FAP871: State FAFSA deadlines, broadband scholarship, job references Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Forbes: “Corinthian Colleges is boosting its profits by increasing student enrollment, but the downside for the for-profit operator of North American colleges and trade schools is that it now expects an increased number of defaults,” Forbes reports. “‘During the fourth quarter, we implemented several changes to offset the loss of Sallie Mae privates tudent loans for students with subprime credit profiles. We established a new company-sponsored student lending program, ACCESS, and thus far, have arranged financing for the vast majority of students through Title IV, cash payments, ACCESS and other resources,’ said Corinthian Colleges Chief Executive Officer Jack Massimino. Corinthian said student loan defaults increased to 9.1% of revenue in the fourth quarter vs. 6.2% in the prior year. Revenue for the quarter rose 18.3% to $274 million, from $231.6 million a year earlier, below analysts’ expectations of $276.6 million.” + Boston Globe: For most students, college is a four-year rite of passage - a time to dabble in multiple subjects before settling on a major or a chance to spend a semester abroad - with frat parties sprinkled in between, That’s a luxury some students say they can no longer afford. Soaring tuition costs are prompting a small but growing number of students to compress their college careers into three years and, in the process, save their parents and themselves tens of thousands of dollars. The crop of early graduates often comes from middle-class families who might not qualify for need-based financial aid, college officials say. + Some policies adopted by local colleges can make it easier to graduate early. Suffolk University introduced online courses this summer to help working students squeeze in extra credits at their own pace. Berklee College of Music allows students who test out of classes to receive credits for those classes, at no charge. Like some other schools, Wellesley College offers classes during semester breaks. Scholarship Update + Broadband Changed My Life Scholarship + The goal of the Alliance for Public Technology’s national Broadband Changed My Life! campaign is to raise awareness of the benefits of advanced broadband and encourage its universal deployment and adoption. + Now you can enter the new Tell the Next President Contest! Stories should be 50-300 words ideally, although they can be longer. The focus is to share the story of how high-speed internet access has changed your life and your family members’ lives, or how you would like to see broadband used to change the lives of others. + The deadline for entries is October 1, 2008. Three winners will be announced in late October and the prizes will be $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place and $250 for third place. A panel of APT Board members and staff will judge the entries. Early next year, a memorandum with the best contest entries will be sent to the new President and the first place winner will receive a trip to Washington and a ticket to an Inaugural ball. + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Hi. My name is Cecilia and I began college last year without financial aid, which was a mistake. Now I am interested in filling a fafsa form out but my state’s(california) deadline was januray 1 to march 2,2008. Does that mean I am too late? And if my mother claimed me for her taxes in 2007 and she is a nurse but now I am living with my father and he can only pay some of the tution. Also he has been claiming me most of my life. Does that also mean I have to wait till 2009? Thank you for your time. Please try to help with my questions because I’m very confused. + File your FAFSA anyway - it’s free! + State deadlines are different than federal deadlines - at the least, you’ll be able to get some Stafford loans + State deadlines only affect state financial aid like the CalGrant + Whoever you lived with more than 50% of tax year 2007 is the claimant on the FAFSA for this year’s FAFSA + On January 1, the 2009 FAFSA opens up for the 2009-2010 school year and whoever you lived with more than 50% of 2008 is the claimant Jobcast + Recommendations are critical to the success of a resume portfolio + Think of these as short references - testimonials + Gather them in places like LinkedIn + Gather them the old-fashioned way, too + Ask for recommendations diplomatically but earnestly + Ask for recommendations with details if possible and appropriate + Bad: John did a fine job as our summer intern. I’d recommend him for the future. + Good: John did a fine job as our summer intern, handling customer service issues and helping to keep our loan applications on track, especially when it came to calling back customers. + Great: John did a fine job as our summer intern, handling customer service issues and helping to keep our loan applications on track, especially when it came to calling back customers. He managed to call back a record 267 customers in just 10 days and closed 44 loans entirely by himself. Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you . Subscribing for free means you don’t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis Less

We get to interview Jack Thompson. Is he crazy, what does he really think about video games? Well why not take a listen and find out. Less

On this Saturday edition of The Jay and Jack Show: Jay and Jack discuss three movies “Pineapple Express”, “Step Brothers”, and “Tropic Thunder”, and Jay is in the hot chair for The 5 TJ&JS (MP3): Ep. 1.9 “Rambleoff”.mp3 Less

On this Saturday edition of The Lost Vidcast: We get the first part of EW’s Show Runners Panel. Featuring Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Be sure to try out our new Wizzard media player. Its a little buggy since its in pre-beta, but I kind of like it so far. Let me know what you think Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Vidcast: Ep. 3.4 “EW Show-runners Panel Part 1″.m4v Less

On this Monday edition of The Lost Vidcast: We get the first part of ABC’S LOST Panel. Look for part 1 of EW’s Show-runners panel on Wed. Be sure to try out our new Wizzard media player. Its a little buggy since its in pre-beta, but I kind of like it so far. Let me know what you think Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Vidcast: 3.3 “Lost Vidcast: Ep. 3.3 “LOST Panel Part 1″.m4v Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: Jay and Jack tell their Comic Con Adventures. From meeting and hanging out with the largest group of LOST Podcasters ever assembled. To meeting Ed and Dan Hochuli, and Jay running into Damon Lindelof! To close out the show we added the audio from the Jay and Jack LOST Panel featuring our good friends Ryan and Jen from The Transmission, as well as Ben and Ralph from The Dharmalars. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.33 “Our Comic Con Story”.m4a Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: Jay and Jack tell their Comic Con Adventures. From meeting and hanging out with the largest group of LOST Podcasters ever assembled. To meeting Ed and Dan Hochuli, and Jay running into Damon Lindelof! To close out the show we added the audio from the Jay and Jack LOST Panel featuring our good friends Ryan and Jen from The Transmission, as well as Ben and Ralph from The Dharmalars. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.33 “Our Comic Con Story”.m4a Less

DJ Hell takes you on a ride with this unbelievable live Death Disco Radio mix. Live in Vienna 2008, keeps you on the edge of your seat. Dont touch that dial, since wont hear this anywhere but Death Disco Radio. Forget about TV, Forget about radio, Death Disco Radio brings you the sound of our generation. DJ Hell (or simply Hell) has balanced Detroit minimalism and Chicago acid-house as well as more spacious German trance and hardcore. Beginning his mixing career while still a teenager, Hell moved through punk and new wave to electro, house and hip-hop by the mid-’80s. His DJing gradually led to the start of his production career, and one of his first singles “My Definition of House Music” became a large club hit when reissued by Belgium’s R&S Records in 1992. He moved to Berlin to work with Hardwax Records during 1993-94, and also spent time in New York before moving back to his native Munich. Besides releasing his album debut Geteert und Gefedert on Disko B in 1994, DJ Hell recorded a volume in the Studio !K7 mix series X-Mix. His second full-length, Munich Machine, also appeared on Disko B—though credited simply to Hell. Besides continuing to DJ around the world, he also ran the International Deejay Gigolos label, which released tracks by Jeff Mills, Christopher Just and David Carretta, among others. Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: We look further into last weeks season finale “There’s No Place Like Home” we get into a lot of great listener feedback and Jack names the top 5 contestants for the Season 4 Contest. Our sponsor for this episode of The Lost Podcast is Audible.com: Get your free audiobook today! Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.29 “Ding Dong The Keamy’s Dead”.m4a Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: We discuss and recap parts 2 and 3 of “There’s No Place Like Home”. We get a lot of great listener feedback, and both Jack and Jay give new Crackpot Theories of the Week. Our sponsor for this episode of The Lost Podcast is Audible.com: Get your free audiobook today! Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.28 “There’s No Place Like Home” Parts 2 and 3.m4a Less

On this Monday edition of The Lost Podcast: We give our predictions on what is going to happen in the season finale, we also give our final answers on who we think is in the coffin. We get a lot of great listener feedback, and have a new Listener Theory of the Week. Our sponsor for this episode of The Lost Podcast is Geek 2 Geek: The computer geek dating service. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.27 “Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My” Part 2.m4a Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: We discuss and recap last nights episode “Cabin Fever”. We get a lot of great listener feedback, and Jack gives a new Crackpot Theory of the Week. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.23 “Cabin Fever”.m4a Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: We discuss and recap this weeks episode “Something Nice Back Home”. We get to a lot of great listener feedback, we get an update to the Season 4 Contest, and Jack gives a new Crackpot Theory of the Week. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.21 “Something Nice Back Home”.m4a Less

Death Disco Radio’s broadcast of the 1981 concert celebrates Kraftwerk’s show tonight at Myth Nightclub (April 19, 2008) for what is rumoured to be their last US appearance in Minneapolis/St. Paul MN. HISTORY- Kraftwerk’s pioneering work can be found in the use of computer-speech software, vocoders, Moog synthesizer, and drum machines. Live performance has always played an important part in Kraftwerk’s activities. Kraftwerk’s 2008 setup is quite different from the past, as they integrate the Tenori-On instrument/controller/interface by Yamaha, Jazz Mutant Lemur, and new custom 2008 vocoder setup. Also, despite their live shows generally being based around formal songs and compositions, live improvisation often plays a noticeable role in their performances—this trait can be traced back to the group’s roots in the experimental krautrock scene of the late 1960s, but significantly, it has continued to be a part of their playing even as they make ever greater use of digital and computer-controlled sequencing in their performances. Kraftwerk’s most significant influences on popular music include: the musical form, and style of electronic arrangements, in the genres broadly known as “synth pop”/”techno pop”/”chip wave”/”electro pop”, and in the countless subgenres of electronic music or techno. After several early experimental albums, their breakthrough came in 1974 (1974 in music) with the Autobahn album and “Computer World,” “Trans-Europe Express,” “The Man Machine,” “Computer Love,” “Expo 2000,” “Electric Cafe,” and “Tour De France Soundtracks. Less

Dan Gorgone posted a photo: This is the kind of zone Jack will get himself into very easily. When he's interested in something, he gets into deep concentration. Less

Dan Gorgone posted a photo: Jack had a blast running around The Little Gym in West Roxbury at a birthday party. Less