By Sunwoo Hwang, CEO, Sixup
Actress Felicity Huffman is scheduled for sentencing today after pleading guilty in the college admissions scandal that shocked the nation. A criminal conspiracy of wealthy parents who allegedly bribed university officials and cheated on tests to get their children admitted to “the right schools” makes…
So you’ve paid for classes, housing, and books; you think you’re done for the semester but then you remember you have to find a way to buy presents for people too! Before you give up on this whole #Adulting thing, keep reading. …
Thanksgiving brings a lot of excitement, with students all over campus asking each other where they are headed and what they’ll be doing during their time off. If you’re staying on campus during the break all this excitement can make you feel ostracized, but it doesn’t have to. …
Just because you can’t afford a store-bought Halloween costume doesn’t mean you can’t blow your friends away with something you put together yourself. With a little creativity and a few cheap supplies you can be the star of the party. …
Partners, your words say so much more than we ever could about the impact of Sixup on our students. Thank you for sharing your experiences and entrusting us with your students.
Sixup Defined
“Sixup is an alternative option for our students to finance their dreams of higher education.” …
You’re about to graduate college or recently did and now you are entering the real world. College helped prepare you and now your lessons are being put to the test. A main goal is getting your finances under control. You may have had loans but now you have additional expenses…
You may be surprised but the rates for incoming transfer students aren’t far off the number for incoming freshman at four-year institutions. Per the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), the rates were 62.6% (transfer students) and 64.7% (incoming freshman) for the collegiate year 2012–2013. So, if you are…
If you’re about to begin your freshman year you have less than two months to prepare and think about how to succeed and kick start this life-changing experience. We chose these top suggestions based on leading comments from current students.
- Develop a time-management system. Use it effectively.
Lots of Sixup…
Sixup’s first year has been tremendous. We launched in Texas and then quickly expanded to offer our loan to high-achieving, low-income students across nine states. …
Meet Anngellie, a junior accounting major at University of Houston. Anngellie had an issue paying for college and found Sixup to help her.
Why Sixup to help pay for college?
Anngellie says it best and most simply. “Sixup helped both me and my parents. I wanted to be able to…
