Archive for August, 2007

CAPPEX GIVES OUT COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS THAT GET THE WORD OUT

Cappex.com Promoter College Scholarship rewards a student and a friend for signing up and finding the college that fits them best.

HIGHLAND PARK, IL, Aug. 22, 2007­ – Cappex.com is spreading the wealth to students that spread the news.

The newly launched Cappex Promoter College Scholarship will reward the student who gets the most of his or her friends to sign up on Cappex with a $2,000 college scholarship. Also, one of the winner’s friends will get a $1,000 scholarship.

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CAPPEX.COM SUPPORTS DETERMINED STUDENTS WITH NEW HARDSHIP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

Cappex Will Reward Achievement in the Face of Adversity with $2,000 College Scholarship

HIGHLAND PARK, IL, Aug. 22, 2007­ – High school students who achieved success in spite of great difficulty may now apply for The Cappex Hardship College Scholarship.

The $2,000 award focuses not on GPA or test scores, but on a student’s determination to overcome life’s hurdles.

“Most scholarships are only focused on the end result of a student’s high school career, but the Hardship Scholarship looks at the journey,” said Mike Moyer, president of Cappex.com, LLC. “We’re looking for someone who turned adversity into opportunity.”

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In just 10 days Cappex will award the first two Travel Tour College Scholarships. There isn’t a scholarship like this anywhere else.

The Travel Tour College Scholarship is a $250 airline voucher. Cappex works to make sure you find the perfect college fit. How can you know a school is perfect for you unless you visit first? So this scholarship is designed to let you visit a school that might otherwise be out of reach.

We’re giving away the first tickets on Aug. 30. If you haven’t applied for this scholarship yet there is still time. But you better get in gear.

Don’t worry if you don’t win this time. We’ll be giving away two awards per month between now and January.

We’ve add a slick new way to keep track of all the invitations you’re getting– the Invitation Map. The map is a great way to get a quick overview of all the colleges that have found you on Cappex.

When you decide to share your contact info with a college, you’ll see that too — a green check when you say yes, a red X when you choose not to be contacted, a question mark when you’re not sure yet, and a star for new invitations.

Another cool feature is the ability to zoom-in and look at the actual campus. We think it’s pretty fun to use the map to get a glimpse of the colleges that are on Cappex.

Enjoy the map! And remember, there’s a better way to see the campuses … Apply for the College Tour Scholarship! Every month, we select two of our students to receive a free airline voucher to visit the campus of their choice! It’s easy to apply — just look on the scholarships tab in your account.

Cappex College Scholarship is largest scholarship offered yet by the Web site where colleges apply to students.

HIGHLAND PARK, IL , Aug. 15, 2007­ – As students head back to school, Cappex.com has good news for next year’s college freshman class. High school students may now apply for the Cappex College Scholarship, a $5,000 award open to all students with a free profile on Cappex.com.
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One of the things we noticed when looking through all the students who’ve signed up for Cappex is that sometimes people mistype their email address when signing up. Maybe they typed yaho.com instead of yahoo.com, or maybe they “fat fingered” their email address (for instance, they typed auser1243 instead of auser1234).

Whatever the cause, the effect was the same – they wouldn’t be able to get the benefits of Cappex. They couldn’t get their email validated. If they said they wanted to hear more from a college, the college might have a hard time reaching them via email. And so on.

So we did two things. First, new users are asked to enter their email twice, that’s a big help toward eliminating common typos. Second, we are now automatically looking for common typos as you type (gail.com instead of gmail.com, for instance) and warning you beforehand that your email address may contain a typo.

Bottom line, you won’t be successful on Cappex unless you have a valid email address with your profile … and we’re making it easier (we hope) for you to do just that.

If you have any feedback or suggestions on this feature or anything else on Cappex, let us know.

Good news — we’ve launched our new Cappex Promoter Scholarship. Some lucky social butterfly out there is going to win a $2000 scholarship AND a $1000 scholarship for one of their friends.

If you have an account on Cappex, you already know about all the great schools that have applied to you. It’s time to spread the word! Since Cappex is a new site, we’re looking for help in getting the word out. That’s where you guys come in. When you apply for the scholarship, you’ll get a link you can share with your friends and everyone else at your school. Everyone you sign-up gets you one step closer to winning the scholarship. We’ll send you periodic updates to let you know how you’re doing.

The program is just getting started, so it’s hard to tell you just how many friends you’ll need to attract in order to win.

If you haven’t heard about this scholarship yet, this link has the full details on the Promoter Scholarship. To get started just login, go to your scholarship tab, and click apply.

For those who have already applied, we’ve created a webpage of tools and tips where you’ll find links, banners, fliers, and sample emails to get you started. When you signed-up for the scholarship, you were assigned a promoter code. Just enter it on this page, and you’ll get access to all the tools. http://www.cappex.com/promote/

Someone is going to win – it might as well be you!

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Earlier we gave you a behind-the-scenes look at the college admissions process. Now the Chicago Sun-Times gives you a little peek behind the curtain at Cappex. What you’ll see: We are so high tech. I’m in the pic, which is always a good thing.

The Sun-Times refers to our video and podcast efforts. Some of our productions are part of this blog and click here to visit our podcast page.

The news is making its way around the blogosphere, too. Reecy over at The High School Blog is talking about the story.