The Best Price Nutrition & Health Scholarship
The Best Price Nutrition & Health Scholarship is currently accepting applications. This scholarship involves filling out a survey that has questions related to your health and fitness goals in life, and writing an essay of no more than 750 words (on the topic of: “How Important is Nutrition to Overall Health?”). If you are a current [...]
Cappex “I Don’t Want to Pay for College” Scholarship
Today’s scholarship is from our friends at Cappex.com. The “I Don’t Want to Pay for College” Scholarship is for students who don’t want to pay sticker price for college. This is the last scholarship that Cappex will be offering this year!!! (Don’t worry, they will be offering another scholarship next month). They usually award about [...]
AfterCollege Winter Break Student Scholarship
The AfterCollege Winter Break Student Scholarship is offering a fun scholarship (worth $1,000) available to students working towards a degree (AA, AS, BA, BS, MS). To apply, you must be a student in good standing in an accredited program, have and carry a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, and you must complete the Word Lib activity (NOT [...]
Zinch ‘Fondest Food Memory’ Scholarship
Today’s scholarship is from Zinch, one of the most common providers of scholarships that we profile. Zinch generally offers new scholarship on a week by week basis. This particular scholarship asks students to write a short essay of 280 characters or less. As it is the holiday season and many of us are busy cooking [...]
The 2013 Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Competition
The 2013 Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Competition is currently being offered by the Elks National Foundation to all high school seniors. This program consists of 500 four-year scholarships, ranging from $1,000 per year to $15,000 per year, for graduating high school seniors based on financial need, leadership and scholarship. Eligibility is based on [...]
“I Don’t Want to Pay for College” December Scholarship
We can’t believe it is almost December!!! College applications are right around the corner, but that does not mean you should neglect to apply to scholarships. Today’s scholarship is the last award that Cappex will be awarding in the year 2012! Cappex has awarded almost $50,000 in scholarships to students over the past year. This [...]
The ACT Video Contest
Today’s scholarship comes from The ACT. Yes, we know that the three letter standardized tests are one of the most stressful parts of high school. For better or for worse, they are an important part of the college application process. Additionally, they are often used as criteria for both private and institutional scholarships. The ACT is [...]
Edvisors ScholarshipPoints Scholarship
Today’s scholarship is the Edvisors ScholarshipPoints Scholarship–yes, the title seems a bit redundant, but it is a really awesome opportunity. Each year Edvisors awards over $100,000 in scholarships for students. This scholarship does not have a GPA requirement or requires test scores (SAT or ACT). Additionally, students do not need to submit essays or recommendations. [...]
2012 Yoseloff Scholarship
Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective, statistical means–one of the most popular portrayals of sabermetrics is in Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball (which was made into a movie starring Brad Pitt with the same title). Today’s scholarship is the Yoseloff Scholarship from the Anthony A. Yoseloff Foundation. The objective of this program is to provide four [...]
2012 #FreetoTweet Scholarship Program
The freedom of speech is protected by the first amendment of the United States of America and is a major tenant in our country’s identity. Today’s scholarship is from both the First Amendment Center and the Knight Foundation and asks students to “celebrate their FIrst Amendment rights with a tweet.” There will be five scholarships awarded to [...]