She was contacted by one of our Resource Developers. She paid a $350 application fee, applied to our College Bound Program, and named her daughter as the beneficiary of a possible $2000 Chimorel Scholarship. Her daughter did not receive the scholarship (only one of 25 applicants will), but the additional services she received helped her pay for the entire cost of her daughter’s education. Here’s what happened.

       First: We helped her daughter determine a specific career choice and helped the daughter get a job to pay part of the cost. Second: We helped the daughter apply for approximately 200 scholarships, grants and loans. The loans amounted to $5500/yr. The daughter received three scholarships worth about $2500/yr. Third: Through Chimorel’s Guaranteed Scholarship Program, she and her daughter received an additional $4000 each year for four years. She ended up buying her daughter’s books and paying a few fees. The remainder of the daughter’s college expenses were covered by loans, scholarships and her daughter’s work.

        The work experience helped the daughter find summer intern experiences at higher pay in her career area. On graduation the daughter started at a higher level because of the infield experience, which made repaying the loans easier.