FAP922: Social media scholarship, last minute financial aid, free stuff
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Student Financial Aid News
From Forbes Magazine:
“Most states have quasi-governmental agencies that monitor the status of federally subsidized student loans and administer loan forgiveness programs for those who follow certain career paths,” Forbes reports. “Many of these agencies temporarily foot the bill for loan forgiveness before being reimbursed by the federal government. But some have been using excess revenues and state government funds to create their own loan forgiveness benefits. Now, with loan markets in turmoil …

FAP917: Diminishing student loans, IOU student aid, Twitter scholarships, Mystery song
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
US Bank exiting student lending.
An alternative student loan proposal.
Questionable issues at the FSA Ombudsman office?
California IOUs for student aid?
Scholarship Search
A refresher on using Twitter to find scholarships.
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FAP902: $20,000 in scholarships, Scholarship Points, FAFSA, free stuff
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Student Financial Aid News
Scholarships running out of funding.
FAFSA applications up 20%, plus other student loan news.
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Jay Moonah created an incredibly addictive little video for his entry in the Network2.tv How to Watch Internet TV contest. The calls for a ringtone have been legion, so I ripped one from the video, and here it is as an MP3. Please make sure to give Jay lots of love at his various places online:

Uncle Seth
Online Music Marketing Podcast
Jay Moonah online

Download the Network2.tv Hamster Ringtone MP3!
Download the Network2.tv Hamster Ringtone 3GPP AMR Version!
The ringtone is released in accordance with Jay’s Creative Commons License.

FAP473: Bum Rush the Charts Scholarship, full mail bag, FAFSA errors, daylight savings time, Becca Loebe
Student Financial Aid News
+ New shift in daylight savings time – March 11, 2007
+ Might want to avoid the ATM that day and the day after in case banks have software issues
+ Update your computers and other stuff that has a automatic updating internal clock
+ If you have to set the clock yourself, then it doesn’t need to be updated
+ President Bush signed legislation into law on Thursday to fund most federal programs, including education …

On March 22, 2007, a bunch of  podcasters are aiming to game the charts in the iTunes Music Store for at least a day by asking everyone involved in podcasting to buy just one song, a specific song, Mine Again by Black Lab, that day. The effort, called Bum Rush the Charts, is designed to demonstrate to old media that podcasting has reach and more importantly, purchasing power.
As we’ve talked about in the past, iTunes has an affiliate store, where affiliates earn a commission on sales. I’ve demonstrated in Beer …

Hey folks, I’m giving away $2,500 in scholarships for Episode 500 of the Financial Aid Podcast. Here’s how to win.
1. Sign up for a free account at Scholarship Points (www.ScholarshipPoints.com).
2. Earn points for participating in various activities.
3. The first 5 people to earn 500 points beginning February 7, 2007 and ending on the day episode 500 is published will win $500 each. If no one reaches 500 points, then we won’t be able to give anything away.
4. Scholarship money will be paid to your school’s financial aid office in your …

FAP465: I am giving away $2,500. Find out how you can win.
Student Financial Aid News
+ From the Chronicle of Higher Education: The Bush administration has proposed increasing the limit on what college students can borrow from the federal government over their undergraduate careers by $7,500, the first such increase since 1992.
+ If the recommendation is adopted, the ceiling on what dependent undergraduate students could borrow would be raised from $23,000 to $30,500, according to a U.S. Department of Education document describing the proposal.
+ The overall borrowing limit for undergraduates who …

FAP449: 5 tips for graduate student financial aid, FAFSA tips, who is a dependent student on the FAFSA, Wyoming Scholarship, Paul Holcomb
Student Financial Aid News
+ Hey, I won a Seagate drive!
+ What does this mean for you?
+ More video!
+ Health insurance subsidy does more for college education than tuition subsidy
+ 5 great tips for graduate students seeking financial aid from the Mississippi Sun Herald
+ Don’t wait to ask for financial aid. Fellowship, scholarship and assistantship decisions are usually made at the university’s departmental level, and they’re made early in the …

So, last month I entered to win a contest for a 750GB Seagate Pushbutton drive on Podtech’s web site. Much to my surprise and delight this evening, I won. My thanks go to:

Seagate for giving away these gifts at CES
Podtech for sponsoring the contest
Robert Scoble for blogging about it, because I probably would not have heard about it if I didn’t read the Scobleizer.

As I mentioned in my entry, I’ll be using this drive for digital video editing. The Student Loan Network was kind enough to upgrade my aging G4 …