About Scholarship Gold

Elizabeth is an author, columnist, feature writer, speaker, and private coach on all topics related to college admissions and scholarships. She won full rides for all of her own undergraduate & graduate school education. She has been in this field for almost 20 years and was named Citizen of the Year by the Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce. She is heavily involved in college-bound outreach programs in public and private schools and homeschool associations in the Southeast.

Her children have graduated from various schools, from Ivy League to state school honors colleges. Her youngest son is a senior at Duke University, a varsity swimmer, and a Computer Science major. On a personal note, she has been happily married to her husband Alan for 30 years and loves being a mom to her gaggle of children, three dogs and two cats.

Elizabeth Hartley has built her credentials and experience for the last 20 years by pursuing and receiving full scholarships, judging for scholarship competitions, coaching students who win prestigious full scholarships nationwide, and guiding hundreds of students through college search, admission, and financial aid. She is a credentialed full member of:

•  NACAC (National Association of College Admission Counselors)
• SACAC (Southern Association of College Admissions Counselors)
• IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Association)

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

Elizabeth won multiple full scholarships which provided for:

• All four years of undergraduate school
• All expenses for graduate school in England
• A summer studying the ecology of the Outer Banks of NC
• A winter studying whale migration in Hawaii.

SCHOLARSHIP JUDGE

Elizabeth also often serves as a merit scholarship judge and administrator and has conducted hundreds of professional interviews. She uses interactive and meaningful techniques to help students present themselves in the most effective ways possible.

AUTHOR

Elizabeth is a frequent newspaper columnist book author, and publishes a free monthly e-newsletter on various topics related to the college-bound process. She is also a frequent as-needed resource for US News, Forbes, NBC, and industry-specific podcasts. 

She also writes all of the workbooks and materials for all of the workshops that Scholarship Gold Consulting offers. 

SPEAKER

Elizabeth often teaches workshops in person via Zoom to families and students at public and private high schools, home school conventions, civic groups, and non-profit foundation meetings. She also works for several school districts, providing services to students nationwide.

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 2009

For service to her community and the surrounding education and college planning areas, she was awarded the 2009 Citizen of the Year by the region's Chamber of Commerce.

RESULTS

Ms. Hartley's clients won over $6.5 million in scholarship funds in the last two years. Awards have averaged $70,000, with the highest award exceeding $350,000. 

On a personal note, her children graduated from Ivy League schools and public university Honors Colleges and went on to medical school and top Masters degree programs, all at highly affordable prices.

PERSONAL NOTE

In addition to her professional endeavors, Ms. Hartley:

• Has been happily married for 33 years and is a mom to 5 great kids and 10 exchange students.
• LOVES working with students to develop a plan for their futures
• Has served on the boards of the YMCA, private schools, and scholarship foundations
• For over 35 years, has volunteered and/or supported Camp Joy, a camp for mentally and physically challenged adults. 
• Volunteers for local foundations, overseeing and coordinating scholarship competitions for a variety of worthy causes.
• Is a devoted dog mom and would love to rescue all pups who need a good home (but her husband is not on board with that plan). 

She adds this advice to all parents: "Consider the qualifications of anyone claiming to be an expert in college planning.  Pick someone with the character, experience, and integrity you seek to help create the brightest future for your student.”

Lindsay has her Master's in Higher Education and worked in Admissions at a private college in CA. She has been a consultant with Scholarship Gold for over five years, where she enjoys working with students on all parts of their college-bound journey and their college applications. Lindsay especially enjoys working with students to review and polish college applications before submitting them.

Lindsay also serves as the primary contact for clients seeking to book appointments, learn more about our services, inquire about our workshops, and more.

She is happily married to her husband Ty and is a mom to two pre-schoolers, Logan and Emma.

*Our consultants are also members of the NACAC (National Association of College Admission Counselors) and SACAC (Southern Association of College Admissions Counselors).

Lindsay is available for 15 min phone or zoom conversations with prospective/new clients during these times.

Nancy Manning is passionate about helping students craft a future tailored to their unique gifts, talents, interests, and dreams. She has a Master's in School Counseling and was a founding team member of a local public charter high school that is a model for student-athletes wishing to compete at the collegiate level. Nancy was the Lead School Counselor for juniors and seniors and the Dual Enrollment Coordinator.

Nancy has a B.S. degree in Business Administration and worked in finance and human resources for over 25 years before transitioning to School Counseling. She is a National Board Certified Counselor and a certified Global Career Development Facilitator.

She is happily married to Mark, and they have a son and a daughter who compete in collegiate athletics. Nancy has experience with the college admissions and athletic recruiting process as a parent and School Counselor.

*Our consultants are also members of the NACAC (National Association of College Admission Counselors) and SACAC (Southern Association of College Admissions Counselors).

Nancy is available for 15 min phone or zoom conversations with prospective/new clients during these times.

Deborah earned her law degree at Wake Law School and., in recent years, has been a freelance editor for PhD dissertations, manuscripts for publishing, and more.

She has over ten years of experience in high-level academic editing. She has terrific insight into the voice and structure of an extraordinary admission and scholarship essay for the undergraduate level.

Editing is typically arranged by sending her the link to the Google or Word doc. Then, Deborah reviews it while the student is in School and emails back the edited version, full of suggestions, corrections, and feedback. She can do a re-edit once the student has revised the draft.

We believe it is much more fair and appropriate only to charge the same hourly rate for editing as we would for any of our services ($95/hr) rather than the typical method of the industry, which is to charge exorbitant rates by the word count. In our system, stronger essays need less editing and will cost less. Our method saves clients over 50% of other editing services and provides superior results.

Abigail graduated from Dartmouth in 2016 with an honors degree in English. Before that, Abigail was a nationally recognized writer for three years in a row while in High School, winning multiple gold medals in the national Art and Writing awards in New York City. She was also the chief editor for a literary magazine recognized at the highest level by Columbia University.

Abbey became a professional writer for NASA and now works for the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, 

in the private law library for the Supreme Court justices. She has assisted Scholarship Gold as an editor for nine years, teaching essay writing skills and providing editing services to students.

Abbey is located in Washington, DC, and provides most of her editing services through shared Google documents via email. You can contact her directly at Abbey@ScholarshipGold.com to arrange her editing services.

*Our consultants are also members of the NACAC (National Association of College Admission Counselors) and SACAC (Southern Association of College Admissions Counselors).