International College Counselors 2011 Scholarship Deadline Approaching

Online, March 4, 2011 (Newswire.com) - 2011 International College Counselors Scholarship

Only one more month to enter! The deadline for the 2011 International College Counselors Scholarship is April 1.

Students in grade 9-12 from Dade, Broward, Palm Beach counties and elsewhere are invited to submit an essay that answers the question: What makes a good college education?

Five prizes of $250 each will be awarded, three to students who attend school within Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County; one to a student from the U.S. outside Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County; and one to an international student who attends a college within the U.S.

Work will be judged on the basis of originality and effectiveness of argument or presentation.

Please note the following contest guidelines:
Submissions may be in Spanish or English, 500 words or less

The deadline for receipt of essays is April 1, 2011

The contest rules and submission information can be found at International College Counselors. Select the "Scholarship" section of the website for downloadable contest rules. You can also go directly to the entry application at http://www.internationalcollegecounselors.com/index_contestform.html

Students do not need to be clients of International College Counselors to enter or to win this annual scholarship competition.

The International College Counselors High School Essay Contest has established a Scholarship Fund to increase awareness of the value of higher education among high school students, as well as to give financial aid for tuition to college-bound students.

Good luck to all!

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE COUNSELORS
International College Counselors provides expert college counseling on undergraduate and graduate college admissions, financial aid, tuition, essays, and college applications. Mandee Heller Adler, lead college admissions consultant and Founder of International College Counselors tailors her wide range of college counseling and college coaching services to address the goals, needs, and dreams of each individual student, whether Florida college or Ivy League university. Our college advising company, based in Miami-Dade, Florida, works with domestic and international students. We also work with high schools in Miami, Boca, Broward and Palm Beach. Let us help you make the best decisions choosing, getting into, and paying for college.

ABOUT MANDEE HELLER ADLER
Mandee Heller Adler is the Founder and Principal of International College Counselors, LLC. She is a graduate of Miami Beach Senior High, and the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with Honors and two degrees- one from the Wharton School and one from the College of Arts and Sciences. Mandee Heller Adler also received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was selected as a Class Day Speaker. Additionally, Mandee Heller Adler received a fellowship from Rotary International and studied at ICADE, a premier business school located in Madrid, Spain.

Mandee Heller Adler currently serves on the Executive Board of the Penn Fund of the University of Pennsylvania, and for 13 years has worked as an alumni interviewer for the school. Additionally, she has spent six years as her Class Fund Chair for the Harvard Business School. Mandee Heller Adler has personally visited over 150 colleges and universities, and continues to do so. Mandee is currently completing a book called "From Public School to the Ivy League: How to get into a top school without top dollar resources."

Prior to starting International College Counselors, LLC, Mandee Heller Adler worked as an investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co in New York. She later was the co-founder of HerDollar, Inc, which she sold to Siebert Financial Corp (NASDAQ: SIEB) in October of 2000, and served as EVP and COO of Women's Financial Network at Siebert, a fully operational national discount brokerage focused on women. Mandee is a professional member of the IECA, the Independent Educational Consultants Association.