All that practice of stuffing a coherent message using 140 characters or less finally paid off—at $142 per character to be exact. Louisville-based KFC announced a few weeks ago that it was offering a scholarship for the person who could state why they were deserving of the Colonel’s Scholars scholarship in just a single tweet—this [...]
Posts Tagged ‘scholarship’
Tweet your way to College!
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 | No Comments
When I come across a scholarship that doesn’t require an essay, I like to pass it along to my parent readers (who hopefully will pass it along to their college-bound teens!). If you have a teen (14 or older) interested in graphic arts, art, or even photography, this $10,000 scholarship could be a big help [...]
Fun Ways to Earn Cash for College
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Two Unique Scholarship Contests! Where’s FRANKIE the Diploma Frame? Scholarship Photo Contest Take FRANKIE the Diploma Frame on a summer adventure, and he could earn you $500 to help pay for textbooks for the 2010-2011 academic year! At Church Hill Classics, we are looking for the most creative and fun-themed photos of our mascot, FRANKIE [...]
Snag a fishing scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, July 9th, 2010 | No Comments
I can hear my readers smirking as they read this. Fishing scholarship? Are you kidding me? Believe it or not, it’s no joke. There are some hefty scholarships out there waiting to be reeled in. Let’s look at bass fishing, for example: A google search of “bass fishing scholarships” reels in 45,000 matches. There are [...]
Frame My Future Scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 | No Comments
I’m always on the lookout for scholarship opportunities for college-bound teens. And when I find one that doesn’t require an essay, I’m ecstatic. Why? Because there is always that student out there that is loaded with creativity, but not the best wordsmith. Frame My Future Scholarship, sponsored by Church Hill Classics, asks applicants to “upload [...]
Scholarships: A good reason to attend prom
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment
This isn’t your typical prom dress or your typical fashion related competition. Get creative and you could win thousands of dollars in scholarships in two contests: Own Your Look Prom Contest 2010 AND Stuck at Prom. Stuck at Prom participants are required to submit a photo of themselves attending their prom decked out in duct [...]
Ford Motor Co. launches new scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Ford Motor Company has launched a new scholarship contest on Monday, March 15. Modeled after Ford’s own standard of giving back to the communities in which it works, the two-part scholarship contest is open to high school seniors and current college students enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university by September 30, 2010. The [...]
Scholarship Alert: Thanksgiving Creative Geniuses Scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Zinch.com is holding a Thanksgiving Scholarship to award THREE $1000 Scholarships. The winners will be chosen by the following criteria: – 1 will be a high school genius – 1 will be a college/grad school genius – And the 3rd winner will be whomever has the most “likes” to their post when the judging occurs. [...]
In honor of Halloween: Weird and Wacky Scholarships
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, October 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Although these scholarships have been deemed “weird and wacky”, any scholarship that garners you FREE money for college is anything but that. Did you know that you can type in “wacky scholarships” in Google and come up with some of these scholarship gems? Here are just a few of them. Is your teen a leftie? [...]
Scholarship Alert: Essay Contest for 2010 Seniors
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
FIRE’s Freedom in Academia Essay Contest 2009 Awards One first place winner will be awarded a $5,000 college scholarship. Two second place winners will each receive a $2,500 college scholarship. Five runners-up will each receive a $1000 college scholarship. Deadlines The final day to submit an entry is November 6, 2009. The winners will be [...]
