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Top 10 Easy & Bizarre Scholarships
Thousands of soon-to-be students are hunting for extra financial assistance for college tuition. Without a perfect SAT score or the ability to run a sub 4.5 forty yard dash, you might find your chances of securing a scholarship aren’t looking too bright. However, you might not realize that your odd talent or hobby may make you the perfect applicant for one of these 10 bizarre but real scholarships.
10. Oink, Oink
Has your room been compared to a sty? Are you comfortable living in a messy habitat? These aren’t requirements for a scholarship, but they are attributes of the creatures you care about – pigs! If you’re interested in creatures of the bovine persuasion, this is the scholarship for you; the International Boar Semen (IBS) Scholarship is available for those interested in swine management. For more information, visit piggene.com/IBS/ibs_home.htm.
9. Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship
There’s been so much media attention surrounding Zombies that not even a statement from the CDC has been able to assuage the masses. So, in that spirit, let’s assume zombies do exist and have overrun your high school or college campus. That’s the premise behind this wacky scholarship. Applicants must devise a plan on where to hide and which five items they would use to survive. The last man (or woman) standing will win a $2,000 scholarship for college.
8. The Wear Duck Tape to Prom Scholarship
Duck Brand products holds an annual contest to see who can make the best Prom outfit from just one product – Duck Tape. The winners receive a $5,000 scholarship. Click here for more details: http://stuckatprom.com/how-it-works/. The contestant must be at least 14 years old, living in the United States or Canada and will be attending high school or home schooling prom some time in 2015.
7. More Trans fat, please!
Say goodbye to the cabbage soup, grapefruit only, or south beach diets! The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance encourages “fat” people to apply for one of their two merit-based scholarships. The scholarships, offered to already-existing NAAF members, awards $1,000 for first place, while the second place prize is $500. For more fat-friendly information regarding the scholarships, go to: naafa.org/newevents/shcolarship.html
6. For the Herbivores
Calling all veggie-lovers around the world! Two health-conscious winners will be awarded $5,000 in scholarship money from the Vegetarian Resource Group. But be forewarned: unless you love your legumes, this scholarship is not for you. Eligible applicants must not only exemplify a healthy lifestyle, but also promote vegetarianism within their community too. For more information visit: vrg.org.
5. Adobe Design Achievement Scholarship
If you’re 18 or older, attending college, and your Adobe design skills are excellent, you can submit yourunique Adobe-created product to their Design Achievement Awards. Projects can range from game art/development and digital publishing to animation and illustration, and can earn you $2,000 to $3,000 as well as free Adobe software if you make it to the semi-finalist or finalist rounds in each category. You can also submit a group project, but then you have to split the winnings with the other partcipants, so depending on how strapped you are for cash, you may just want to go in alone.
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