Word: antonietti
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Dates: during 2008-2008
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When Samantha Antonietti was accepted to Connecticut's Sacred Heart University last spring, her parents sat her down for a talk. "We had a family meeting about how I was going to pay back all the student loans," says Antonietti, whose family lives in New Jersey. "It felt like a financial cloud hanging over my head...
...Antonietti vented to a friend, who told her story to Columbia Business School student and entrepreneur Michael Kopko. Eight months later, Kopko has launched a website he hopes can help college and graduate students who are feeling the loan crunch as well as kids as young as middle schoolers. On GradeFund.com, students can upload their transcripts each semester and earn money for every A. More than 750 students have signed up since the site went live Nov. 15, and the number is growing fast. (See pictures of the evolution of the college dorm...
...weeks since the site launched, Antonietti has busily sent out GradeFund invites. "I've asked relatives, friends of the family, teachers I've had in previous years," she says. So far, she has 15 donors who've pledged $10 per A. The money could add up: if she gets straight A's in her five classes, she'll earn $750 a semester...
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