More Than a Test Score

Jigitz is a stud. No we didn’t pay him. He’s just really cool like that.
 

As you can see…we’ve given our blog a major upgrade. The design is more consistent with the rest of Zinch.  The categories are better organized.  And the entire platform has been moved to wordpress. The name of the new blog is “More Than a Test Score.”

We are also shifting a little bit in the direction of this blog.  It’ll continue to be a place where we give updates on Zinch, talk about the college search process and give advice for high school students trying to navigate college admissions.  However, the new direction of our blog will cover topics that go far beyond the hum drum of college admissions (essays, scholarships, etc). New topics will include entertainment, sports, music, tv and various other aspects of high school life. Our blog will become a platform where America’s best writers & entertainers can showcase their talent.

You can almost think of it as a student newspaper. The Zinch student newspaper.

As you might have already heard, we will be selecting 20 students to become Zinch bloggers. Learn more on that application page if you are interested.  We have extended the application deadline to January 17, 2009.

We hope you enjoy the new blog.  Thanks and Happy New Year!

Finalists! If you want us to post one of your videos on your matchup page, send them to us at marchmadness@zinch.com ! I know a bunch of you have already done videos….but let us know if you want us to put them up and send the link of the vid again to make sure it's easy for us to get to. View an example of what i'm talking about by checking out Leah Titus' video on her matchup page.

-Mick

The 64 finalists have been chosen. Be sure to check out the brackets to vote.

Also in the news. For the semifinalists who didn't make it: we are giving away $1k to one of you in the new Biggest Loser Competition.. You can only vote for one person among ALL groups on the page there.

Also with the final 64: You can use these domain names to have people go directly to your tab in the brackets:
www.zinch.com/east
www.zinch.com/west
www.zinch.com/north
www.zinch.com/south

64 finalists have been chosen. Let the games begin. This is gonna be a fun ride….

- Mick

Tomorrow morning the regionals officially end! One day. That’s still plenty of time to make a splash in your high school and in your community. Again, we need help choosing 17 people to make it into the final 64. The regionals will only give us 44 automatic entries into the 64. Cinderella 3 is 3 more. We need help choosing the 17 We’re getting tons of email and updates and local press clippings and tons of youtube videos….keep ‘em coming, keep ‘em coming, keep ‘em coming. This is coming down to the wire….

Here are a couple new videos.

Anna Vignet (West #2)

Shelby Lohr (South #3)

Leah Titus (West #3)