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Subject: $10,000 FBLA Contest -- Key Questions and Answer
Hello everyone:
Over the past two days, we’ve received quite a few questions from you regarding the contest and I’d like to take this opportunity to address the four most frequently asked questions in the hopes that this will help you and your students throughout the contest. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us as we’d be more than happy to assist you.
· Question: Why can’t I find my high school in the list when my students try to create accounts? Answer: All high schools that are participating in the contest are listed on our site. In order for students to see their high school listed, students *must* create their accounts atwww.connectedu.net/fbla Your students should *not* try to create their accounts at www.connectedu.net as that URL is not set up for this contest.
· Question: If the FBLA students in my chapter get non-FBLA students from my high school to create accounts, will those non-FBLA students count towards our numbers in this contest? Answer: Absolutely, yes. The premise for this contest is to get as many students as possible from each high school to create accounts and all students count toward your FBLA chapter’s numbers.
· Question: Is there a fee for this service and do students need to provide social security numbers? Answer: No. ConnectEDU never charges students a fee. Our college partners pay ConnectEDU to receive college applications; however, our platform is 100% free for students. We do not ask students to provide their social security numbers.
· Question: How are you tracking high schools in this contest? Answer: Whenever a student creates an account, they must select their high school from the drop down menu so we are easily able to track the number of accounts created within each high school
Your high school is registered for the $10,000 FBLA/ConnectEDU contest which began on February 1st and below is an update on how your high school is doing thus far. This week’s FAQs are also listed below.
As of today, your high school has created 6 student accounts. Of the 100 high schools participating in the contest, the average high school created 42 new student accounts last week.
There are still 4 weeks left in the contest, so there’s plenty of time for you to move ahead. We will send you another update on 2/21.
Sincerely,
The ConnectEDU Contest Team
This week’s Frequently Asked Questions:
Can students create accounts on the weekends, or must the accounts be created during school hours? Students can create accounts at any time. While many of the contest participants have told us that they prefer to take students in groups to a computer lab to create accounts during school hours, other contest participants have told us they prefer to ask students to create accounts after school hours or on the weekends.
Will the winning team receive their prize in the form of prizes or can it be cash? The winning chapter wins $10,000 and can use the money in any way they want. $500 goes to the adviser of the winning chapter and the remaining $9,500 is for the students.
Can we ask *non-FBLA* students at our high school create accounts to help us toward our goal? Yes, any student from your high school will count toward your FBLA chapter’s goal.
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