A 2-minute Sunday email shows you exactly where your student stands. End the "did you do your applications?" dinner argument. Costs less than one tutoring session and runs all year.
AimScholar costs less than a single tutoring session and runs all year — for every scholarship and fellowship your student could qualify for.
| Option | Typical cost | What you actually get |
|---|---|---|
| College consultant (1:1) | $1,500–$5,000 | 5–10 hours of one human's time |
| Test-prep tutor (per session) | $80–$150 | One hour. Then it's gone. |
| Scholarship engines (Fastweb, Scholarships.com) | Free | Spam, low-match lists, no coaching |
| Other scholarship apps (Going Merry, Bold) | $15–$25/mo | Lists. No gap analysis. No essay coaching. |
| AimScholar | $19.99/mo or $149/year | Matches + Gap plan + Essay coach + SMS deadlines + Sunday parent digest |
You see progress without seeing essays. Your student keeps privacy. You stop guessing.
I built AimScholar because too many of the families I've worked with were spending thousands on consultants — or missing scholarships entirely — when what they needed was a smarter system, not more hours.
If AimScholar doesn't help in the first week, just cancel. If it does, tell another parent. That's how this works.
Reach me directly: walter@thedutchmentor.com · I read every reply.
Every plan includes the 7-day free trial and the 60-day money-back guarantee. Most parents pick Annual.
You see the Sunday digest: scholarships applied, deadlines coming up, progress against the weekly plan, and high-level match-score movement. You don't see their essays or their drafts. Privacy is preserved — they keep their voice, you stay informed.
A consultant gives your student 5–10 hours of one human's time over a few months for $1,500–$5,000. AimScholar gives them an AI coach that works every day for the entire application cycle for $149/year. For most families, AimScholar replaces the consultant entirely. Some still hire a consultant for one specific conversation (e.g., school list strategy) and use AimScholar for everything else.
The students who pay themselves use it more, in our experience. If you want them invested, consider splitting the cost or framing it as something they buy with their summer job. But the Sunday digest works either way — you see their progress whether they use it intensively or just check it once a week.
Grades 10 through 12 for high school. Current undergraduates also qualify. Plus we support Master's, PhD, fellowship, and med-school applicants — so if you have an older child returning to school, the same subscription covers them too.
Your student adds their phone number once. We text them 3 weeks, 1 week, and 24 hours before every scholarship and school deadline — in their timezone. You don't get the texts (they would ignore us if we nagged them). You see deadlines coming up in your Sunday digest.
Yes. Your student's profile is stored in their browser until they ask Match to run. We never sell or share data. We don't show ads. The whole product is designed around the privacy principles The Dutch Mentor has held to for 30 years.
AimScholar complements school counselors — most counselors handle 200+ students and can't surface niche scholarships your student would actually win. We do that math. Your counselor still handles the relationships and the recommendation letters.
Cancel anytime, no questions. The 60-day money-back guarantee covers you fully: if AimScholar doesn't pay for itself in scholarships your student finds through us, we refund you. Just email walter@thedutchmentor.com.
That's the routine. Two minutes a week, and you know exactly where your student stands. No more dinner-table interrogations. No more "did you do it?"
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