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April was a huge month for scholarships deadlines which means this month we have lots of awards to hand out. In all, we will have 13 scholarship winners to announce, including those student taking home the following scholarships:

• Fashion Design Scholarship
• Business Careers Scholarship
• Health Careers Scholarship
• Photography Majors Scholarship
• Criminal Justice Careers Scholarship
• Video Game Design and Development Scholarship
• Computer Careers Scholarship
• Digital Media Production Scholarship
• Cappex $2,000 Culinary Arts Scholarship
• Cappex $1,000 Culinary Arts Scholarship
• Cappex $2,000 Design Scholarship
• Cappex $1,000 Design Scholarship
• College Tour Scholarship (April)

With so many scholarships, and so many great applicants, we need a little more time to sort through everything and select the winners. We will announce the scholarship winners right here by the end of the month. Stay tuned!

Over the last year, we’ve posted lots of helpful advice, tips and hints to help you get into the right college on Cappex. We recently brought you key activities to help you manage your college search with Cappex.com/tips. Now, we’re bringing you a library of college admissions articles providing you in-depth information.

At Cappex.com/resources we’ve created a collection of advice, lists and college insights. These articles cover every aspect of your college search. We explain admissions policies, help you plan your college visits and even give you inside advice on how to pay for college. You will find college lists that make it easy to find the most affordable private and public colleges in the country or look for colleges in your region.

All the articles give you the straight truth about college admissions. It’s the information you deserve in a way that’s easy to read. Check out the info we have up now, and then keep visiting. We’ll be adding new articles regularly.

The weekends are getting warmer and sunnier and ripe for a roadtrip to visit some college campuses. Why not let your next college visit be covered by Cappex? We’re giving away another Cappex College Tour Scholarship this month, so make sure you apply.

We are pleased to announce that Christina H. from Ventura, Calif., is the winner of the College Tour Scholarship for March. She will receive $500 to help her visit prospective colleges. Christina loves the arts, and we love that she gets out in her community to share her passion. If you’ve got a talent, don’t just use it in high school. Get out and influence your world!

Congrats Christina! Don’t forget: April 30 is the deadline for the next College Travel Scholarship. Apply today!

College letters of acceptance and denial are starting to float. Today’s Chicago Tribune even publishes some actual rejection letters sent out by colleges. They all try to be pleasant, some even oddly complimentary, but fancy words can be of little comfort when you get what amounts to a big “No.”

Don’t let these letters get you down. Remember: More than 70 percent of colleges accept more than 70 percent of students. There is a college out there for you. Take for example this story we heard from a counselor, about a student who was without an acceptance in mid-May of last year:

“Last year I had a senior that was still without a college acceptance in mid-May. I suggested Cappex.com and two weeks later she had three offers and accepted one that she and her family were very excited about.”

So if your rejection letters have you worried, keep checking back on Cappex. Colleges, especially those with rolling admissions, may still be contacting you in the Cappex message center. Log-in to see which colleges want you.

If you have been accepted to one or more of your college choices, let us know! Share your accomplishments! We’d love to hear which schools have earned your attendance.

We received lots of touching and interesting essays and letters from folks applying for the Cappex Hardship Scholarship. It’s safe to say that Cappex students are a resilient, persistent group. Our $2,000 scholarship winner distinguished herself with her great perspective. “There are positives from every hardship,” she writes.

That outlook will take anyone a long way. Wherever you’re headed there will be hurdles to overcome.

And our winner didn’t simply make it through high school. She’s excelled. She has a 4.0 GPA, was junior class president and is a mentor to younger teens. Outstanding!

Because of what she’s done, we’re happy to award Amy S. all the way out in Anchorage, Alaska our Hardship Scholarship. Congrats Amy!

Time and time again, students told us that the most critical part of finding and choosing the right college is the visit. But visiting colleges can get costly, so last fall Cappex created the College Travel Scholarship to help students visit potential colleges. It’s been a huge success with 14 students taking home awards that they can take on the road.

Now Cappex is doubling the money for the award. And we are pleased to announce the first winner of the $500 College Travel Scholarship is Elizabeth H. from Ringgold, Ga.

Congratulations Elizabeth! Everyone else stay tuned. We’ll be giving out a College Travel Scholarship each month.

This blog post is the biggest, tastiest, scholarship sandwich you’ve ever seen. It took us a while, but we are ready to announce the winner of the $5,000 Cappex College Scholarship. This is the largest single scholarship Cappex has ever awarded.

But first, the appetizer: The winner of the Cappex Promoter Scholarship is Vi T. of Corona, Calif. Vi is a swim team captain who put in lots of laps to sign up students from across the country. This girl knows lots of people in lots of places. For her efforts, she’ll take home $2,000 for college.

Her friends are cashing in too. For signing up through Vi, Sarah B., from Kenedy, Texas, will also receive $1,000.

Congrats Sarah and Vi!

And now, the main course. Can you wait any longer? No? OK, here it is:

Rachel G.from Elmhurst, Ill., is the winner of the Cappex College Scholarship!

At first glance, Rachel looks like a lot of high school students: Plays basketball, has good grades, maybe wants to be a doctor. But a closer look at her profile shows she is taking it all to the next level. She’s done the spectacular, like spending a month working at an orphanage in Ghana. But she is a leader closer to home, too. She doesn’t just play basketball, she teaches others the sport, volunteering at camps and working with younger children.

Great work Rachel! Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who applied. These decisions weren’t easy. It took us more than a month to review all the fascinating applicants. If you didn’t take home a scholarship there are still lots of Cappex college scholarships for which you can apply.

We’re back, and we’ve got lots of money for college going to some very deserving students.

First up, the winner of the “I Don’t Want to Pay for College” Scholarship. Because, really, why pay for college when you don’t have to?

The winner is Robert H. of Cohoes, N.Y. Robert’s got big plans to start his own business when he graduates. Robert, consider this your first bit of seed money.

Our College Travel winners for January are: Jennifer S. of Minneapolis, Minn., and Wrijoya R. of Columbus, Miss. They will each receive money to visit a potential college. The scholarship is just another way that Cappex helps students find the right college fit. Travel safely.

Congratulations, everybody. We’ve still got three more college scholarship winners to announce, including the $5,000 Cappex College Scholarship. As a game show host might say, there’s still lots of big money out there.

Today is kind of a big deal.

Cappex is one year old! OK, technically Cappex turned the big 1 yesterday. But today is Friday, it’s Leap Day and we’re celebrating. Feel free to help yourself to the virtual cake above. It’s virtually delicious.

At Cappex, our goal is to bring colleges to students. We know there is a better way to find the right college. To all the students who learned there are colleges looking for them on Cappex, we say thank you!

In fact, the first 10 students to drop by the comments section with birthday wishes will get an official Cappex cap. It’s our birthday present to you. That, and the promise that we will keep working to bring colleges right to your doorstep.

January was the biggest month ever for Cappex college scholarship deadlines. And now February is going to be the biggest month for Cappex scholarship winners.

We’ve got nine scholarship winners to announce. We’ll be unveiling the results in groups of three, so make sure the drum roll paces itself.

Lauren W., of Bakersfield, Calif., wins the $1,000 Cappex Education Scholarship!

Claire S., of Wichita, Kan., wins the $1,000 Cappex English Scholarship!

Melissa M., of Mexia, Ala., wins the $1,000 Cappex Political Science Scholarship!

Congratulations to all the winners. Check back here soon when we will announce three more Cappex College Scholarship winner.

If you didn’t receive an award, it’s not too late. Cappex has a new batch of scholarships up. Check out the details at Cappex.com/scholarships.