Real Scholarship and State-Aid Numbers
for Real Families.
I’m a first-generation parent who built the site I wish we’d had: college-by-college scholarship breakdowns, state scholarships and grants in all 50 states, and plain-English guides—free, ungated, and updated at least twice a year.
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Now live: the free CRP Scholarship Search Tool — no accounts, no paywalls, no “get matched” traps. Try it here →
🔍 New: CRP Scholarship Search Tool (beta)
Filter real scholarship data by GPA, test scores, state, and category—using the same numbers from our college pages. No logins, no sales funnel, just a soft-launch tool you can start using today.
Start Here: Choose Your Path
Whether you’re just starting or deep in the weeds, these three areas give you the clearest picture of what college might really cost.
🎓 Scholarships by College
Real award amounts, GPA and test score ranges, and stacking rules for 200+ public universities—all fact-checked and updated on a schedule.
- Automatic vs competitive scholarships
- Out-of-state tuition discounts and waivers
- Honors and “hidden gem” awards
🗺️ State Scholarships & Tuition Discounts
Grants, tuition waivers, and savings programs in all 50 states, plus big regional deals like WUE and MSEP.
- State grants and need-based aid
- Tuition reciprocity and discount programs
- Links to official state resources
💰 What College Will Really Cost
Understand net price, EFC, and why the sticker price almost never matches what families actually pay.
- How colleges build your cost of attendance
- Where scholarships and grants really plug in
- How to compare offers apples-to-apples
What Makes CollegeReadyParent Different
Most sites make you create an account, take a quiz, or talk to a “partner school” before you see anything useful. We don’t do that here.
🚫 No paywall, no sales funnel
No accounts. No “get matched” quizzes. No hidden sponsors. You don’t have to trade your inbox or your kid’s information just to see the numbers.
🌍 Built to level the playing field
The same scholarship details some families pay consultants to find—award amounts, GPA/test cutoffs, stacking rules—are here for free so every family can make informed choices.
📚 We show our sources
Every college and state page lists where the numbers came from—university sites, state agencies, or federal data. If you want to double-check us, you can.
🔁 Updated on a real schedule
We review and refresh our scholarship, cost, and state-aid pages at least twice a year, so you’re not planning off a random post from 2019.
🧩 College + state aid together
We don’t just list scholarships. We connect college awards, state programs, and your net price so you can see the full picture of what a school might really cost.
👨👩👧 Built by a parent, not a marketing team
This started with one dad trying to untangle scholarships for his own kid. The goal hasn’t changed: make this process less confusing and more fair for families who don’t have a guide.
When my kid scored a 30 on the ACT, someone told me, “That’s a free ride.” It wasn’t. What followed were months of confusion and late-night research just to understand why a strong student still wasn’t guaranteed a full scholarship.
I built CollegeReadyParent so you don’t have to walk through that blind. If this site helps your family see the numbers more clearly—and stress a little less—it’s doing its job.
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