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  • Applying to college in 2013? Good news. » Dear Middle school Zinchers, do we have good news for you. We know that plenty of you are undaunted by the past few years' absurdly low admissions rates in the Ivy league. For the rest of you, fear not. In...
  • SAT = Saturday Afternoon Test? » Zinchers, put down those SAT guides -- you're going to want to read this. Well, not all of you should put them down, but before you spend any more time cramming, you might want to check if your schools of...
  • Zinch Gets a Shout-out on The Today Show » Yesterday MSNBC's Today Show aired a segment called "What Works and What Doesn't." What's the smart way for students to get into the college of their choice? Admissions authorities Terry Knaus of Indiana University and Martha Merrill of Connecticut College...
  • Fox News Covers Zinch.com » DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"424859",bannerAdObjectID:"5",videoAdObjectID:"4",videoAdConDefID:"2",playerInstanceID:"27574A89-06D1-CD92-4444-22719C5099EC",domain:"video.fox6.com"});...
  • Super Tuesday: Why it Matters » As many of you already know, today is Super Tuesday, which refers to the fact that 24 states are holding presidential primaries.  Now, I talked to a girl yesterday that asked "What's so "Super" about this Tuesday, the Superbowl is...
  • Zinch welcomes Jeremy Johnson » My fellow Zinchers, Today is a very special day. Please take a moment to welcome my close friend Jeremy Johnson to the blog and the Zinch movement. He comes to us by way of Zandigo, an award winning college access...
  • Yale Daily News gives us some props. » As Sid mentioned in the blog a few posts down, Yale recently started testing our service. The Yale Daily News did an article about it. Read it here. I just thought i'd share that with everyone. Peace. Also, since we're...
  • College Success- Much More Than a Test Score » A recent study at the University of California finds high school GPA a better predictor of college success than SAT test scores. The study examined 80,000 students in the school system, building on an earlier study correlating these same factors...