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Since 1 March, at least nine American universities have received anonymous donations totaling over $45 million. The catch is: the school had to promise not to try to find out the benefactor’s identity. It is not clear whether the source is an individual, a group with similar interest or an organization. Some of the schools even went so far as to contact the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Homeland Security to verify that the money was not ill-gotten.
The unknown supporter also stipulated that the majority of the money should go to student scholarships, while the rest can fund research, equipment and operating expenses. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire - March 3, 2008) - Business school candidates worldwide are invited to enter the Beat The GMAT (www.beatthegmat.com) 2008 competition that awards scholarship packages, valued at more than $15,000, to applicants who demonstrate need. Sponsored by Stacy Blackman Consulting (www.stacyblackman.com) and ManhattanGMAT (www.manhattangmat.com), the Beat The GMAT competition is designed to provide business school candidates with assistance to help them achieve their full potential on the GMAT and in the business school application process. This scholarship competition is now accepting applications, with submissions due on May 1.
“It is the hope of ‘Beat The GMAT’ and our sponsors that the scholarships will be awarded to people upon whom this assistance in applying to business school will have a profound impact,” said Eric Bahn, Founder of Beat The GMAT.
The Beat the GMAT Scholarship Competition Will Award Five Prizes:
-- First prize ($7,890 value): GMAT registration ($250 cash), one full
ManhattanGMAT course, 4-school comprehensive consulting package with Stacy
Blackman business school admissions consultant (valued at $6,000).
-- Second prize ($2,130 value): GMAT registration ($250 cash), one full
ManhattanGMAT course and 5,000-word application editing consultation with
Stacy Blackman.
-- Third prize ($1,960 value): GMAT registration ($250 cash), one full
ManhattanGMAT course and 2,500-word application editing consultation with
Stacy Blackman.
-- Fourth prize ($1,540 value): GMAT registration subsidy ($150 cash),
one full ManhattanGMAT course.
-- Fifth prize ($1,490 value): GMAT registration subsidy ($100 cash) One
full ManhattanGMAT course.
To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must have completed college or be in their final year of college and plan to attend business school within two years. For the application form, visit http://www.beatthegmat.com/scholarship/. It is open to U.S. and international candidates.
“This year, the top business schools are experiencing a 20-30% increase in applications, making it even more competitive than previous years. With this scholarship program, we are excited to be able to offer assistance to worthy applicants, those who would not otherwise have access to our services, to give them a competitive edge,” said Stacy Blackman, President of Stacy Blackman Consulting.
About Beat The GMAT
Beat The GMAT is a community service project with a mission to help people achieve their full potential on the GMAT® and business school admissions by connecting them to the best resources available.
About Stacy Blackman Consulting
Since 2001, Stacy Blackman Consulting has helped clients gain admission to every top business school in the world. The company’s approach, based on developing and implementing a winning marketing strategy, makes the application process less stressful and more successful.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Next Step Publishing, creators of the national college-planning publication Next Step Magazine (nextSTEPmag.com), announced today a scholarship contest through which students can win one year of free tuition at the college of their choice.
The scholarship will pay for one year of the winner’s tuition, up to $20,000.
To enter the Win Free College Tuition contest, students and parents can register at nextSTEPmag.com/WinFreeTuition or by sending in the magazine’s business reply card. The Next Step Magazine is available through high school counselor offices.
According to the Next Step Parent Poll released January 2007, 51.8% of parents had saved less than $5,000 for their children’s educations.
“College is expensive, and overall, families haven’t done a good job of preparing for higher education costs,” says Next Step Magazine founder and CEO David Mammano. “Next Step wanted to do its part to make college accessible and affordable for at least one lucky winner.”
About The Next Step Magazine
Next Step Magazine (www.nextSTEPmag.com), a national college, career and life-planning magazine for high school students, is distributed in more than 20,500 high schools and read by more than 900,000 students in all 50 states. In addition to Next Step Magazine, Next Step Publishing produces higher- education planning information for parents, transfer students, adult learners and school counselors. Next Step is headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., where the first issue was published in May 1995.
