Get Schooled: frog and MTV Team Up For a Winner

By Bonnie Reese - April 4, 2011

We teamed with MTV and the College Board to help shepherd three finalists in the Get Schooled College Affordability Challenge. Here’s what we learned in the process.

Recently, frog, MTV, the College Board, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation teamed up for a program called the Get Schooled College Affordability Challenge. The goal was to get students to create an innovative technology to better understand the financial aid application process and help alleviate the financial burden of college. Three finalists were chosen, and frog helped shepherd the students through the process of refining their concepts. Today, President Bill Clinton announced the winner at his Clinton Global Initiative University. UNLV graduate Devin Valencia won with her “Connect Fund” app, which leverages a person’s Facebook profile to automatically generate relevant aid opportunities. 

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