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Starving Artist Wins $5,000 in ScholarPoint’s SIC Vids Contest

Back in November, we launched a contest to give away $5,000 to one lucky winner for the best YouTube video that incorporated one or more of the words in our slogan: Simple, Instant, Complete. Today we are thrilled to announce that the winner of the contest Read More...

Are You Utilizing All of the Student Funding Resources Available?

When most students think of financial aid, they think of federal loans that are available through the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). While federal loans are certainly the most common choice among students, many times those loans don't Read More...

Harvard’s New Financial Aid Plan: What Will It Mean Outside of Cambridge?

Last month, Harvard announced an overhaul of financial aid policies designed to make the school more affordable for families across the income spectrum. The new initiative focuses on ensuring greater affordability for middle- and upper-middle-income families Read More...

A Little Known Way to Pay for Graduate School

Did you know that in July of 2006 PLUS (Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students) loans, became available to graduate students to pay for their education? Many people don’t! In the past, there were limited choices for funding graduate school. If grad students Read More...

6 Programs that will Pay Off Your Student Loans

Did you know that there are organizations that will pay off all or part of your student loans? It seems too good to be true, but this little known tidbit is an absolute fact. Could one of these programs repay all or part of your student loans? #1 Charitable Read More...

3 Ways to Make Extra Money While in College

A few weeks ago, we blogged about states stepping in and taking action against credit card companies that prey on college students. If you think about college marketing from a credit card company’s perspective, the college campus is an ideal place to Read More...