Scholarships for Everyone!
Lazy Scholarship
This is an award for not moving. Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania offers two scholarships—the Gertrude J. Deppend Scholarship and the Voris Auten Scholarship—to Bucknell students who are residents of Mount Carmel; graduates of Mount Carmel Public High School; do not drink smoke or use drugs on a regular basis; and do not participate in strenuous athletic contests. Sound like a match for your kid? Let's hope they're not much older than eight: Only Mount Carmel residents of ten years or more are eligible to apply. Moving time!
JD Salinger Scholarship
Want to spend a year living in JD Salinger's former dorm room? Each year, Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA offers one creative writing student a $30,000 annual scholarship (renewable yearly), and the chance to spend his or her freshman year residing in the dorm room once occupied by the author of Catcher in the Rye. "We are looking for an unusual perspective," says the college, "for quirky brilliance, for a voice, not necessarily the kind that can be measured by conventional standards."
Zolp Scholarship
At Loyola University Chicago, a last name means money—if that last name is Zolp. Yep, that's right—anyone admitted to LUC with the last name of Zolp can apply for the school's Zolp Scholarship. To be eligible, you must be attending or planning to attend the Catholic university, and submit a copy of your birth certificate and (to prove you are Catholic) a copy of your baptismal or confirmation certificate to the financial aid office. The scholarship amount varies from year to year, depending upon the amount of money available and number of applicants with a last name of Zolp.
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Golf Caddie Scholarship
This one is full tuition, plus room and board. The catch? Only golf caddies need apply. The Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship pays to way for selected golf caddies to attend one of 20 (mostly Midwestern) universities for up to four years. Caddies must be nominated by their sponsoring country club and are judged on four criterion: caddie record (minimum of two years experience), financial need, academics, and character and leadership. Scholarship winners are expected to live in an on-campus Evans Scholarship House, where one is available.
Duct Tape Prom Scholarship
Even prom night is a scholarship opportunity. The Duck Brand Duct Tape Stuck at Prom Scholarship awards $5,000 (plus smaller prizes for runners-up) to the prom-going couple that comes up with the best pair of outfits made (mostly) out of Duct Tape. How do they decide what's "best?" The company chooses its ten favorite submissions, then invites the public to vote via the Internet. This is one contest that's still open, so get designing—the entry period ends June 10th.
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Duck Calling Scholarship
Sound like a duck? There may be money in that. Each year, high school seniors from across the Midwest descend on the little town of Stuttgart, Ark., to compete in a highly specialized field. The Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Call Contest Scholarship awards a $2,000 first prize scholarship to the best duck caller among a field of in- and out-of-state callers. The scholarship, which has given out more than $60,000 since its inception in 1974, honors the memories of the Majors, legendary duck callers and duck call ma kers.
