Counselor Resources: Helping Students Succeed in College

Counselors: Why You Should List Your Local Scholarships on Going Merry

LAST UPDATED Jul 16, 2024

Eleanna Garcia

Categories: Counselor

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.

How to Write a Strong Letter of Recommendation for College

LAST UPDATED May 28, 2024

Going Merry

Categories: College Apps, Counselor

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.

24 Templates for Writing a Letter of Recommendation for a Scholarship

LAST UPDATED May 30, 2024

Going Merry

Categories: Applying for Scholarships, College Apps, Counselor

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.

Counselor Starter Guide: How to Use Going Merry’s Scholarship Platform

LAST UPDATED Jun 6, 2024

Kelly Lamano

Categories: Counselor, Going Merry Features

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!

Why high school counselors say they love using Going Merry

LAST UPDATED Jun 6, 2024

Charlotte Lau

Categories: Counselor, Going Merry Features

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.

A counselor’s guide to making the most of Going Merry: 4 tips for student scholarship success

LAST UPDATED Jun 6, 2024

Charlotte Lau

Categories: Counselor

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.