In the next 18 years, the cost of a four year private college education is expect to nearly triple. Yikes! I thought private college tuition was expensive a few years ago when I was looking at colleges. To inspire families to make a commitment to save for college, Upromise by Sallie Mae launched the “Make the Pledge, Keep the Promise” Sweepstakes.
Enter the “Make the Pledge, Keep the Promise” Sweepstakes from now until November 13, 2012 to be entered in to the grand prize sweepstakes for a chance at a full ride to college – $150,000 for tuition and other college expenses. Um, yeah, what parent wouldn’t love to win this for their child! To enter make a pledge to save for college with an option to upload a photo of your future graduate.
In addition to the awesome sweepstakes grand prize, each week, Upromise is giving away $500 gift cards to online partners such as a Travelocity, Macy’s, and Walmart. Any of these gift cards would be awesome to win in time for the holidays. Simply enter on the “Make the Pledge, Keep the Promise” Sweepstakes page.
I’ve been a member of Upromise since 2001 and members have received more than $700 million in cash for college. There are many ways to earn for college including eCoupons, shopping through the Upromise links, the Upromise credit card, eating out, buying gas, and many more! Why not earn a little cash back for college by doing the things you were planning on doing anyway. You can then transfer your earnings in one of four ways, including transfer into a 529 college savings plan administered by Upromise Investments, pay down an eligible Sallie-Mae serviced student loan, deposit into a FDIC insured Sallie Mae High Yield Savings Account, or request a check.
To promote this sweepstakes, Upromise has given me a $50 Target gift card to giveaway to one lucky Bargain Briana Reader! It’s easy to enter via Rafflecopter below:
How to Win?
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Giveaway ends on October 31, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST
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just in time.
I don’t have a plan yet.
My kids are grown – so no plan needed.
Thank you!
We already use Upromise – so easy! Other than that, whatever is left over from my paycheck goes into a savings account – only for school. My husbands paycheck goes into the house account for bills. I have a preset amount that gets direct deposited there too, then a preset amount formy checking account. The rest (sometimes just overtime or holiday pay) goes into that savings. Hopefully we won’t have to pull anything from there over the years!
yes, we have college accounts.
I had no idea about this! Will go check out upromise now!
No plan yet except I know that my kids are definitely going!! :)
No children, so no plan
Yes, we do and we have one in college now.
No I do not
I have an upromise account I created a while back. I haven’t checked it since. I have a small savings to start,
we need to start saving for college for my sons!!
No, but I plan on doing so
No, I don’t but I need a plan.
I want to start a plan for his education, though i haven’t yet. he’s 5 weeks old but i want to start now.
Yes we have a plan & use upromise as a bonus
im paying for school by myself, and the csu system is extremely expensive, i would love to receive scholarships/grants instead of loans that i have now..its sucks to be a broke college student
We do not have a plan for my daughters’ college. I expect they will get scholarships to cover most, if not all, of their tuition
yes our we are with the state plan
No we dont, but really need to start to think about it. Upromise looks like a wonderful program!
We haven’t really focused on putting very much away for college as of yet.
Unfortunately, I don’t. :(
I would love for my son to go to college!!
No I don’t have any kids.
Yes, we do.
Sadly I do not have plan in place but need to start one asap
I have no children yet, so no.
I wish I had a plan for my son
We have 529 plans for my children and bonds
I don’t have children but I do have a niece who is in college now.
Someday, when I have children, I will definitely save for that cause.
No plans yet
Yes. We’re Upromise members and we have 529 plans for them.
A Savings bonds and a 529 plan
Yes, we have a college plan set up and we use Upromise too. Thanks.
We have savings accounts.
I hope they get scholarships, but if not, I want to pay for it all with no debt! Upromise will help!
yes we are saving towards it
We contribute to a 529 account for both kids each month. That’s it so far.
I’m hoping my children can earn scholarships. We will help them with loans. Thanks for the chance.
No plans right now & not even sure if he wants to go to college or not ..
thanks so much!
I am saving for my kids college but also teaching them to work and save for it themselves.
I will soon be starting a 529 plan for my daughter.
We don’t have kids but if we do I hope we’ll be able to save a lot for their college education
So far my daughter has a small savings account with only a couple hundred in it. It’s like all the financial gurus say, kids can get loans for school, but my husband and I can’t get one for retirement!
We have Coverdell accounts set up for each of our kids.
I don’t have kids.
Not yet, but I am working on it.
Yes, working on the savings!
I have started a 529 plan for my son.
My daughter is currently IN college at a University and as a single mom, this would certainly come in handy!! Love UPromise!
No, but I am planning to start on saving
They are still young but hubby and I are thinking to save.
Not yet.
We don’t have plans for our daughter’s college yet
No, have no plan set up yet.
I do not have children.
No I don’t for my two youngest and have really lucked out with my two older daughters getting some great scholarships
We did have savings, They are in college right now and it doesn’t take long for those savings to disappear~
I have not plan for my kids future….. hopefully I will get caught up on money and begin that!
Right now we are looking into a 529 plan for our daughter –
I am setting aside as much money as I can now. I am planning on looking at some prepaid and that 529 plan. I am also going to let him live at home when he goes to college so if he does have to get student loans it won’t be to pay rent. I’m doing that now and it sucks. I don’t want him to be in the same boat as I am.
My daughter is going to college in 2013. A full ride to college will ease our burdens tremendously.
Thanks for the many opportunities to win great prizes!
yes, we’ve started 529’s
Yes we have a Upromise account and share certificates with high yield interest rate.
no idont and i feel terrible that i dont it wa always one of those things i thought i would do…..tomorrow
We are saving for college a little at a time. It may not be enough but it is better than nothing.
only that I hope they can get lots of scholarships. right now we are living too tight to a budget to get to focus too much on it.
I have no children so I have no plan.
We are in the midst of paying for college for our children right now.
I love Upromise as well! They are also helping me pay down my Sallie Mae student loans. Anyone with Sallie Mae loans or children should sign up. It’s such a great service!
Yes – they’re already there.
I don’t have a savings for the kids college. We are working towards scholarships and grants.