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About CollegeDough.com

At CollegeDough.com, we believe that regardless of location, sex, race, age, gender, disability or sexual orientation everyone should have an opportunity to pursue higher education. The lack of access to information should not be the reason to discourage anyone from pursuing their educational goals. CollegeDough.com provides today’s college and college-bound students with a comprehensive online resource kit of information, advice columns, personal testimonies, and financial know-how. Our website offers information and resources relevant to students across the country with an emphasis on Washington State. We are here to link all students to resources for their college planning. Our goal is to ease the burden of the financial, social, and/or emotional stress by providing a network of information and resources with a student-oriented approach. This is the reason we founded CollegeDough.com -- a site for students, by students.

CollegeDough.com History

The idea of CollegeDough.com began with the "Youth IT Challenge" program developed by Microsoft and The Urban League. Through this program, the four founders of CollegeDough.com were able to form strong bonds on the principles of teamwork, perseverance, uniqueness, and service to the community. In the years since the "Youth IT Challenge", CollegeDough.com’s founders have spread themselves into various venues including college in multiple states and a diverse set of majors.

We remain passionate and dedicated to helping every student have the opportunity to pursue higher education.

Timeline:

• YITC
• Urban league and Microsoft
• Search it orginal idea
• Won seattle region and 2nd place at nationals at Apollo theather in new york city
• Company started 10/1/2005
• Summer 06 partnerships with nela, urbanleague
• Full website launch Jan 2008

CollegeDough.com Founders

Christopher Smith

“High school was a challenge for me just like any other student. I had trouble juggling school and my personal life. I barley had enough time to breath let alone prepare for college.” At the age of 18 Chris Smith co-founded CollegeDough.com with a dream to create an online experience where students could find all of their college resource needs, while participating in an ever growing community at the same time. With group determination and support from the community, his dream became a reality. “It feels so good waking up every morning knowing that I have helped students like me make it through one of the toughest times of their life, high school.” He now attends school abroad in Wellington, New Zealand.

President 20 years old

Elliott Ferguson

Currently as a Junior at Hampton University I’ve realized that college is an experience like no other in life. During college is the only time where you truly have the freedom to explore yourself and your passions without limit. I recently returned from a semester in Spain and have discovered that one of the best opportunities for college students is to travel and see the world while world views are still young. I’m still working towards graduating in the next 3 years with my masters in Business Administration then continuing my education through programs as JET or a master’s in International Business. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington; Elliott sees Seattle as a city that breathes life into those who live there. In turn the environment creates people who are culturally aware, educated, conservative yet liberal, and genuinely unique. With a broad outlook on life and an ever growing desire to help, CollegeDough.com is Elliott’s pathway to reaching out to those looking for guidance. Everyone everywhere should have an opportunity to pursue higher education.

Vice President 20 years old

Lisa Wu

Lisa is a graduate of Franklin High School from Seattle, Washington. She developed the passion to help other students find the necessary resources to make an informed decision for the higher education and financial aid process after going through her own trials and triumphs during the transition. She currently attends Boston University where she is pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and a Minor in Dance. Lisa loves the opportunity to travel and appreciates every chance to learn something new. In the future, Lisa plans to further her education with a degree in Law and a Masters in Business Administration while expanding the CollegeDough.com organization to reach students around the world.

Treasurer 21 years old

Donna Onevathana

Donna currently attends the University of Washington as a junior where she is pursuing a Bachelors degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. Her career goals include becoming a CPA and specializing in either tax or audit accounting. Donna is so excited to be a part of Collegedough.com’s mission to provide students with the tools to pursue higher education. “It’s been a quite the journey seeing how the organization has developed and I can’t wait to see Collegedough.com expand to meet the needs of students across the world.”

Secretary 20 years old