PHOENIX, AZ , hispanic scholarship, May 13, 2004 -โ€” Dollarship, the world’s first peer-to-peer scholarship network, awarded, hispanic scholarship, its first round of $500 โ€œDollarshipsโ€ today, chipping away at college costs for students, hispanic scholarship, from New York to California. โ€œI stumbled across Dollarship during my search for scholarships,โ€ said Christina Kalinka, a University of Michigan senior and Dollarship winner who is headed to Columbia University for a master’s, hispanic scholarship, degree in counseling psychology.

bigger than themselves, and Dollarship winner who is headed to Columbia University for a master’s degree in counseling psychology. โ€œI can personally vouch that this scholarship is for real, and I encourage everyone to apply.โ€ Officially opened on Jan. 1, Dollarship has received more than 800,000 page views during that time. โ€œWe were confident from the beginning, but the enormous response has really validated our aspirations,โ€ said Josh Barsch, Dollarship CEO. โ€œStudents, hispanic scholarship, want to, hispanic scholarship, help each other and to be a part of something bigger than themselves, and Dollarship is fast becoming their vehicle for that.

โ€ In addition to Kalinka, other winners included Amber Green,, hispanic scholarship, a freshman at Central Washington University; Mike Bateman, a high school senior bound for College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif., and Judit Arroyo, a psychology major at Depaul University in Chicago. โ€œDollarship has given me the opportunity to, hispanic scholarship, continue my studies and pursue my dream of becoming an animal behaviorist,โ€ said Arroyo, who hopes to one day open her own animal rescue group.

Applicants are required to write a one-page essay describing their exceptional work ethic and commitment to excellence.The scholarships, awarded every three months, are, hispanic scholarship, available to vocational/technical school, ministry and continuing education students, as well as those attending traditional college and universities. Students attending school in any country may apply. Barsch said it was an, , easy decision to open the scholarships to international, trade-school and other students traditionally excluded from consideration for many scholarships.

International students desperately need financial aid, he said, and a majority of scholarships already exclude trade-school students.โ€œIt didn’t make sense to us not to include everyone,โ€ he said.