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If you are reading this I am sure you are on the prowl for money for college. This is not an easy task and I am sure at times you probably feel like you are not eligible for any of the scholarships you come across. Well I am here to tell you about a few scholarships that should be on every student’s radar screen.

The first is the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes students who exemplify change in their community and who serve as role models for their fellow students. Each recipient is awarded a one-time $1,000 grant to be used for higher education.

The second is Olive Garden’s Essay Writing Contest. The theme of the contest this year is “Teachers Who Inspire”. To enter you should write an essay describing a teacher who has inspired you in school and how they have impacted your life. Not only will the winner receive at $2,500 scholarship, but also a trip to New York City and dinner at the Olive Garden in Times Square!

Details about these scholarships and many other scholarships can be found on StudentScholarshipSearch.com.  Also, do not forget that ScholarshipPoints is giving away another $10,000 in exactly a month! Between now and then earn scholarship points and enter to win. You could find yourself going into next semester a little less stressed about expenses!

You may have noticed by now that Scholarship Points has a lot going on! Sometimes you might feel like keeping up with everything is a bit overwhelming. I bet you wish there was a place where you could quickly get updates on new scholarship contests, where to find point opportunities and even secret bonus codes. Well I am here to tell you that a place like that exists. If you did not know already, Scholarship Points is on Twitter!

If you follow @winscholarships you will never miss a point activity or scholarship deadline again! Isn’t that a relief? We all know that the more point activities complete the more chances you have to win scholarships. As a bonus, you will also be able to see when new scholarships are posted on Student Scholarship Search. Searching for scholarships will become almost no work at all.

So take one minute out of the hundreds that you are online every day to check out the feed. Trust me, you will kick yourself if you miss the next 10K deadline!

Hello my little scholarship seekers! As you know there are new scholarships posted each week over on Student Scholarship Search.  I just posted one this morning for the Olive Garden.  Personally I’d be happy if I won a gift card from Olive so I could eat some of that fine cuisine, but someone is going to win $2,500 and a three day trip to NY City along with dinner at the Olive Garden in Times Square!

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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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