SimpleTuition, Inc., a company dedicated to helping students and parents make sense of education financing choices, today announced it won a Silver Award from the International Academy of Visual Arts. The W3 Awards honor creative excellence on the Web and selected SimpleTuition.com as the website of choice in the education category for its student loan comparison resource.
LOS ANGELES & NEWTON, Mass. (Business Wire EON) January 23, 2008 --
SimpleTuition, Inc., a
company dedicated to helping students and parents make sense of
education financing choices, today announced it won a Silver Award from
the International Academy of Visual Arts. The W3 Awards honor creative
excellence on the Web and selected SimpleTuition.com
as the website of choice in the education category for its student loan
comparison resource.
Over 2,700 entries were considered for the 2007 awards. The W3 awards,
sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts,
is an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s
Who” of acclaimed media, interactive,
advertising, and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from
organizations such as Alloy, Coach, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee
Lauder, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s
Institute of Art, Victoria’s Secret, Wired,
Yahoo!, and many others.
“For many families, researching, comparing and
selecting the right student loans can be overwhelming,”
said Kevin Walker, CEO, SimpleTuition. “SimpleTuition
is committed to helping families make sense of education financing
choices by providing a comprehensive research and comparison web site
that includes a wide selection of lending options. This recognition from
the International Academy of Visual Arts reinforces the value
SimpleTuition brings to parents and students looking for loan options.”
SimpleTuition currently
offers research and comparison information for over 100 student loan
products, including Private, PLUS, GradPLUS, Stafford and Federal
Consolidation loans from 50 lenders. With direct links to the financial
institution’s online application where
available, the entire process can be completed online or via a toll free
call. Users can sort results by monthly payment, total cost of the loan,
number of payments, first payment due date and APR, as well as compare
by lender, loan type, fund disbursement, credit sensitivity, minimum and
maximum loan amounts, repayment options and borrower benefits. To ensure
objectivity and accuracy, SimpleTuition is not a lender.
About W³ Awards
The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on
the Web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind
award winning Websites, Web video and online marketing programs. Simply
put, the W³ is the first major Web
competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest
firms, and everyone in between. Small firms are as likely to win as
Fortune 500 companies and international agencies.
The W3 Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of
the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier
professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and
marketing firms. Please visit www.iavisarts.org
for a full member list and additional information. For more information
about the W³ Awards, please visit www.w3award.com,
or email The W³ Awards at info@w3award.com
or call (606) 326-9326.
About SimpleTuition, Inc.
Founded in 2005, SimpleTuition is dedicated to helping students and
parents make sense of education financing options. SimpleTuition offers
the leading independent and interactive solution for researching and
comparing over 100 private, PLUS, Stafford, GradPLUS and Federal
Consolidation loans from more than 50 lenders. The site has been
recently featured on Kiplinger’s Best
List as the best financial services website for student loans and as one
of Fast Company’s Top 12 Web 2.0
sites. The company also holds awards for exceptional website development
from the Interactive Media Council and the Web Marketing Association.
SimpleTuition is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts and is funded by
Atlas Venture, IDG Ventures Boston and North Hill Ventures. For more
information, visit www.SimpleTuition.com.
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