Military Child Scholarship – How You Can Get $10,000 In Free Money For School Now

August 11, 2011 by  
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A lot of individuals are starting to realize how important it is to have a college education. Getting the degree you deserve gives you the chance to increase your earning capacity and also increase the quality of your life. Unfortunately a lot of do not have the means to pay for a quality school education. On the other hand if you’re a child of an active or nonactive military member you have the chance to have some free money today.

And most individuals will often try and take out loans in order to pay for their school fees. This might be a very costly route for several reasons. Your school education might cost anywhere from 00-,000 per semester.

On top of that lenders have made it increasingly complicated to get the best rates possible for their school loans. And most individuals are sadly rejected on the spot. In spite of this and if you are a child of a former or active military member you have the opportunity to have the cash you need today to pay for these costly school fees.

Currently there are Military Child Scholarships offered that gives out ,000 a semester in order to pay for those high-rising school fees. The cash can be used for things such as your tuition fees, books, rent and more. It is basically free money that can be used to pay for the things you need as a result you deserve it.

It is barely up to you to take advantage of this provide while it lasts. The downside about the military child scholarships is that it is only on hand online. I was able to find for you the exact website that allows you to take advantage of this free scholarship provide. Taking advantage of this scholarship give is much better then having to pay back costly schools for the next 20 to 30 years of your own life. To get Military Child Scholarships just Click Here: Military Dependant Scholarship

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10 Richest Athletes in the World and their Chosen Sports

July 17, 2011 by  
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Some of the world’s most wealthy people made their fortune while enjoying their chosen sports. Among the most popular sports in the world, golf leads all other sports in creating the world’s richest athlete in the person of Tiger Woods. Among the sports that produce multi millionaire athletes include basketball, boxing, baseball, car racing and football.

Here is a list of 10 richest sportsmen who made a fortune for themselves playing their favorite sports.

Tiger Woods (Golf)
Estimated Annual Income: US0 Million

Tiger Woods (Eldrick Tont Woods) was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California. He is the only son of Earl and Kultida Woods. His father was a mixed African American and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army while his mother is from Thailand.

Tiger Woods grew up in Orange County, California. He enrolled and graduated in 1994 from Western High School in Anaheim. He went to Stanford University and completed 2 years of college education. He is married to Elin Nordegren. They have a daughter named Sam Alexis Woods. The family lives in Windermere, Florida.

At a very young age, Tiger Woods became the youngest US Junior Amateur Champion and went on to win 6 times in this category. In 1996, he turned professional golfer and signed a US million endorsement deal with Nike. Since then he made 89 professional and 14 major championship wins, dominating PGA and US Open.

Oscar de la Hoya (Boxing)
Estimated Annual Income: US Million

Oscar de la Hoya was born in East Los Angeles on February 4, 1973 to Cecilia and Joel de la Hoya, Sr. He grew up in the same neighborhood with his brother, Joel Jr. and Sister Cecilia. Oscar has five children from 4 different women.

As an amateur boxer, his record was 224 wins against 5 losses. He is a recipient of an Olympic Gold Medal in boxing representing the United States. As a professional boxer, his record is 39 wins against 5 losses

Outside the ring, Oscar de la Hoya is into business, TV hosting, commercial modeling, among others. He owns Golden Boy Promotions, Ring Magazine, KO Magazine, Pro-Wrestling and World Boxing Magazine. He also heads a charitable a organization for the under privilege youth.

Oscar de la Hoya is scheduled to square off with Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in a boxing match to be held at the MGM Grand on December 6, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The match is estimated to generate over US0 Million in pay per view receipts and other revenue sources.

Phil Mickelson (Golf)
Estimated Annual Income: US Million

Phil Mickelson was born in San Diego, California on June 18, 1970.He is popularly known as the “Lefty” for his left handed swing stance. His father, Phil, Sr. was an aircraft pilot while his mother worked as a nurse and later ran an assisted living facility together with her husband. From San Diego, the family moved to Arizona where Phil spent part of his youth. He attended Arizona State University on a golf scholarship where he won for the University 3 individual NCAA championship and became an outstanding college golfer. Phil graduated from the University with a degree in Psychology in 1992.

Phil got married to his college girl friend in 1996. They have 3 children He lives in Rancho Sta. Fe, California with his family.

Phil turned professional golfer in 1992 and won 34 times in the PGA Tour and 7 more in other competitions. In major championships, he won 3 including the Masters and US Open.

Kimi Raikkonen (Car Racing)
Estimated Annual Income: US Million

Kimi Matias Raikkonen is a Finnish Formula One race car driver. He was born in Espoo on October 17, 1979. His father Matti was a road builder while his other brother, Rami is also a rally driver and a national junior class champion who also compete in the Formula 3 championship.

Raikkoner was into carting at an early age. His first race outside of Finland was in Monaco at the age of 15. In 998, he placed first in the Nordic championship in Norway. Kimi had a colorful amateur racing experience before he turned professional.

Kimi is married to Jenni Dahlman, a beauty queen who was the former Miss Scandinavia. They live in Switzerland.

Michael Schumacher (Car Racing)
Estimated Annual Income: US Million

Michael Schumacher was born in Germany on January 3, 1969. His father Rolf was a bricklayer and he saw in Michael’s a keen interest in carting. So he modified a pedal cart by adding a motorcycle engine but the young Schumacher soon crashed it into a lamppost. Soon after, his father took him to the local carting track and became the youngest member of the club. His father soon built him a real kart and soon he won his first club championship. That was the beginning of his colorful career in Formula One racing.

 

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Miss USA and Miss America: What’s the Difference?

July 14, 2011 by  
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Miss USA and Miss America: What’s the Difference?

By Stephanie Fleming

Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss America, Little Miss Sunshine……It can all get a little confusing. So, what is what? Isn’t the USA the same as America? Well let’s see. If you look up the definition of The United States of America, one answer you will find is- A country of central and northwest North America with coastlines on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. If you were to also look up America, you would find- place name short for The United States of America. So you could surmise that they are indeed the same. So can’t you assume that the pageants of the same names would also be synonymous?  You might  think so; however nothing could be further from the truth. The Miss USA pageant and Miss America pageant are two totally different pageant systems.

The Miss America organization began as a “beauty” pageant in 1921. It prefers not to be called that anymore due to the fact that swimsuit and evening wear only comprises 35 percent of the overall score.  Miss America has become known as a Scholarship Pageant awarding Scholarships to girls from all 50 states including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The Miss America pageant including its’ state affiliates is the largest provider of scholarships for women in the United States. In 2006, it awarded more than million dollars in scholarships.   The pageant was initially held in Atlantic City, New Jersey and continued there until the organization moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in January of 2006.  Miss America contestants each have a platform that they spend the years’ reign in their state educating others about. She is considered to be a role model as Miss America is heavily involved in community and charity events during her time as queen.  She travels approximately 20,000 miles per month and her location changes every 24 to 48 hours.  Her reign last for one year until she crowns the next Miss America, but the experience lasts a lifetime.

The Miss USA pageant was born in 1950 when then Miss America, Yolanda Betbeze refused to pose for publicity photos in a swimsuit.  Catalina swimwear decided to pull its sponsorship from the Miss America organization and create their own competition.  Some owners of the Miss USA pageant have been Gulf Western, ITT Corporation and current owner, billionaire Donald Trump who purchased the organization in 1996. The first Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants were held in Long Beach, California. There were only 30 delegates in the first pageant and for 2 decades of the pageants history, many states decided not to compete. The District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii do send a delegate to the Miss USA pageant.  Competition is comprised of swimsuit, evening gown and interview. No talent competition. The winner of Miss USA goes to the organization’s sister pageant, Miss Universe. If Miss USA wins Miss Universe, the runner up of  Miss USA carries out the remainder of the year.  Winners are awarded with cash and prizes and public exposure.

There has been controversy involving both organizations. There have also been many women to use each pageant as a platform to further their chosen careers.  There are benefits to both and I am sure there are as many similarities as there are differences. They both provide women an opportunity to express themselves freely as they see fit and that, in and of itself is progress and a good thing.

Written by momof3rowdyboyz
Freelance Writer

The Most Expensive Colleges in 2010

July 11, 2011 by  
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10. Vassar College ,875

Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college situated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Founded as a women’s college in 1861, it became coeducational in 1969. Today, Vassar is ranked as one of the most selective liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report. Barron’s has placed Vassar in its “most competitive” category for admissions. It is ranked among the top liberal arts colleges by U.S.News & World Report. The Princeton Review gave Vassar a selectivity rating of 97 out of 100 in its 2006 edition. Vassar was also ranked 19th out of all colleges and universities in the United States in a Forbes ranking, above colleges such as Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, and University of Pennsylvania. -wikipedia.org

9. Harvey Mudd College  ,037

Harvey Mudd College is a private residential liberal arts college of science, engineering, and mathematics, located in Claremont, California. It is one of the institutions of the contiguous Claremont Colleges. The middle 50% of entering SAT scores are 740–800 (out of 800) in mathematics, 690–760 in critical reading, and 680–760 in writing. A third of the student body are National Merit Scholars, and at one point, about 40 percent of graduates were going on to earn a Ph.D. — the highest rate of any college or university in the nation. Harvey Mudd today still maintains the highest rate of science and engineering Ph.D. production among all undergraduate colleges and second highest (Caltech ranks first and MIT third) compared to all universities and colleges, according to a 2008 report by the National Science Foundation. -wikipedia.org

8. Connecticut College  ,115

Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut.  Founded in 1911 as a sister school to Wesleyan University, the college became coeducational in 1969. It is located on the Thames River, overlooking the Long Island Sound on the highest point in New London. It is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), and is considered to be among the group of colleges called the “Little Ivies.” Forbes ranked Connecticut College 51 in its America’s Best Colleges list in 2009 and U.S. News and World Report ranked the school in its top fifty liberal arts colleges in 2009. -wikipedia.org

7. Georgetown University ,122

Georgetown University is a Jesuit private university located in Georgetown, Washington, DC. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634. While the school struggled financially in its early years, Georgetown expanded into a branched university after the American Civil War under the leadership of university president Patrick Francis Healy. Georgetown is the oldest Roman Catholic university in the United States, and its religious heritage is used to define the institution. The university’s mixed endorsement of Roman Catholic and secular viewpoints has caused controversy at times. -wikipedia.org

6. Johns Hopkins University ,190

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Johns Hopkins also maintains full-time campuses elsewhere in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Italy, China, and Singapore. Johns Hopkins University is particularly famous for its world-renowned affiliated hospital and medical school. It is one of fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities. -wikipedia.org

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5. Skidmore College ,196

Skidmore College is a private, liberal arts college located in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. The college currently enrolls approximately 2,500 students and offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in more than 60 areas of study. Skidmore received 7450 applications in 2007–08 for the class of 2012, admitting 28% of its applicants. The median SAT score was 1320 and ACT score was 28. In 2006, Newsweek/Kaplan identified Skidmore as one of 25 ‘New Ivies,’ an elite school providing an excellent education outside of the Ivy League. Skidmore is 46th in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report ranking of liberal arts colleges. -wikipedia.org

4. Bates College ,300

Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists. Bates confers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees. Bates College is one of the first colleges to be coeducational from establishment. The college is also the oldest continuously operating coeducational institution in New England.The college enrolls about 1,700 students. Originally a Free Will Baptist institution, Bates is now a nonsectarian institution.  Bates is a leader of the SAT optional movement for undergraduate admission. It was one of the first schools to become a part of this movement in 1984. -wikipedia.org

3. The George Washington University ,730

The George Washington University (GW, GWU, or George Washington) is a private, coeducational comprehensive research university located in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress. It is the largest university in the nation’s capital. At the George Washington University, tuition is guaranteed to remain at the freshman rate for up to ten continuous (full time) semesters of attendance at the university. Tuition has risen 58 percent over the past seven years. Tuition for the 2009-2010 year is ,610[40], while the combined room and board is approximately ,000 for incoming freshmen. -wikipedia.org

2. New York University ,991

New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU’s main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is the largest private, nonprofit institution of higher education in the United States, with an enrollment of more than 50,000 students. It is consistently ranked amongst the top universities of the world, NYU counts 31 Nobel Prize winners; 3 Abel Prize winners; 16 Pulitzer Prize winners; 19 Academy Award winners; Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winners. NYU also has MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as National Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty. -wikipedia.org

1. Sarah Lawrence College ,410

Sarah Lawrence is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States. It is located in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, 15 miles (24 km) north of Manhattan. Sarah Lawrence was founded in 1926 as a women’s college and became a coeducational institution in 1968. The College is known for its rigorous academic standards and low student-to-faculty ratio of 9-to-1. Individual student-faculty tutorials patterned after the Oxford/Cambridge system are a key component of all areas of study. Sarah Lawrence emphasizes scholarship, particularly in the humanities, performing arts, and writing, and places a high value on independent study. In The Best College for You, a 2000 co-publication of Time Magazine and The Princeton Review, Sarah Lawrence College was named the liberal arts “College of the Year”, citing the school’s strong emphasis on writing across the curriculum. It is currently the most expensive college in the United States, with annual tuition, room and board, and fees totaling ,410 for the 2009/2010 school year. -wikipedia.org

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Managing Money for College Students

July 11, 2011 by  
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I’m heading off to university for the first time this September, and I’ll be living on campus. I’ve never left home before and I’ve been accustomed to having my parents buy everything I need. I would like some advice on how to spend my money carefully and stay within my budget.”

College life can bring new-found freedom for most young adults. For perhaps the first time, they can make their own decisions: how long to stay out at night, what type of food they want to eat, what to spend their money on. The problem is- most students have had little experience in managing money, and end up making poor choices when it comes to their finances.

Here are some tips to help you to successfully navigate the tricky financial waters throughout your college years:

1.   Start With A Budget

Write down all your monthly and periodic expenses such as tuition, boarding, transportation, food, books, and entertainment. Then make a record of all your sources of income such as allowances, student loans, grants or scholarships, savings, and work. Putting these figures on paper will help you to know if you’ll be on target to meeting your expenses or not. If you discover you will not have enough to meet your expected costs, you’ll have to cut back on spending or find other sources of income. A free college budget planner is available at www.financiallyfreenetwork.com

2.   Track Your Spending

Your actual spending amounts may be very different from your budget. Most people don’t have a clue how much money they really spend until they start recording it. Little purchases such as magazines, bottled water, and fast food all add up. If you’re not careful in the early months, you’ll use up all your money and be forced to dine on crackers and water towards the end of the semester. Track your spending for at least one month to see how your actual money usage tallies with your budget. Make any necessary adjustments to your spending to ensure that you stay on track.

3.   Set Spending Limits

There’s going to be a lot of temptation on campus to wear the latest fashion and attend all the hip shows. Many students get into financial difficulties by trying to keep up with the crowd. If your budget says you don’t have the disposable income to go out every night, find creative ways of getting free entertainment. Have your friends bring food and drink and have a party in your own room, or split the cost of renting a DVD instead of heading to the cinema.

4.   Make alliances

Team up with friends and roommates in order to save money. You can pool your money to buy wholesale food items or share transportation costs if one of you has a car. Your roommate can decide to buy the microwave while you get the television set, so that you both can share the home comforts.

5.   Plan in advance

You may need to put aside money regularly in order to meet a big expense during the school year. For example, if exam fees are due at the end of the semester, it might be easier to save monthly towards the sum, than to find the total amount at one time. If you have plans to do something fun for the summer holidays, defer some of your current entertainment spending to be able to afford it.

6.   Be Careful With Cards

If you use a debit card, remember that you could be charged each time you swipe. Try to plan your grocery shopping monthly instead of every day. Don’t keep heading to the ATM daily to get cash- withdraw just enough for the week. If the cash is finished before time, discipline yourself not to go back until the week is up. If you have access to credit cards, remember that you’re spending money that not yours and at some point, you’ll have to pay it back. If you have problems staying in your budget, leave the credit card at home and only use for real emergencies.

7.   Learn From Your Experiences

The art of managing money well has to be learned just like any of the subjects in your curriculum. Take advantage of the internet and financial publications to teach yourself how to become financially savvy. However, chances are at some point you’ll make mistakes with your money. Use the experiences you’ve gained on campus as valuable lessons which will help you to graduate with honours in money management.

Copyright © 2007 Cherryl Hanson Simpson

Written by Cherryl Hanson Simpson
Financial consultant and money coach

How to Find Scholarships

July 11, 2011 by  
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Step1

The first step in finding scholarships is to talk to your school counselor if you are in high school. School counselors can usually help you in going a direction to finding these scholarships. They will also help you with letters of recommendations and be able to get you your scores and transcripts.

Step2

There are many sites that will help you find scholarships without any extra work. A lot of these sites can be found with a simple google search. They will ask you things such as your degree you might want to study, interests, schools you might attend, etc. They will then list scholarships that are available and link you to them giving you a nice organized list.

Step3

Do you have a job? A lot of jobs offer scholarships to their employees. You just have to ask or put some research into it. These kind of scholarships are really nice because they shorten the playing field and you have a much better chance at being awarded the scholarship.

Step4
Remember, when filling out scholarship applications or essays, you might not always be selected. And although 0 doesn’t sound like a lot when you look at the big picture, it really does add up considering all the expenses that come with college.

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The Cult of Mithras in Roman Britain

July 11, 2011 by  
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The religion of Mithras was spread all throughout the Roman Empire, and he became popular not only with slaves, but with the Roman soldiers. It is my intention to look at the cult of Mithras in Roman Britain using the information left by the archaeological record.

First, let us define who Mithras was. Mithras was the Persian deity of the sun, truth and light, although it must be stressed that it is difficult to establish when the ancient Persians connected Mithras with the sun, since ancient Iran had a different solar deity (Edwards, p.2). Once Persian was under Rome’s authority, the religion of Mithras rapidly spread across the Roman Empire.

The military background to Mithraism in Britain is well known to academics and its reputation among the military seems to indicate the cult was most active amongst the veterans stationed near temples and mithraea, small basilical buildings resembling caves where ceremonies were performed.

Due to the deliberate water-logging of the mithraea at Carrawburgh near Hadrian’s Wall in the late Roman period, this mithraea is very well-preserved and can offer us great insight into the significance of the cult of Mithras. The temple itself was built in the early 3rd century CE, and indicates that the fire that destroyed it could have been deliberate (King, p.354). We have evidence that animal sacrifice was practiced in early to mid 3rd century CE, as the floor of the narthex was covered in the bones of sheep, goat, pig and ox. Bones of chickens were found amongst a large amount of heather. This has been “interpreted as ritual offerings, either as general sacrifices to Mithras or as part of an initiation ceremony and subsequent ritual meal” (King, p.355). This evidence indicates that these sacrifices were carried out with deliberation, and were clearly significant to the participants involved. It should be noted, however, that due to the complex and secret theology of Mithraism, offerings to the deity are likely to have been undertaken only within the mithraea itself (Stocker, p.360).

Among the different minor animals that have been portrayed on known Mithraic representations, the bull, dog, scorpion and the serpent have all played an important role in the Mithraic myth. However, until recently, no known text recorded the role these animals played, so that “interpretation of the artistic representations and the various group scenes on the art-monuments remains an open field for scholarship” (Oikonomides, p.88).

The significance for Mithraism in Britain is highly important, not only the religion’s own internal history, but also for the religious identity and history of Rome. Instead of the stereo-typing view that Rome forced its religious identity onto its conquered people, the study of Mithraism allows us to see clearly that Rome’s stand on religion was more fluid than fixed. The archaeological remains relating to the cult of Mithras indicates that the religion shared a universal identity across not only land and people, but also across time. 

Bibliography: 

Edwards, M. J. (1990) Herodotus and Mithras: Histories I. 131, The American Journal of Philology, The Johns Hopkins University Press.

King, Anthony (2005) Animal Remains from Temples in Roman Britain, Britannia, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.

Oikonomides, Al. N. (1977) A New Mithraic Tauroctony in the J. Paul Getty Museum, The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, J. Paul Getty Trust.

Stocker, David (1998) A Hitherto Unidentified Image of the Mithraic God Arimanius at Lincoln? Britannia, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.

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Philly Ad Club is proud to introduce Danielle Masi from Temple University – Advertising Department, a Philly’s Future Scholarship Award nominee. All of the nominees were personally interviewed by the Philly Ad Club Scholarship Committee on March 24, 2011. Danielle shares her thoughts immediately after her interview.
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College Aid – How to Get Your Fair Share

July 11, 2011 by  
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What is Financial Aid and How do You Get Your Fair Share for College?

Looking for financial aid for college? Wondering where to start?

There are basically 3 buckets of money for college aid today. First is “need aid.” What’s that? Well, that comes from the federal government and the state, and there are billions of dollars available.

The next is merit aid. What’s that? That comes from college endowments. That’s the money that’s been put aside through their alumni and through various contributors to the funds. Over 75 colleges and universities have endowments in excess of a billion dollars.

And then there are private scholarships. Private scholarships tend to be where a lot of people look for college aid, but the fact is, it is the smallest bucket of the three.

So let’s concentrate on the largest college aid bucket – government money. Here’s the good news: each year there are billions of dollars available to you as a US tax payer, and you’re entitled to your share!

Here’s how it works: the people who understand the system the most get the most financial aid for college. In fact, most families overpay for college because they don’t understand the system. The way the system works is the government expects you to fill out one of their forms, before they give you any money. The government form for college financial aid is called FAFSA. That stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

The form basically collects a bunch of financial information – your income, your assets, your age, how many are in your household, etc. – and then calculates a number, and that’s what the government expects you to pay for college. That’s called your EFC, or Expected Family Contribution. Normally, it’s way higher than people expect.

Some people ask me, “Is that for all four years?” No, that’s for one year. The good news is, there are ways for you to lower that number, and get much more financial aid for college. Also, the more children a family has in college at the same time, the lower the EFC.

What is EFC and How Does It Affect College Aid?

Expected family contribution is what the government expects you to pay for one child to go to college for one year.

One thing you should remember: the kids’ assets and income count against you more heavily, so you don’t want too much money in the kids’ names.

Now, in order to understand what’s going on here, we have to know that EFC is part of a larger formula. The larger formula is what’s determining how much financial aid for college you’re actually going to get. So if we take the cost of attendance at any college, and deduct the EFC, that’s going to give you your financial aid “need.”

Let’s say you’re looking at a college whose cost of attendance is ,000 and your EFC is ,000. Your “need” is going to be ,000 a year. Well, just because your need is ,000 doesn’t mean the college will give you ,000. Every school has a policy and track record for the percentage of aid they meet.

These days, state schools often don’t meet more than 50% of a family’s need. That’s because states are strapped for cash. Private schools, on the other hand, tend to give a higher percentage of demonstrated need. The top private schools, such as Princeton, Vanderbilt and Stanford, often will meet 100% of your need.

Written by IanWelham
One of America’s leading college financial aid experts

Lord of the Rings Online Scholar Guide

July 11, 2011 by  
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Scholars are not people we think of as producing anything except knowledge. In Lord of the Rings Online, scholars also produce knowledge, but their research can lead to more beneficial effects. By digging deep into the lore of Middle Earth a scholar can uncover the secrets of how to make patterns for other trade skills.

The scholar trade skill may not be the most popular choice for adventurers in Middle Earth, although the author has no data to back this up, but because it provides recipes for other craftsman, the scholar will always be in demand.

Getting Started as a Scholar in Lord of the Rings Online

The Master or Mistress of Apprentices will teach the scholar skill to the players as well as give them crafting quests that allows them to advance to the next tier of the skill, but an LOTRO player must have the correct materials to make the long-forgotten patterns.  The game assumes that a novice scholar will have access to pen and ink.  The only tool he must purchase from an NPC vendor is a scholar’s glass.  The novice scholar sitting at tables near the master or mistress of apprentices will usually make these available for purchase.

Finding Materials for Scholarly Research

In a world without universities, scholars must often take up more than one field of research. In Lord of the Rings Online, scholars of all experience levels should expect to invest a great deal of time in archaeological digs.   When you find a broken or shattered artifact, click on it, and loot all. Such relics can usually be found in ruins, and this process provides the materials a player needs.

Making Items with the LOTRO Scholar Skill

The crafting panel lets the player knows what items he is capable of making.   It will also tell him if he has the materials necessary to make an item.  If a Lord of the Rings Online player wishes to make an item, with this trade skill he must equip the glass  and click on the appropriate item.

Selling the Scholarly Scrolls

This trade skill produces scrolls.  Many of them are patterns for other trade skills, but they can also produce minor buffs such as morale boosts and extra armor for any player character. (Level is usually the only limit on who can use a scroll.)  Because the scrolls are consumed, the higher tier skills can be a good source of profit for a scholar.

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How to Win Scholarships?

July 11, 2011 by  
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What is a scholarship?

Scholarships are free money programs that provide financial aid to students supporting in their endeavor to complete their education and funding their college education. The amount of scholarship money varies from few hundreds to thousands of dollars. Kindly do not under weigh the scholarship amount every single penny helps in covering the cost of your college education. Both scholarships and grants are free money programs. The students are required to satisfy certain conditions in order to qualify for these scholarship programs. These programs not only help the students in funding their education, but are also worthy to note in their resume as a recipient of scholarship awards.

Where should you search to find details about scholarship?

You can search for scholarships both online and offline. Online search for scholarships will help you explore profile based scholarship services, scholarship databases, college and university based scholarships in particular and search engines that help you find the right scholarship schemes that fit your requirement.
Your high school career counselors, local community centre, library, books on scholarships, newspapers are the offline sources available for scholarship searches.

What are the different types of scholarships?

There are different types of scholarships available for students.

Academic scholarships are based on the GPA scores of the students.
Athletic scholarships are granted to students who excel in their sports.
Minority based scholarships are available to students who belong to particular community.
Specific scholarships are offered to women, in order help under privileged students who intend to pursue higher education.
Unusual scholarships are variety scholarship schemes offered to students with unusual traits, winning a fancy game, named after a specific surname. There are number of reasons how and why an unusual scholarship is offered to students.

In short scholarships are offered to students who are both good at studies and those who are good at other extracurricular activities.

Who are the sponsors?

The sponsors for these scholarship schemes are as follows:

Scholarships offered by colleges or educational institutions are sponsored by the respective college or institution. They are both need based and merit based scholarships.
Corporate scholarships or the scholarships offered by companies such as Coco Cola and Microsoft are offered by the respective corporate biggies. They have certain conditions to be satisfied in order to qualify for these scholarships.
Community based organizations and other charitable organizations offer scholarship awards for students in their area or community.
Member groups and professional associations, follow a norm, whereby they sponsor the students cause and support them by funding their education.

How to prepare for winning scholarships?

Those students who prepare for all the scholarships under the sun are ineffective competitors. It is important to apply for scholarships whose requirements you satisfy in full. You should present excellent essays, meet all the qualification requirements, fill in the application form in full, stay organized in every possible way and be well prepared for scholarship interviews. Scholarships supplement any other student loans in funding cost of college education. Scholarships normally meet one third of the cost of education and sometimes whole of the tuition fees.

Written by MarkBrown

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