About Chuck Kittrell

A little about myself

I started recruiting for Bob Jones University in March 1992. I’m a 1982 Business Administration graduate, and for more than thirty years I’ve traveled the country talking with high school students about college.

As the years passed I kept meeting graduates carrying enormous student loan debt. Some had $5,000 or $10,000 — manageable. Others had $40,000, $50,000, $72,000.

One young woman brought her sister to my table at a college fair. I started telling the sister about graduating debt free and about The Scholarship File. Her sister looked at me and said, “I wish I’d had that scholarship file before I went to college. My student loan debt
when I graduated two years ago was $72,000.” She was back living at home, couldn’t find work, and her parents were helping with a payment of nearly $700 a month. She had eight years to go.

I graduated with about $3,000 in loans. I could not imagine it.

Why this site exists

So around 2006 I started assembling The Scholarship File for students, parents and guidance counselors. I’ve read a stack of books on paying for college. I’ve talked with hundreds of counselors who shared scholarships their students use. I’ve spent a lot of nights in hotel rooms on the road digging through scholarship sites.

For years I emailed that file to anyone who asked — thousands of people. This site exists so many more can get to it without having to find me first.

My promise

I don’t want to make money on this website. I just love helping students graduate debt free. Everything here is free. Take it, use it, give it to your friends.

If there’s any way I can help, or you know of a scholarship that belongs in the file, I’d like to hear from you.

God bless,
Chuck Kittrell