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Ταχυδρομημένος από το SAM Τζάκσον όπως Κολλέγιο, Οικονομική ενίσχυση
Σήμερα είμαι πολύ συγκινημένος για να αναγγείλω ότι η υποτροφία Ι αποδοχών κολλεγίων αρχικά περιγραμμένος και αργότερα ενημερωμένος είναι τελικά από το έδαφος: myUsearch έχει επιταχύνει στο πιάτο και προσφέρει $1000 στο καλύτερο δοκίμιο σπουδαστών που απαντά στις ακόλουθες ερωτήσεις: Ποιο ήταν το ματαιώνοντας μέρος της διαδικασίας αποδοχών κολλεγίων σας; Γιατί είναι σημαντικό για την αλλαγή κολλεγίων και πανεπιστημίων αυτό; Ποιες προτάσεις πρέπει για τα κολλέγια και τα πανεπιστήμια να δοκιμάσετε να ανακουφίσετε την απογοήτευσή σας και την απογοήτευση των συμφοιτητών σας;
Το πρόγραμμα που πρόβλεψα αρχικά θα συνδεόταν συγκεκριμένα με μια προσπάθεια να προωθηθεί η ανάπτυξη των νέων πόρων για τους σπουδαστές στις αποδοχές κολλεγίων/τα υψηλότερα ed διαστήματα μάρκετινγκ. Θυμάμαι πώς ματαιώνοντας και επίπονες αποδοχές κολλεγίων είμαι-που είμαι γιατί άρχισα αυτό το blog, και γιατί συνεχίζω να εργάζομαι για να προσπαθήσω να καταστήσω τα πράγματα καλύτερα. Με το νεώτερο πολλαπλασιασμό στροφών αδελφών μου (τώρα 15) ακριβώς για να ισχύσει για το κολλέγιο, και το demographics και τους αριθμούς αποδοχών πάντα-που επιδεινώνουν, δεν υπάρχει κανένας καλύτερος χρόνος για μια υποτροφία όπως αυτήν που θα μας φέρει ενδεχομένως όλες τις μερικές πραγματικά μεγάλες νέες ιδέες. Πρόκειται να εργαστώ για να σιγουρευτώ ότι το καλύτερο αυτών των προτάσεων λαμβανόμενων παίρνει ακουσμένο από τα σχολεία.
Η υποτροφία είναι ανοικτή στο καινούριο πτώσης `08 και εκείνοι οι σπουδαστές που υποβάλλουν αίτηση για το 2009 (σημαντική αναπροσαρμογή από το 5/22!). συνέχιση ενός πτυχίου πανεπιστημίου συνεταίρων ή σε αναγνωρισμένες ΗΠΑ. μεταδευτερεύον όργανο με ένα συνδυασμένο οικιακό εισόδημα $100.000 ή λιγότερο. Εάν αυτός σας περιγράφει, ισχύστε σήμερα! Εάν όχι, να πει σε έναν φίλο για τον οποίο δύναμη ισχύει. Περισσότεροι κανόνες και οδηγίες μετά από το σπάσιμο σε αυτήν την θέση.
Θα συμμετάσχω στην κρίση, και προσωπικά θα ενθάρρυνα τους συμμετέχοντες για να γράψω για τους τρόπους ότι η νέα τεχνολογία (ειδικά το Διαδίκτυο και τα νέα μέσα) θα μπορούσε να βοηθήσει να βελτιώσει τις αποδοχές κολλεγίων/τη διαδικασία τριτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης - βασικά, ελπίζω να δω μερικές πραγματικά μεγάλες ιστορίες και ιδέες που θα τεθούν έπειτα στα πειστικά κολλέγια δράσης για να κάνουν αυτές τις μεταρρυθμίσεις να συμβούν!
Θέλησα αρχικά να οργανώσω μια υποτροφία από το έδαφος επάνω ο ίδιος, αλλά βγάζει ότι αυτό είναι αρκετά δυσνόητο! Έχοντας myUsearch διαχειριστείτε την υποτροφία αποδείχθηκε μια καλή εναλλακτική λύση. I do want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who were ready to put money on the table for my proposed scholarship, and I would say that I hope to be able to do more in this direction, long term. This is going to be a great start.
More details in the days ahead! Complete Press Release and instructions below.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Elizabeth Kudner, myUsearch, LLC
303-975-6857
myUsearch Announces Scholarship for Students Frustrated With College Admissions
College matching service, myUsearch.com, will award a $1000 scholarship to the student with the best ideas to improve college admissions
(Boulder, CO.) May 7, 2007 â As high school seniors approach graduation, students and parents can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The college admissions process is finally over. Those countless hours spent agonizing over SAT scores, college essays and admissions standards have finally come to an end. Unfortunately, getting accepted to college is only the first battleâ¦figuring out how to pay for it can be even worse. To numb the pain, myUsearch has launched a college scholarship that asks students to tell the story of their excruciating college admissions process and suggest ways for colleges to make it better.
Last yearâs college admissions were reported to be more competitive than ever. The acceptance rates at Yale, Harvard, and Columbia fell below 10 percent for fall 2007 admissions and state schools are becoming much more difficult to get into. This has left many students with shattered dreams and dimmed expectations for the 2008 school year.
âThe college admissions process has this smoke and mirrors aspect to itâ, says Derek Kraus, founder of myUsearch. âStudents have to jump through hoops and they are often left with no idea why they did or did not get in to the college of their choice. By offering this scholarship, we will give students a forum to voice their frustrations with the application process, and hopefully this will start the dialogue needed to convince schools to make the appropriate changes.â This 1000 dollar college scholarship will be open to students starting college in 2008. The scholarship is financial need based, requiring a household income of less than 100,000 dollars. To apply for this and any other open scholarships, students must complete the myUsearch questionnaire and meet the requirements of the available scholarships.
About myUsearch, LLC
myUsearch, LLC is an unbiased online resource dedicated to objectively matching students to schools and providing fair and accurate college enrollment information. The myUsearch Smart Questionnaire determines the needs of students in order to accurately match them with any of the 3,400+ colleges in the company database. The myUsearch blog offers an honest view of colleges and the college enrollment process. myUsearch offers students a completely honest and objective match by providing the names of matching colleges regardless of their willingness to pay for a listing, and allowing only the schools that match the studentsâ criteria to contact them. For further information, please visit www.myUsearch.com.
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Scholarship Application Instructions
There are a few things you need to know before you start the scholarship application:
1) You must first complete the myUsearch questionnaire (www.myusearch.com).
2) After you complete the questionnaire, you can start the application at anytime. You will be emailed login information to allow you to login to âmy prior searchâ and begin the application.
3) ONCE YOU START THE APPLICATION, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAVE IT TO COME BACK TO IT.
4) For financial need based scholarships, applicants will be asked to certify whether they meet the income requirement. If selected as a finalist, the applicant will be required to provide a copy of their 1040 tax form. Any applicant that cannot provide this information will be disqualified.
4) Since you will be required to write an essay for the scholarship, we recommend you prepare the essay BEFORE YOU START the application.
Scholarship Essay Questions:
College Admissions Reform Scholarship:
You will be asked to compose an essay of 1000 words or less that answers the following questions:
What has been the most frustrating part of your college admissions process? Why is it important for colleges and universities to change this? What suggestions do you have for colleges and universities to try to relieve your frustration and the frustration of your fellow students?
If you have any further questions about the scholarship, please email info@myusearch.com.
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8 Responses
Kyle James
May 19th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
1Sam,
That’s so awesome and I’m glad to see you follow through and give back!
Sam Jackson
May 21st, 2008 at 1:18 am
2Kyle– thanks! Let any students you know about the scholarship. I’m really hoping to make something great from the collective entries to do some good.
The $1000 College Admissions Frustration Scholarship | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog
May 21st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
3[…] and (hopefully) have some changes made for the better. He, along with myUsearch, is offering a $1000 College Admissions Frustration Scholarship to the student who writes the essay best answering these questions: What has been the most […]
alexa harrington
May 21st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
4Sam,
This is such an amazing idea! The fact that you’ve safely traversed the admissions process and can now, by all rights, be done with the whole thing, makes it all the more impressive that you’re spending the time and energy to do something like this.
Sam Jackson
May 21st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
5Alexa–I’m done, but I have lots of friends who are still running the gauntlet, not to mention a sister 3 years my younger. I’m glad that there will be more, better tools for the college search in place by the time she is really applying in earnest, but I know there are still many systematic problems that could be ironed out. It’s been pretty tough working out all the details for this scholarship and finally MyUsearch came along to help out, which is really great.
The best part is that most of the suggestions I make here on my blog and in other forums lead to an outcome which is not just better for students, but better for schools too… I think it’s a pretty easy sell. Hopefully we’ll get some really good data in all these entries to help bolster my arguments.
Thanks for writing about it–stumbled you to let more people know!–and will definitely be posting about the progress / results of the scholarship! Keep it up over @ EducatedNation - sorry I haven’t pinged you all recently, but I’m still reading…!
Larry Gellar
May 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
6You know what the most frustrating part of college admissions is? That only students from families with <$100,000 income are eligible for scholarships like this.
Sam Jackson
May 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
7Larry - I had wanted the scholarship to be open to all, and it more likely would have been, but this move was motivated largely to limit the number of applications to a more manageable level because it was unclear how many entries there would be. Setting the income level to 100,000 or less allows about 85% of US households to be eligible, so I think that’s not such a bad compromise. (US census data, 2006 http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032007/hhinc/new06_000.htm)
alexa harrington
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
8Thanks, Sam!
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