Award-Winning College-Planning Authors Gen and Kelly Tanabe Bring Free
Information to Students and Parents Coast-to-Coast With the Help of the
Premier Online 'Going-to-College' Resource
RESTON, Va., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Wiredscholar.com, the most
comprehensive online resource for planning and paying for college, today
announced its sponsorship of the "College Is Power" tour, a nationwide
campaign to educate college-bound students and their families about getting
into and paying for college and graduate school. Led by husband-and-wife-team
Gen and Kelly Tanabe, renowned authors of four books on college admission and
scholarships, "College Is Power" will travel to more than 30 major
metropolitan areas-resulting in more than 70 free workshops on college
preparation and financing. The tour begins today in Los Angeles and travels
nationwide over the next three months.
Wiredscholar.com was launched in spring 2000 by Sallie Mae, the nation's
leading provider of education funding, and is an objective Internet
destination for college preparation, selection, evaluation, application and
financing information and interactive tools. Gen and Kelly Tanabe are the
founders of SuperCollege.com, which provides students and parents access to
free college scholarship databases and articles on admission and scholarships,
as well as answers to their questions on college admission and financial aid.
"Wiredscholar.com is proud to sponsor Gen and Kelly Tanabe as they
continue to reach out to America's families to provide resources for planning
and paying for college," said David Cooper, managing director of e-commerce
for Sallie Mae. "We know that the college admission and financial aid
processes can be challenging, and hope that this national effort will help
students and parents better understand their options and make the best
decisions."
Gen and Kelly Tanabe will conduct the free workshops at bookstores and
high schools across the country, discussing:
-- How to cut college prices and negotiate a better financial aid
package;
-- Where to find the best scholarships and grants;
-- What happens behind the closed doors of a scholarship judging
committee;
-- What separates scholarship winners from runner-ups;
-- The top five most outrageous scholarships; and
-- How Gen and Kelly won more than $100,000 in scholarships.
"We have been overwhelmed by the feedback we've gotten on our books," said
Gen Tanabe. "It is clear that there is a need among families to become better
informed about the decisions surrounding one of the biggest steps in life:
college. The College Is Power tour not only allows us to counsel these
families in person, but also provides another means to reach out to thousands
of students and parents who are confused by the college admission and
financial aid processes."
The tour is scheduled to visit the following cities:
Feb. 19-20 Los Angeles
Feb. 22 Phoenix
Feb. 23 El Paso
Feb. 25 San Antonio
Feb. 26 Austin
Feb. 27-28 Dallas
March 1-2 Houston
March 4 Tallahassee
March 5 Jacksonville
March 6 Charleston
March 7 Columbia
March 8 Raleigh
March 9 Richmond
March 10 Washington, DC
March 12 Alexandria
March 13 Baltimore
March 14-15 Philadelphia
March 16-19 New York
March 20 Hartford
March 21-22 Boston
March 24 Buffalo
March 25 Pittsburgh
March 26 Cleveland
March 27 Cincinnati
March 28-29 Indianapolis
March 30-April 1 Chicago
April 2 Springfield
April 3 St. Louis
April 4 Kansas City
April 5 Topeka
April 6-8 Denver
April 10 Las Vegas
April 11-18 Los Angeles
April 22-30 San Francisco
May 7-9 Honolulu
For more specific information about the tour events and venues, visit
http://www.wiredscholar.com or http://www.SuperCollege.com.
Wiredscholar.com is the foremost online resource for "going-to-college"
information for students, parents and guidance professionals. Launched in
spring 2000, the site is the most comprehensive and objective resource on the
Web for information and interactive tools to assist with college preparation,
evaluation, selection, application and financing, all in one online location.
The site is a four-time "Forbes Favorite" in the college-planning category in
Forbes.com's "Best of the Web." Wiredscholar.com is a brand of Sallie Mae, the
nation's largest source of education funding, which extends the company's
commitment to helping students achieve a higher education. For more
information, visit http://www.wiredscholar.com. USA Education, Inc. and its
subsidiaries, other than the Student Loan Marketing Association, are not
sponsored by or agencies of the United States.
Gen and Kelly Tanabe are professional speakers and the award-winning
authors of four books on college admission and scholarships: "Get Free Cash
for College;" "Money-Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews;" "Get Into Any
College;" and "Accepted! 50 Successful College Admission Essays." Together,
they were accepted by every school to which they applied, including all of the
Ivy League colleges, and won more than $100,000 in merit-based scholarships.
The husband and wife team are also founders of the Web site SuperCollege.com,
and reside in Palo Alto, Calif.
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CONTACT:
Erin Love, +1-703-810-7136,
erin.b.love@slma.com, for Wiredscholar.com; or Kelly Tanabe,
+1-650-493-2219, kelly@supercollege.com
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