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It has been far too long since I last wrote on this blog. My apologies for being silent and I will try to write more often especially now that school has either started, or is about to begin. Speaking of, I've started a new job at the Williamsburg Charter High School in Brooklyn, NY and it's amazing. Hi to all my students at the WCHS!
Now, back to business. Let's talk about senior year and starting the college selection process…
Nancy, a Zinch grasshopper, recently asked me a question some of you might also be having: “I really, really want to apply ED [early decision] to my dream school but I’m worried I might not get the sufficient financial aid that I need and then I would be in a tough pickel. What would be your advice? To apply ED to that one college or apply to various colleges through regular decision and wait to see what I get offered?”
We all know that being a high school senior can be very expensive and in the end, senior year will most likely empty out your pockets. As we return back to school, ready to face senior year, most of us are full of pride from almost having survived the majority of high school. We are now the big kids on campus therefore we somehow must devise a way to let the entire student population at our school know that we are seniors, the rockin’ class of 2009. What is, you ask, the easiest way to show off our senior-ness? BY WEARING CROWNS!!
The Princeton Review recently debuted their famous college ranks with every category you could ever imagine from “Happiest Students” to worst college foods (oh noo)…
To get you up to date on student finance in the news lately we turned to a little old-fashioned The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
The Good: Earlier this month, for the first time in a decade, the House and the Senate (see video for a refresher) reauthorized the Higher Education Act HR+ 4137.
This is good news for you. Why, you ask? Here it is:
1. Easier FAFSA form—big win
2. Greater transparency into college expenses
3. States forced increase education spending
4. Colleges required to give info on the cost of textbooks
5. And the big money… Pell Grants are to be raised from $4,800 to $6000 in 2009 and up to $8000 by 2014 students can receive Pell Grants yearly, as opposed to just for the current term.
Hello Zinch. I am new on the scene so I wanted to introduce myself. Name is 31. That is all you need to know. I am a test score. My hobbies and interests include test prep, being a faceless number in the crowd, and long walks on the beach on my way to the Saturday administration of the SAT…
Youth camps and family trips. Summer work and summer play. What did you do this summer? I joined a group that backpacked 11 miles into the Grand Canyon. Beautiful waterfalls that were great for diving and swimming. Nothing like nature to both amaze you and beat you down (the hot sun, long hike). Kirk, a familiar face to Zinch, had an experience I had to share…
Wow.
I still can't believe my litte picture over there on the right is between Mick and Sarah's pictures. They are Zinch gods and I feel like a speed bump in between their glorious black and white photos.
Almost all colleges find and recruit students through standardized test scores. Zinch allows
students to be seen for what they are -- not just numbers, but people.
With more than 800 schools and over 1.9 billion in scholarships, Zinch has quickly become the standard for helping student succeed.
Zinch is now 2 million plus students and growing fast.
