7 Days Left to Apply for the CSO Opportunity Scholarship!

High school seniors, could you use $1,000 to help pay for your freshman year of college? Or better yet, could you use $1,000 every year for the next four years to put toward your college expenses? If so, keep reading… Class of 2010, YOU’VE DONE IT! You’re almost...

$5,000 GoodSearch Giveaway

GoodSearch will donate a $1 to Center for Student Opportunity for every toolbar that is downloaded between April 6th at 9am Eastern and April 9th at 9am Eastern up to $5,000!! Please download the toolbar right now. Our new CSO toolbar is free to download and allows...

Nice to meet you!

It’s always funny when you meet someone and they are totally different than who you thought they would be.  Like when we found out the “Wizard of Oz” was actually just an old man hiding behind a curtain. I bring up that example because I was in Boston this weekend,...

Tereza Ponce de Leon featured in Star Tribune

 The times alter the campus hue With increasing numbers of students of color attending colleges, professors face new challenges to reach diverse students. By JENNA ROSS, STAR TRIBUNE December 21, 2009 – The growing diversity of Minnesota’s colleges can be...

Four bloggers featured in The Boston Globe

Mean streets to college By Tracy Jan/The Boston Globe November 29, 2009 – It can be lonely at times being a first-generation college student. And as a low-income high school student applying to college, the experience can be overwhelming. Students can now turn...

Check out Khadijah on Oprah!

Khadijah appeared on The Oprah Show, “Don’t Stop Believing,” Monday, October 5 and shared her tremendous story of rising from Skid Row to attend Harvard. Check out these links: Khadijah’s Journey to Harvard University Video Khadijah’s...