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Happy Friday everyone! Only the weekend stands between us and the next #ScholarshipChat on Monday night! We will be using this chat to answer all of YOUR scholarship and financial aid questions, therefore the topic will be “Scholarship Q&A“. No question is too big or too small – come prepared!

So don’t forget to join us on Twitter Monday at 9:00pm ET! As always you can follow along using TweetChat to make participating in the chat even easier. If you login to TweetChat with your Twitter account and follow the hashtag #ScholarshipChat you will be automatically see updates and be included in the chat every time you tweet.

Chat with you soon!

Hi everyone. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned with Scholarship Idol. Even we run into roadblocks sometimes and we want to make sure the contest is working at 100% before we start accepting entries. Tomorrow we will make sure that you can upload your videos, earn your points and have a chance to win a $2,000 scholarship.

Thanks for your understanding!

Last night we had another great #ScholarshipChat! The topic was “Scholarship Applications: Paying Attention to Details”. We talked about everything from proofreading your scholarship essays to creating “fake” deadlines for yourself so you never forget to submit an application on time.

Here is what you missed:

If you were not able to join us last night, the next #ScholarshipChat will be on Monday, February 6th at 9:00pm ET. Stay tuned for an announcement of what the topic will be. If you have any suggestions of topics you would like brought up leave a comment with your suggestion!

You have been waiting for it all year and now it is almost time for Scholarship Idol 2012. This year the contest will be bigger and better than ever! We are looking for members to submit a 60 second or less creative promotional video for ScholarshipPoints.com.  You can do pretty much anything you can think of to promote ScholarshipPoints.com, but the videos must be your own original work.

The video submission period will start on February 1st and go until February 21st. Everyone who submits a video will receive 250 points just for entering! On February 22nd the top 10 videos will be moved onto ScholarshipPoints.com for the voting period. This year the top 10 videos are being selected two different ways. Five of the top 10 will be chosen because they have the most YouTube likes. The other five of the top 10 will be chosen by the ScholarshipPoints team for their originality, creativity, and video production skills. This means that you want to get all of your friends and family to check out your video and Like it on YouTube, but you also want to make sure you put some serious time and effort into creating an amazing video!

Members will have the chance to vote for their favorite video once a day from February 22nd until March 6th. The winners will then be announced on March 7th!  Here is what the winners will receive:

First place: A $2,000 scholarship award

Second place: A $1,000 scholarship award

Third place: A $500 scholarship award

So start preparing your video now so it is ready to submit on February 1st! Good luck and may the most creative video win!

Hi everyone! Just stopping by to announce the next #ScholarshipChat! On Monday, January 23rd at 9:00pm ET we will be chatting about “Scholarship Applications: Paying Attention to Details”. We will have some great tips about what to pay close attention to when filling out scholarship applications and red flags that will make a scholarship committee dismiss your application.

As always you can follow along using TweetChat to make participating in the chat even easier. If you login to TweetChat with your Twitter account and follow the hashtag #ScholarshipChat you will be automatically see updates and be included in the chat every time you tweet.

Chat with you soon!

Students from Howard University and Loyola University Chicago among recent ScholarshipPoints scholarship winners.

QUINCY, MA (January 18, 2011) – ScholarshipPoints.com, an Edvisors online education company, awarded $8,000 on January 3rd to students from California State University at Long Beach, Clayton State University, Houston Community College, Howard University, Saint Johns University, University of Alabama, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, San Diego State University and Loyola University Chicago. Through their free scholarships program, ScholarshipPoints helps students of all ages achieve their dreams of a college education. In 2011 ScholarshipPoints gave away nearly $130,000 in scholarships. To ensure funds are used for educational purposes, awards are sent directly to the student’s financial aid office.

Winner Fanee Johnson, a sophomore nursing major from Clayton State University, was one of the January 3rd scholarship winners. “This scholarship will assist me with paying for summer school which will get me one step closer to reaching my goal,” said Fanee. “Thank you ScholarshipPoints for this scholarship. I am forever grateful!”

ScholarshipPoints is committed to helping students alleviate some of the financial burden associated with higher education. Students who join the program have the opportunity to complete activities in order to earn points. Each point equals one entry into a scholarship drawing. The more points a member enters into a drawing, the greater their chances are of winning. In addition to giving away scholarship money, ScholarshipPoints also educates students on a variety of higher education topics and connects them to third party scholarship offers and alternative financial aid options.

ScholarshipPoints awards multiple monthly scholarships worth up to $10,000. To learn more or to enter the next $10,000 scholarship drawing, visit www.ScholarshipPoints.com.

Did you miss #ScholarshipChat last night? If so you missed a very lively chat about the FAFSA, applying for financial aid, and financial aid options.  We had a ton of students asking questions and @StudentLoanNet on hand to offer advice. It was definitely one of the most successful chats to date!

Here is a recap of the chat:

If you were not able to join in, but still have questions about applying for financial aid and the FAFSA feel free to direct your questions to @WinScholarships and @StudentLoanNet at any time. You can also register for the Financial Aid Forum to ask you questions and get advice from industry professionals and peers.

Happy New Year! The first #ScholarshipChat of 2012 will take place on Monday, January 9th at 9:00pm ET. The chat will be moderated by @winscholarships. We will have our questions for you prepared, but make sure you bring your questions for us too!

The topic of this chat will be “Applying for Financial Aid”. We will be talking about different kinds of financial aid, the FAFSA, and how scholarships fit into the mix. We have some great resources to share so I hope you will stop by!

As always you can follow along using TweetChat to make participating in the chat even easier. If you login to TweetChat with your Twitter account and follow the hashtag #ScholarshipChat you will be automatically see updates and be included in the chat every time you tweet.

Looking forward to chatting with you!

U.S. News Education recently released a list of the 10 schools with the least 2010 graduate debt. According to the article, among the 1,009 ranked colleges and universities that submitted undergraduate student debt data to U.S. News, the average amount of debt for a 2010 graduate who borrowed funds was $25,000. However, the average student debt at some schools is much lower than that.

The schools with the least student debt for 2010 were:

1. Alice Lloyd College (KY)
2. Princeton University (NJ)
3. Anna Maria College (MA)
4. College of the Ozarks (MO)
5. Berea College (KY)
6. Reinhardt University (GA)
7. Clearwater Christian College (FL)
8. California State University – Bakersfield
9. East-West University (IL)
10. Cameron University (OK)

Does this list of schools surprise you? Do you go to one of these school? Do you think your school should be on the list? Leave a comment to let us know what you think!

Read the entire article here.

Last night during #ScholarshipChat we talked about Searching for Scholarships in 2012. Everyone shared what worked well in 2011, what they will do differently in 2012, and their scholarship goals. Here is what you missed:

We will be taking a short break from #ScholarshipChat for the holidays, but the next one will be on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 9:00pm ET! Stay during the first week in January to find out what the topic will be!