FAP418: Learn a ninja technique for International Ninja Day, MIT, education gift cards, Munk

Student Financial Aid News
+ Best idea yet: Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md., this holiday season is offering gift cards, good to pay for one course for a semester, or a whole semester of courses. The AACC "Gift of Education" card can be purchased at various locations around the campus and town. The card can be put toward any class the school offers.
+ The Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed the top return on its endowment â 23 percent â among the 25 American universities with the largest endowments, according to a survey by Bloomberg.com. MIT narrowly overtook Yale University, which had a return of 22.9 percent.
+ One of the top questions on Yahoo Answers and in the financial aid world deals with the fact that family structures in the 21st century can be radically different than what's on the FAFSA form
+ How do you get around this? Professional judgement.
+ In sort of lighter news, Austin Peay State University has adopted a new policy requiring that studentsâ senior art exhibits take place on campus. The shift follows a furor over the decision of a local museum to remove a student exhibit, called âThe Fat Is in the Fire,â featuring flags on which comments about obesity were written and a flag that was deep fried in peanut oil, according to The Leaf Chronicle of Clarksville, Tenn.

Scholarship Update
+ One of the guys behind Ask A Ninja is Douglas Sarine, a 1995 graduate of Appalachian State University
+ Appalachian State University Academic Promise Scholarship
+ $1000 award
+ Deadline March 01, 2007
+ The Academic Promise Scholarship provides financial support for Appalachian freshmen whose high school record predicts success in college but whose financial need is not fully met by state and federal financial aid. Priority for the Academic Promise Scholarship is given to students who meet these criteria and who will be the first in their families to graduate from a four-year college or university. This scholarship is renewable with a 3.25 cumulative GPA.
+ Details at our free student scholarship search site

Ninja News You Can Use
+ It's international ninja day
+ Ninjutsu is a martial art
+ The focus is on self protection, which is somewhat different than self defense
+ Learn a ninja technique today on your iPod or computer!
+ The quick draw technique
+ Want to learn more about how to become a real ninja? Visit Stephen K. Hayes' schools!

Podsafe Music
+ Munk, I Am (Acoustic)
+ Music via the Podsafe Music Network
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Reminders
+ Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com
+ Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA form online filing at FAFSAonline.com
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com.
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.

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