
College Forward In preparation for the holidays, here's a heart-warming article about quadruplets all getting into Yale this year.
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For the first time in anyone’s memory, Yale offered admission to quadruplets, but whether any one of the siblings winds up there remains an open question.

College Forward Congrats. congrats, congrats to Claudia! She is one of College Forward's first students, and yesterday she graduated from Texas State!

College Forward Love this list. Weird scholarships. If any students fit any of these descriptions, don't be shy about applying.
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There’s nothing like free money – especially when it can be applied to something as productive as college tuition. However, the best free college money –

College Forward On the second day of Christmas, CoFo friends gave...motivational incentives for students. We could use $5, $10, $20 restaurant gift cards and college swag (i.e. banners, shirts, hats) to help pump up our high school students about college. If you can donate this holiday season please consider our cause. Contact: lrhodes@collegeforward.org

College Forward This weekend we updated our Great Wall of College Acceptances at our headquarters. But, you know, it's just so hard to keep up. Keep checking back and congrats to our high school seniors who have received acceptance letters so far.

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On the first day of Christmas, our friends gave to CoFo...lots of school supplies.
Help with our holiday wish list. Our students need supplies like mechanical pencils, pens, highlighters, Post-it Notes, Post-it
Flags, White Out, white note cards 4”x3”, flash Cards, small Legal
Pads, small flash drives. Even small gifts go... a long way, so if you can donate this holiday season please consider our cause. Contact: lrhodes@collegeforward.org

College Forward Be sure to check out our photos from Saturday's Scholarship Success Workshop. We have two more coming up on Dec. 19 and Jan. 9. Thanks to the volunteers that have come out for the last two. It's not too late to come help students turn their words into cash for college. To volunteer email volunteer@collegeforward.org

College Forward Photos from our Scholarship Success Workshops. Thanks to all our volunteers and students for coming out.
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College Forward Over at NY Times Choice blog, they're talking about the isolation a student might feel when they move far away from home for college. It's worth checking out.
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A freshman unhappy at college contemplates a move, but wonders how and when.

College Forward So far this school year 92 CoFo students have received a total of 168 acceptance letters from 46 different institutions. How's that for a status update?

College Forward Thanks to AmeriCorps VISTA extraordinare Andrea Ballard and the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement for including our upcoming Scholarship Success Workshops as a great volunteer opportunity. We still need more volunteers for Dec. 12, 19 and Jan. 9. RSVP at volunteers@collegeforward.org
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As the holiday season quickly takes center stage, many people in the community are reminded of the unanswered needs they face each day. In the spirit of giving, the AmeriCorps VISTA Coordinators of the ...

College Forward A big congratulations to Nick, one of our first students. He graduated from UT-Austin this past weekend!

College Forward Some photographs from our annual Holiday Freeze event. Thanks to everyone who came out for it.
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