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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, school id or last 4 digits of social, and a short paragraph about yourself and how the scholarship will help.  We also strongly encourage 10K winners to supply a 30-second or shorter video clip as well telling us how awesome Scholarshippoints is.  That’s it.  I am still scratching my head over this one.

At any rate, a new student has been crowned the $10,000 October scholarship winner!  Check out the winners page and see if it’s you!

From Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points:

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!

Read the whole article originally published in: Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points.

At 11 AM Eastern Monday, November 2, we’ll be doing the Scholarship Points drawing live. Tune in here for it!

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From Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points:

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.

Read the whole article originally published in: Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points.

From Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points:

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?

Read the whole article originally published in: Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points.

From Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points:

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 [...]

Read the whole article originally published in: Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points.

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 many deserving students.

The scholarshippoints program was launched back in 2006.  We awarded $250, $500, and $1,000  scholarships during our inaugural year, but my how things have changed.

As the site has grow so have the scholarship dollars.  2008 was a banner year for us as we gave away $25,000, but are now on pace to shatter that mark by giving away an incredible $100,000 in ‘09!

“We were pleased to offer $25,000 in scholarship awards in 2008,” said Joe Cronin, CEO of Edvisors and Scholarshippoints. “But given the current state of the economy and limited resources available to families today, we knew we could have a profound impact by raising the scholarship award pool and helping even more students in 2009.”

Everyone at scholarshippoints would like to say THANK YOU to all our dedicated members, new and old, for making this a truly special site.  We just love adding new scholarship opportunities for our valued members, and I trust you love winning them!

We built it. You came. And we couldn’t be happier.

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From Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points:

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.

Read the whole article originally published in: Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points.

From Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points:

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.

Read the whole article originally published in: Student Loan News, Updates and Blog Posts » Scholarship Points.

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 scholarships.

Check out the Eagles Scholarship Opportunity!