We are so happy to start the month of May off with a HUGE announcement! Today we launched a brand new Refer a Friend program and it is better than ever. Now, when someone you refer to ScholarshipPoints wins a scholarship you will also win a scholarship. They win, you win! It is that simple.

If you do not already follow ScholarshipPoints (@WinScholarships) on Twitter, you are definitely missing out! Here are a few reasons why you should join over 28,000 other ScholarshipPoints members on Twitter…

The people over at CollegeWeekLive have a new event coming up next week! The are holding an online college fair specifically for science, technology, engineering and math majors (STEM majors).

In 2009 a law was passed that prevents adults under the age of 21 from being approved for a credit card without a cosigner. Before this law, many college students depended on credit cards to shop online, book travel, and buy textbooks. Luckily, there is now a new credit card alternative for college students.

In 2009, three Harvard undergrads saw the need to fill a hole in the media marketplace for information that responds directly to the needs of college women. They wanted a place where female students could go to get both individualized campus-by-campus content and articles about national hot campus topics. Later that year, they launched Her Campus, an online magazine exclusively for college women.

CollegeWeekLive SPRING is a free online college fair featuring over 300 colleges and universities from across the country and around the world, as well as live video presentations from admissions experts and current college students.

I sure that everyone is already well into weekend mode, but we wanted to make sure that you didn’t forget that the $10,000 scholarship drawing is this coming Tuesday. This means that you only have a few days left to earn scholarship points and enter them into the drawing. Looking for ways to earn a few extra scholarship points? Here are a few things you can do!

Hi ScholarshipPoints fans! The deadline to submit videos for Scholarship Idol is quickly approaching! So sing, dance, film your pet, film your friends- anything that promotes ScholarshipPoints.com! Entries will be accepted until Sunday, February 13th. On February 14th, the 10 finalists will be chosen to proceed to the voting period.

CollegeWeekLives’s Paying for College event is this week. If you want to learn more about how to pay for college, this is the online event for you! By attending you will be able to connect live online with financial aid experts and college financial aid officers and get all of your questions about this confusing process answered.

Are you dreaming of an unforgettable Spring Break trip but don’t think you have the money to make it happen? The truth is that after all of the hard work you have put in this year you deserve to get away from it all. Travel can be very expensive, but if you use StudentUniverse you might just be able to take a trip with what little funds you have leftover after books, your meal plan, and housing expenses.