

"Something that stood out to me was how College Raptor took into account factors that other college search tools; factors such as your desired location, income, and assets are crucial parts of the college search process."

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Hannah D.

$2,500 (June 2022)

"College Raptor is a blessing in providing me a narrowed down list of options for my future. It takes my situation, passions into account and acts like a pair of glasses to see clearly what a good fit for me might be."

Grace K.

$1,000 (June 2022)

"Money makes the world go round and it’s a factor in my college search. When I used College Raptor, it gained a better image of where I stood financially, it was eye-opening. I was able to remove a couple of colleges off my list."

Emily B.

$2,500 (September 2022)

"Perhaps more impactful than anything else is the incredible career support provided to students by College Raptor. The Career Finder function puts a realistic and informative spin on traditional career seeking websites. This was a critical tool in finalizing my choices for schools, as it got me thinking about not just what I wanted to do after college but how I could do it."

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Alexandra C.

$1,000 (September 2022)

"I would highly recommend College Raptor to any student looking to find their best fit college and make informed decisions about their education and future."

Jake G.

$2,500 (December 2022)

"The College Raptor College Match tool was really helpful for me in comparing the costs of different schools in an easy, organized fashion. It made important information about each school easily accessible."

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Greenlee A.

$1,000 (December 2022)

"Before my college list was just a bunch of random colleges I was hoping to narrow down, but now I've greatly narrowed my list to colleges that I'd like to apply to. A list I wouldn't have had without College Raptor."

Amanda M.

$2,500 (March 2021)

"College Raptor was helpful. I was reminded to focus on the aspects of the process I could control, like making selections based on the data I could acquire, instead what I was missing out on, which was far beyond my control."

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Summer H.

$1,000 (March 2021)

"College Raptor brings transparency to college searching that no other website does. It also provides honesty. Finding College Raptor after months of frustration was a breath of fresh air."

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Jon L.

$2,500 (June 2021)

"Overall, I am extremely thankful that I discovered College Raptor. It has helped me find valuable information about admissions and finances of my choice colleges, which will help me pick out my top colleges and save money."

Jack A.

$1,000 (June 2021)

"College Raptor’s simplicity and breadth of information was unparalleled by any other website. I had a realistic view of what my odds of getting into certain colleges were, which provided a baseline for me to do more research."

Patrick H.

$2,500 (September 2021)

"College Raptor's College Match tool provides transparency to the college application process. Not only does it detail how much the expected yearly cost, but it also provides what the median starting salary for recent graduates."

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Gleda K.

$1,000 (September 2021)

"If I could go back in time with the help of College Raptor, I would use their extremely helpful databases to make a large spreadsheet that compares each potential college I’m interested in."

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Katriana M.

$2,500 (December 2021)

"When I started thinking about where to go to college, I was overwhelmed by the number of. College Raptor helped me narrow down my options to decide where to apply, and introduced me to my top-choice college."

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Chloe P.

$1,000 (December 2021)

"I was skeptical, but College Raptor’s College Match tool gave me comprehensive results in seconds. It took all of my preferences into consideration and left me feeling much more secure in my journey to find the perfect school."

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Katelyn V.

$2,500 (March 2020)

"College Raptor had many articles that provide valuable advice for the future. I especially liked the one that details how to write an effective resume. I will need advice like this not only now, but later in my career."

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Courteney W.

$1,000 (March 2020)

"Affordable means that the tuition rate isn’t monstrously high, but the graduation rate is. College Raptor helped me find a school that was monetarily affordable and also worth my time."

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Eden J.

$2,500 (June 2020)

"College Raptor was easily the most helpful resource I found for finalizing my college list. It was easy to navigate and offered all the information that I needed to know. It allowed me to decide what college is right fit for me."

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Sarah M.M.

$2,500 (June 2020)

"College Raptor’s “total debt” feature is the best! I ended up removing a few colleges from my list because I realized that they were far too expensive for me and my family."

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William L.

$2,500 (September 2020)

"I really liked how the College Raptor search tool gave me a comprehensive list of colleges as well as how I could filter the list based off of other factors like academic fit, chances of getting in, and financial cost."

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Sofia Z.

$1,000 (September 2020)

"College Raptor’s personalized results helped keep my school list both reasonable and ambitious. With personalized results, I could look at test scores, popular majors, and compare them to my own test scores."

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John M.

$2,500 (December 2020)

"College Raptor clearly listed the “real” cost of college. This information made many more colleges financially feasible and allow me to attend a college without accruing crippling college debt."

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Tai N.

$1,000 (December 2020)

"One of my top factors in finding a college before was prestige. I had a huge list of super well-known colleges. College Raptor made me realized that there was much more to college than its name."

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Alexandra S.

$2,500 (March 2019)

"College Raptor helped me narrow down my list of potential schools through ‘Academic Match’ score, which assessed how well each school fit the criteria I had to my student profile. It also helped me make my college decision."

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Jack D.

$1,000 (March 2019)

"College Raptor’s compilation of financial information was most useful to me specifically. Not only did the data provide an estimate for how much I would have to pay, but it compared it simultaneously with other colleges."

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Grant P.

$1,000 (June 2019)

"College Raptor’s tool made the college search much easier and helped me narrow down my college list. The user-friendly interface made it easy to use and understand. It was quick and easy to use."

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Bronwyn M.

$2,500 (June 2019)

"Without College Raptor, I would’ve assumed that every college would give my family endless financial aid but it’s not. It helped us now understand what a large financial impact college was going to make in our lives."

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Reina S.

$1,000 (September 2019)

"The in-depth questions on the College Raptor website made me rethink of my college choices based on location. It showed me all the crime rates at certain colleges after I made it clear that safety is extremely important to me."

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Tasneem A.

$2,500 (September 2019)

"What I loved most about College Raptor was that it showed me how well each college fit my personal preferences. This helped me stop being so hung up on the college’s national rank."

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Ella D.

$1,000 (December 2019)

"For me, the cost of my education is a huge factor when choosing my college. I want to go into as little debt as possible, College Raptor helped me sift out the colleges that are way out of my price range."

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Josie T.

$2,500 (December 2019)

"It was beneficial that College Raptor gave me a wide variety of schools to consider, since I may not have found this school on my own."

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Phuongthao H.

$2,500 (March 2018)

"College Raptor allowed me to look past the acceptance rate and into the SAT scores, the sticker price and into the estimated net cost. The comparison of financial aid packages and campus match scores were most helpful."

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Jonathan H.

$2,500 (June 2018)

"Taking advantage of College Raptor gave me a much greater understanding of the financial aspect of attending college. Doing so will ensure you will find the right pick for you!"

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Brennan R.

$2,500 (September 2018)

"My little brother just started high school and has no idea what he wants to do for a career, College Raptor would be a great way to get him to look at some schools and check out some different majors."

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Kaylee A.

$2,500 (December 2018)

"My favorite feature of the College Match tool is the financial comparison, estimated cost and total debt. It brought me relief to my financial worries and does really well with explaining how they got the costs."

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