LITTLETON, Colo., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Applying to college is nothing if not a high-stress experience. High school seniors across the country are staying up until the wee hours of the morning to fill out applications and write essays for numerous colleges and universities and simultaneously struggling to maintain their grades. To ease this stress, CollegeZapps, LLC (http://www.collegezapps.com) today announced the addition of over 154 colleges and universities to the CollegeZapps web site.
“Spending hours filling out applications for seven colleges is a good way to get a hand cramp and a headache,” said Colorado St. Mary’s Academy senior Claire Godbolt. “I’d be on break at my school and trying to finish applications for college. I would much rather be enjoying my senior year or sleeping. I didn’t really have a top choice yet, for me all I knew is that I wanted to go out of state.”
CollegeZapps uses a proven technology platform to help ease the pain of the college application process. The online questionnaire efficiently collects required information from prospective college students and then auto-fills applications for one or multiple schools. Now, students can complete college applications faster, more accurately and more professionally.
“Helping students apply to college is what CollegeZapps is all about. Filling out forms, writing essays, taking tests, and meeting deadlines can be pretty overwhelming for someone who is simultaneously dealing with midterms, dating crises, graduation, and teen angst. More high school-age students are applying to college today than in years past. This means that there are more high-achieving high school students applying to the same number of highly selective schools,” said David Kenney, CEO, CollegeZapps.
The April 3, 2007, The Wall Street Journal article titled ‘Colleges Reject Record Numbers’ noted, “This year’s college-admissions competition is turning out to be more brutal than ever — and not just for students who applied to elite universities. A number of top-tier state schools and smaller liberal arts colleges say they received more applications this year from well-qualified students — and consequently are turning down a higher percentage of them.”
“I work with high school students every day in their college application process. It is a painful and tedious one. A few years ago students would want to apply to two or three colleges. Now, they want to apply to eight or 10. While the applications are available for download from the Internet, students have to print them, then fill them in by hand or by typewriter. This process is time consuming and leads to many errors. With CollegeZapps, completing college applications is so easy. Students can now spend more time choosing what colleges best fit them, applying to more colleges in less time, and reducing the redundancy that comes with filling out multiple application forms,” said Joe Eberle, independent education consultant and publisher of The College Gazette.
The May 11, 2007 USA Today article entitled “College Applications Take Off” said, “Every college admissions cycle has its own set of dynamics, and this year is no exception. Many selective private colleges are reporting a boom in applications and, as a result, expect to admit a lower proportion of high school seniors than last year.”
CollegeZapps is powered by Efficient Forms, LLC who specializes in business form and data collection automation software. This is a proven technology platform that directs an online interview to efficiently collect required information from prospective college applicants. The information is then used to expedite completion of all the college applications the students wish to submit.
“So often I think how much times have changed and the roadblocks students face just to apply to college. From ease of use to highly personalized applications, our proven, powerful technology helps students apply to college. The students are our highest priority,” continued Kenney.
CollegeZapps is compiling a collection of the applications of the most applied to universities and colleges in the United States. Additional colleges and universities will be added weekly to the site. Fees for the CollegeZapps service are $14.95 for one application; $29.95 for three applications; $49.95 for 10 applications; and $69.95 for 15 applications.
For more information, visit http://www.collegezapps.com or contact Nikki Butler at (866) 492-7607 or nbutler@collegezapps.com.
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WatchMojo NewsletterINDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ — USA Funds®, the nation’s leading education-loan guarantor, announces that it is accepting applications online for a total of $3.2 million in scholarships to assist college students from low-to-moderate-income households.
USA Funds will award more than 2,100 USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships® to qualified students nationwide for the 2008-2009 academic year.
The program offers $1,500 scholarships to qualified full-time or half-time undergraduates and to full-time graduate and professional students. Applicants for the scholarships must be enrolled or plan to enroll in coursework at accredited two- or four-year colleges, universities or vocational/technical schools beginning with the fall-2008 term through Feb. 1, 2009. Due to funding reductions imposed by federal legislation, USA Funds offers these scholarships as one-time awards. If subsequent financial conditions permit, USA Funds will provide renewal awards and will notify scholarship recipients how to apply for renewal awards.
The program assists students from households with annual incomes of $35,000 or less.
“In keeping with our nonprofit mission to enhance postsecondary-education preparedness, access and success, these scholarships are designed to help increase the college-going rates of low- to-moderate-income students,” said Carl C. Dalstrom, USA Funds president and CEO. “Federal studies show that these students attend college at significantly lower rates than do their higher-income classmates.”
The application deadline is Feb. 15, 2008.
For complete eligibility information and to apply online, students should visit www.usafunds.org/scholarship on USA Funds’ Web site. A Spanish-language version of the scholarship information and online application is available from www.usafunds.org/beca.
Scholarships awarded under this program to residents of Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington state are made possible with the support of College Spark Washington.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, USA Funds is a nonprofit corporation that works to enhance postsecondary-education preparedness, access and success by providing and supporting financial and other valued services. During the year ending Sept. 30, 2007, USA Funds guaranteed education loans totaling $25.8 billion for students and parents throughout the nation. USA Funds serves as the designated guarantor of federal education loans in eight states: Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming. USA Funds also invests $16.3 million annually in scholarships and outreach programs that advance its mission of support to higher education. For more information about USA Funds, visit www.usafunds.org.
