Scholly: College Scholarships

Name: Scholly: College Scholarships
Rating: 3.72792 (6068 reviews)

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Scholly: College Scholarships

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Scholly, Inc

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User Reviews for Scholly: College Scholarships

This company deserves 0 stars

I wasted my valuable time and money not only downloading and using the app as well as this review! My mom heard about this on shark tank so I thought I’d try it. BIG MISTAKE! The app has you choose things that apply to you to describe yourself to find appropriate scholarships. That sounded great! WRONG! They had random choices like ‘lives on potato farm’. Ridiculous! Once I entered my choices, ( the few that actually applied) only 5 scholarship choices were listed! The same as before I entered any info!!!!! It’s fraud to me to describe something so wonderfully and get something that is the total opposite. Stop cheating people out of their hard earned money and their valuable time! I guarantee you that all those ‘testimonials’ and ‘video testimonies’ are paid actors. Oh and Satanic Temple is offering a scholarship for $666 if anyone is interested. That’s just appalling. Y’all who own this app as well as the 2 sharks who invested in it should be ashamed of yourselves. This is disgraceful.

Carissa1398, Aug 18, 2022

I bought the app years a go but now expected to pay a monthly fee too

I bought the app when it first released. Because I paid for it I didn’t have to pay a monthly subscription. I left a comment/review saying as much. The developers reached out to me and offered me something in a link which I stupidly downloaded. Now I am out the cost of the price I paid before and they want me to pay a monthly or yearly fee... So my review went from 4 stars to 1 star, and I will no longer be using the service. Cheap, petty and completely disgusting that these people would force me to pay monthly when I put down money for the app before they charged money. Then finding out and tricking me into downloading a “patch” that forces me to pay for it monthly know.I can no longer recommend this product. I work at a college financial aid office and I recommended this product to every student who came into my office for money. You’ve lost that free targeted marketing from me. I will from now on recommend students go elsewhere.

Christipher DiCesare, Apr 09, 2019

On the border for this App

I recently saw a video that said this app is a holy grail in financial aid. I also saw that it was showcased on shark tank. I then downloaded this app yesterday and applied for the 3-day free trial and I do not mind paying $30 for the 6th month service—if it means it will work. Upon making my account, there have been so many glitches. The information is not saving properly for my categories and I admit I had to go back and keep adding my information for over 5 times. If it’s going to keep doing that, is paying $30 for this service even worth it? When opening the app, it also has been very slow in everything. Then, I came back to read the reviews and I have been seeing a lot of negative reviews that were posted recently. I am debating whether to give this app a try and pay up. I really want to(and hope these technical difficulties will stop), but my experience has been a bit disappointing.

Confused Lemons, Dec 17, 2019

Crashes continuously, SLOW!!!!!

I saw this air on Shark Tank. I loved the idea, and am pursuing going back to school myself. Being a former foster youth, female business owner, as well as a veteran on the military - figured this would be a wonderful platform to find a lot of scholarships...Nope. I opted for the $2.99 monthly charge, and figured it would be a smooth running app. Looks like whatever $$ was put in is long gone, and they are no longer updating the app. Not ONE scholarship was generated!! Not only that, the app crashes 8 times in the first 20 min trying to set up my profile!! And it’s was EXTREMELY SLOW!! So slow that for each block I tried to fill my would lock itself in the wait time it to to enter in information.Bottom line, save your $$. This app doesn’t work as it was designed to do so - and I’m hoping that $2.99 I spent goes to fixing this for future students who are in need. As is, this was a disappointment and DO not pay $$.

Heatherhaze33, Dec 08, 2017

This app is an absolute scam

I was told to use this app/website from a person at my school (who clearly didn’t know you had to pay for it). My new email is now being cluttered by emails that say “someone’s name - Scholly” and then you can’t even use the app unless you pay monthly subscription like ok just take money from people that can’t afford much. I can’t even go on the app or website to delete my account to stop the emails. On the website if you login to try to go to settings it’ll just suggest that you get the app. Oh and I was doing a little research on their questions and answers section of their website (since apparently that’s the only other part of the website you can go to) and well they don’t give refunds and if you have automatic pay on for apple for a subscription they won’t tell you how to cancel that subscription. In the end I highly recommend you don’t get a subscription and you don’t sign up for this app. It’s a waste of time.

izzy._.edits, Feb 04, 2022

I’m better off using the commonly known scholarship websites.

Okay, I decided to try this out (because looking for scholarships that I qualified for is like going through a rabbit hole). Interesting enough, you cannot make a free account. It’s MANDATORY to pick a payment plan. Oh! And that plan gives you a short “free trial.” I picked a month so I could really use all the app’s advantages. I’m here to tell you that I’m better off using the commonly known scholarship websites. I was hoping this app would help me find scholarships that are more local and/or don’t have that much competition. But majority of the scholarships that matched with my profile are just from other popular sites, mostly from Unigo. When it comes to the app: I also don’t understand why I can’t scroll down on certain scholarships. If you click on the description and it’s too long, you won’t be able to scroll down and read the rest of it. Most importantly, you can’t scroll down and click on “apply.”Another pet peeve about this app is that on my profile I stated that I’m attending a community college and yet the app keeps matching me to scholarships that are for high school students. 😒 Let’s say you tell Scholly you are from Florida. They will still send you scholarships where the requirement is to be a resident from Wisconsin or any other state you don’t live in.

JMYD49913150, May 08, 2021

I’m a student. Do you really think I can afford to PAY to find scholarships ??

I’m really confused by this app...I was so excited to come across a platform that helps match students with scholarship opportunities! However, as a student struggling to finance an education...I cannot afford to pay a monthly fee for a service that *might* or might not help (as many of the reviews suggest it has simply eaten their money with no results, anyway.) Doesn’t this seem counterintuitive, when the money spent on the monthly/annual fees could actually go toward financing one’s education itself??? Sort of funny to target a demographic clearly in need of funds but also make them pay out of pocket when the whole premise is that they likely can’t...not everyone has parents whose pockets they can reach into. I’m disappointed. I get that the developers have to make money to keep this running— if you charged a one-time, up front purchase fee rather than tricking people into downloading a free app that requires a paid subscription to access, you would honestly get enough active downloads/users to keep your app afloat (and improve its actual functionality.) You may think it’s not that deep, but this is a form of elitism, just reinforcing the idea that success on this front still has to be bought. You can’t imagine how disheartening that is.

PlsGiveMeAccessToFunds???, Jul 10, 2020

Waste of time

Saw this guy on shark tank a while back and no one gave him a deal. Now I know why. But I liked the concept and it sounded promising so I bought in for a very expensive one year membership to help my daughter in her first year of college. I'm a fair-minded person and I don't write a review unless I feel it's actually warranted to serve others. So, here you go. Based on our experience I would say that your chances of getting a scholarship through this app are worse than a roll of the dice in Vegas. Many of the scholarship requirements are so specific, or so extremely vague, that it's hard to find any that would fit your student- even in the most general sense. Although we did apply for the zombie apocalypse scholarship (not kidding) because we thought it was pretty funny. That was a few months ago and nothing but crickets. Don't waste your hard earned dollars to pay for someone else's retirement fund. You'll probably find whatever exisits out there through the Google search engine.

randar, Jun 24, 2021

The App Does Not Function

After having the same login issues as many others, I was finally able to get in using the “restore purchase” option. Upon getting in, I filled out my profile and answered a ton of questions. I was then taken to a screen that said, “looks like something went wrong”. From there, I attempted to close the app and reopen it. Upon reopening it, I was asked to create my profile again. The profile creation process was not easy either, as the fields do not fill or function properly. I’ll try again in a few hours, but I’m seriously disappointed in this app so far. I’m a Financial Coach, and I was hoping to find a resource to make a debt free college degree more easily within reach for my clients. I do see the benefit in paying for a service to match students with scholarships, but again, this app isn’t worth the free trial I’m “paying” for. Another suggestion for pricing would also be to look at only charging for matches instead of a subscription. This would be proving your value before collecting up to $7.99 monthly for terrible functionality.

smithabigail89, Jul 05, 2020

Worst App ever-a total SCAM!

I downloaded this App and it never worked properly from hour one. Constant glitching, the app not opening or the app sometimes opened but my phone would freeze and all open apps would crash, my screen would go to the Home Screen and I’d have to give my phone a hard restart just to get the phone working again. I followed the directions on the Scholly website for IPhone users on how to cancel my subscription and it was canceled within days. When I go to my settings and click on my name it says my Scholly subscription was canceled in March of 2020. It’s now DECEMBER of 2020 and I just discovered on my bank statement that Scholly has been making unauthorized charges on my bank account EVERY MONTH for $7.99 since I canceled it back in MARCH! I sent Scholly an email, a direct message on both Twitter & Instagram and a private message on Facebook. I got a response from Facebook with a link to where Scholly claims I could cancel my subscription but it was just a broken link that took me nowhere. There is no 800 number to call. This company should be shut down completely, it’s a total disgrace and nothing more than a scam to make unauthorized monthly charges from your bank account with absolutely no way to stop them!

Wife of a snorer, Dec 03, 2020

Description

Scholly takes the hassle out of the scholarship search process so you can focus on what’s important—getting free money for school. We have helped students win over $100 million in scholarships so far, making college affordable and dreams a reality. Scholly was created by Christopher Gray, who won $1.3 million in college scholarships through grit, sweat, and hustle. In realizing how broken and time-consuming the scholarship search process was, he created Scholly Search to make things much easier.

How does Scholly make it easy? *Customized Scholarship Search: Get matched with scholarships for college and graduate school tailored just to you. *Easy Scholarship Tracking: Keep track of scholarship deadlines and track your application statuses, all in one place. *Mobile & Desktop Access: Access scholarship opportunities anywhere, on the go, on all of your devices. Scholly Search is proud to be 100% ad free. The app is supported by a small subscription, available at $34.99 per year, $24.99 per 6-months or $4.99 per month. We offer a 3-day free trial for the annual and 6-month subscriptions. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. You will not be charged during your free trial period. When the free trial ends, your iTunes account will be charged for the annual subscription of $34.99 or the 6-month subscription of $24.99. To avoid that, you must cancel the subscription at least 24 hours before it expires. Manage your subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to Scholly. Membership automatically renews ($34.99 for annual, $24.99 for 6-months, $4.99 for monthly) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged ($34.99 for annual, $24.99 for 6-months, $4.99 for monthly) for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://myscholly.com/policies/