The Journal of College Admission

For a limited time, The Journal of College Admission is available online:

http://www.nacacnet.org/research/PublicationsResources/Journal/Pages/Journal-of-College-Admission.aspx

This is a publication of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, a professional group serving both higher ed admissions staff and secondary school college counselors. You may know NACAC as the organizer of National College Fairs. Our regional affiliate, PNACAC, organizes smaller college fairs in Seattle, Portland and Boise each spring: http://www.pnacac.org/college-fairs

TODAY video: ‘Sunshine Girl’ series lands book, movie deals

Small town girl making a name for herself! 

I wanted to share news of Paige who graduated in 2012. The following clip is her interview from The Today Show which aired this morning.  Her novel comes out on March 24^th and she has had 100 million hits on her YouTube channel The Haunting of Sunshine Girl which she writes and stars in.


 “The Haunting of Sunshine Girl,” a YouTube series by teen Paige McKenzie aimed at young adults, and was scooped up by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who’s reworking the shorts into a book. NBC’s Hallie Jackson reports.

 http://www.today.com/video/today/56993226

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Here is just some of what you’ll find on our popular site:

1. links to 70 online scholarship search sites...virtually every such site that exists.

2. an online GPA calculator that will accurately calculate up to 50 grades instantly.

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In addition, the site offers a complete list of historically black colleges and universities, lists of career colleges by state, information on colleges for women, online applications for four-year colleges and universities, specific and general career information, financial aid definitions and instructions, and dozens of articles designed to assist both traditional and adult students.

Tens of thousands of sites now link to us, including those of schools, colleges, universities, libraries, newspapers, U.S. Embassies, the military, and professional education groups.  I hope you too will link to our site so we can help even more people identify their educational, scholarship, and financial aid options.

Nine Page List of Scholarships

Here is a nine-page list of scholarships compiled by Gear Up!  I’m going to add it to the list of scholarships on our own YCHS/ASPIRE website

How your family finances factor into financial aid calculations

Washington Post: How your family finances factor into financial aid calculations