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NEW $10,000 Scholarship Winner Announced for October!

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:04:34 +0000

In what I can only describe as bizarre, the October $10,000 scholarship winner would not provide the basic necessary details that winners are required to submit to us so that we may process their scholarship, thus forfeiting the $10,000 first prize. All winners are required to give us: college name, financial aid officer’s name, mailing address, [...]

New $500 Scholarship Opportunity ANNOUNCED!

David Bonvie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:53:16 +0000

For those of you experiencing the big $10,000 hangover I have something to cheer you up! We just added a NEW scholarship opportunity into the mix worth $500 in November which also makes you eligible to win $50,000 big ones!

Watch the fall $10,000 scholarship drawing live on 11/2 @ 11 AM ET!

Christopher Penn, Financial Aid Podcast — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:26:15 +0000

At 11 AM Eastern Monday, November 2, we’ll be doing the Scholarship Points drawing live. Tune in here for it! Live video: Online video chat by Ustream Live chat: Live mentions:

$10,000 Scholarship Winner To Be Announced Monday, November 2

David Bonvie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:27:04 +0000

I just wanted to remind you that we will be drawing the big $10,000 scholarship winner on October 31, but will not be officially announcing who the lucky winner is until Monday, November 2.

The Ethics of Scholarships

David Bonvie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:59 +0000

When it comes to free money for college most students will take what they can get, but how would you feel about accepting a scholarship from a chewing tobacco company? Scholarships are often given out by companies to improve their corporate image, but if a tobacco company shells out scholarship money is that sending the wrong message to college students?

4 Days and Counting

David Bonvie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:01:39 +0000

The next $10,000 Scholarshippoints winner, along with the $1,000 and $500 scholarship winners for October will be drawn in just four days! Can you feel the excitement in the air? Is your heart pounding with anticipation? I can tell you that I haven’t been this pumped since my Mom brought home a [...]

500,000 Never Felt So Good

Kristin Morris — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:49:59 +0000

Scholarshippoints hits the 500,000 member mark! One of my favorite movie quotes of all time is, “If you build it, he will come” from the 1989 hit movie Field of Dreams. Now 20 years later I’m proud to say I am associated with scholarshippoints.com, a program which serves as its own field of dreams for [...]

Secrets About Scholarships

David Bonvie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Most people do not know everything about scholarships, but they are great because you do not have to pay them back, do not have to have financial need, and they are easy to find.

FAFSA and the Middle Class

David Bonvie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:28:05 +0000

No one wants to be in the middle yet the middle is where many of us find ourselves, the middle class that is. The middle class is where most Americans reside. It's where money gets tight. And when it comes to financial aid, being stuck in the middle earnings category is like a death sentence.

Football Knowledge Scholarship

Kristin Morris — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:02:33 +0000

Hello my scholarship peeps! If any of you are football fanatics you may want to check out one of the latest scholarship opportunities which was posted on studentscholarshipsearch.com over the weekend. This one is designed for those with knowledge centering around the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team. I so wish I was eligible for some of these [...]