More Than a Test Score

Are you considering a faith based school? If so, Zinch would like to highlight a few for you to take a look at. Whether you’re looking to go into ministry or would just like a Christian environment, one of these schools may be the place for you!

These private schools offer financial assistance and scholarship opportunities. Shout Out to connect to these schools and learn more about what they offer.

Southern Adventist – Based in Southern Tennessee, near the Smokey Mountains, Southern believes its most important aspect is its students, who are always going a step further than just the requirements,connecting in spontaneous groups for prayer and Bible study and leading out in community service events.

Kuyper College – Based in Grand Rapids, MI, Kuyper offers the best of academic and spiritual education, combined with a passion for awakening students to the need of possessing a solid biblical worldview, and preparing them to share it with an embattled world. Within a community that welcomes a diversity of races, nationalities and denominations, Kuyper students develop lifetime bonds, gain professional skills, and acquire experience.

Baptist Bible College & Seminary – Based in Clarks Summit, PA, BBC&S’s mission is to provide excellence in biblical education for effectiveness in ministry leadership. As a comprehensive educational institution, the school offers 38 degree programs from the one-year Bible certificate to the Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, including the Bachelor of Science in Bible and several master’s degrees.

The game design position is one that carries significantly more responsibility than most people would expect.  It’s not just about having a gameplay idea or storyline.  The designer has the responsibility for the entire gaming experience – to take the myriad of technical and creative elements and combining them to create an engaging experience that players yearn for (and hopefully will want to pay for). 

As was mentioned earlier, just because a game has a character moving around does not mean that it is fun.  While the designer ultimately works with production personnel such as programmers and artists, a successful designer must have a good understanding of how the various game elements are actually implemented so they can discuss specifics to achieve their vision with the team.  Consider some of the following game elements that many designers have to deal with:

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Have you ever heard the phrase “always thinking with your stomach” and wondered what that meant? Hormel foods has partnered up with The Hispanic Scholarship Fund to create a scholarship where students can do just that! Up to $2500 will be given to  students hailing from the Midwest states who plan to major in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Management, Agricultural Science, Manufacturing Engineering, Agricultural Science/Agronomy, Computer Science, Information Technology (IT/MIS) Marketing, Hospitality Administration or related fields. Applicants must be Hispanic and currently a High School Junior with a minimum 3.0 GPA.

This is a great opportunity–you can not only apply for this great scholarship, but interested applicants can also apply for a paid internship as well! Hungry hopefuls should go here to learn more. Let your stomach do the talking and enjoy feasting on this great scholarship opportunity!

Better hurry, deadline’s coming up quick so be sure to apply before December 15! Best of luck to you all!!

Gaming continues to grow in popularity and the ways in which they are played keeps growing as well. More online gaming is taking place and it is happening within social networks. Facebook just happens to be one of more popular social networks and also offers some great games to be played.

If you think that boredom just might take over your body during Christmas break, try out some of these cool online games to ward off the boredom.

Biotronic: Features easy mouse controls, exploding combos and artful animations.

Restaurant City: Combines elements of time management games and virtual sims, in which you start your own food joint and compete against others to be the favorite grub spot in town.

MindJolt Games: Includes a number of arcade, puzzle, strategy and sports games to play solo or in challenges with friends.

Know-It-All: Pits you against your Facebook friends to test your knowledge and show off the size of that big brain of yours.

Yoville: Bascially a virtual world on Facebook. You do virtual work to earn money to support your virtual life. You can also visit your friends and chat in real-time.

There are number of other games you can check out on Facebook. If you want to see some additional games read this article that highlights five other great games to play.

Meet Arpan Prabhu Winner of the Easy as Pi III Scholarship! Arpan is a business/science enthusiast. He hopes to be able to pursue a career that uses both to create new innovations. We wish Arpan success in this pursuit and also in accomplishing his goals.

Here is more about Arpan:

When/where did you hear about Zinch and the “Easy as Pi Scholarship”?

I was referred to Zinch through a good friend. The scholarship finder on the site listed out my matches, and I followed through.

What was your reaction when you found out that you had won the “Easy as Pi Zinch Scholarship”?

I was flabbergasted. At first, I thought it was junk mail, but the “winner” in the subject aroused my curiosity. After reading the message, I smiled and had a Reese’s to celebrate the occasion. It was perfect.

What was your parents’ reaction?

Well, I told them the news as I played ping-pong with my dad. He was surprised and let his guard down, and I ended up winning the point.

What college do you want to go to and why?

Ah, college. I’m still applying to a good number of schools and trudging away on those essays. However, I have a soft spot for the University of Pittsburgh—it has great programs in science; but more important to me, the opportunities it offers in terms of undergraduate research are magnificent. Its foreign language department is also superb, as I’m trying to master Spanish and become trilingual. The diverse city environment is exciting, too!

How are you more than a test score?

I have a personality—that cannot be represented or inferred from a plain, often dull number on a dreary, uninteresting piece of simple paper.

How would you move Mount Fuji?

“Ctrl + c” and “ctrl + v.” Presto.

Thanks to everyone that participated and keep checking back to read about our scholars winning experiences!