The $25,000 Alumni Challenge

Help a college student kickstart a career and win $25,000 for your alma mater. Yahoo! Kickstart is a professional network with a distinct purpose: to connect college students, recent grads, professionals and alumni to discover internships and jobs, or get career advice and mentorship. Kickstart is a great way to source new hires, give back to your college, and re-connect with fellow alumni and past colleagues.

To encourage you and your fellow alums to sign up, Yahoo! will donate $25,000 to the alumni association of the US college with the most profiles by December 31, 2007* (see complete details).

Help your school win! It's easy - just sign up, create a valid profile, and spread the word to your fellow alumni.

Is your school in the lead?

The race to the $25,000 has just started and these schools are off to an early lead. Get the word out to your fellow alums to get your school to the top of this list.

1. University of California, Berkeley (422 people)
2. Stanford University (361 people)
3. University of Southern California (USC) (209 people)
4. San Jose State University (180 people)
5. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (166 people)
6. Tulane University (153 people)
7. University of Michigan (142 people)
8. Cornell University (138 people)
9. New York University (NYU) (113 people)
10. Carnegie Mellon University (109 people)
11. The University of Texas at Austin (101 people)
12. Santa Clara University (83 people)
13. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (83 people)
14. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (82 people)
15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (78 people)