Scholarships Gone Crazy

Applying for colleges, filling out the FAFSA and worrying about transitions căn all be crazy enough that you may feel you don't need any more crazy in your life. But craży scholarships can pay for your college, and may even be fun to apply for! There are also some crazy-generous scholarships, crazy-likely-to-get scholarships, crazy-old scholarships and crazy-soaring amounts of scholarships awarded around the country! So stop pacing nervously and start applying for these! SCHOLARSHIPS GONE CCAZY UNUSUAL SCHOLARSHIPS DIEHARD DR. PEPPER FAN? • $2,000 There's a scholarship for you, just for loving soda. (Well, not just for loving it; you do have to send them a video application explaining why you deserve the money.) Do people often mistake your voice for that of a duck? Do you also need a little money for college? You're in duck-er-luck! The Chick and Pepper $2,500 Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contenst awards a scholarship for the best duck caller. Trekkies take note: speaking Klingon could get you a scholarship from the Klingon Language Institute. Actually, you just have to demonstráte an interest in language study in general... but Klingon is a plus! $500 HELLO my name is If you're tired of not having an answer for "What the heck kind of last name is Žolp?", try telling them it's actually quite a lucrative one, thank you very much. Loyola College awards scholarships to Catholic students who can prove that their last iname is Zolp. DEPENDENT ON FUNDS Zolp LARGE SCHOLARSHIPS THE GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARS PROGRAM the country's largest provider of scholarships 1,000 students of diverse backgrounds awarded with generous funds This year, one recipient was åwarded • $1 MILLION THE JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP America's single largest private scholarship for two-year transfer students $30,000 awarded per year towards completion of a bachelors degree CRAZY QUANTITIES of SCHOLARSHIPS Sioux City, lowa's Briar Cliff University is the college with the highest rate of awarding merit-baśed scholarships 98% of Briar Cliff's students receive non-need-based scholarships OLD SCHOLARSHIPS The Rhodes Scholar award is the oldest post-grad scholarship in the world 83 from around the world are chosen each year to study at Oxford THE RHODES scholars TRUST £12,516 stipend per year for 2-3 years, plus Oxford University tuition, fees and travel costs AVERAGE DISTRIBUTION of SCHOLARSHIPS OVER THE YEARS STUDY YEAR AVG AMOUNT % RECEIVING # RECEIVING # OF AWARDS U-GRAD 1995-1996 $1,560.91 3.5% 577,000 $900 million $2,523.31 5.5% 1,152,300 $2.91 billion U-GRAD 2007-2008 $3,233.40 2.4% 66,000 $213 million GRAD 1995-1996 $5,796.71 3.7% 127,000 $736 million GRAD 2007-2008 SOURCES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/23/most-unusual-scholarships_n_1374796.html http://www.luc.edu/finaid/scholarships_others.shtml http://stuttgartarkansas.org/index.php?fuseaction=p0004.&mod=45 http://www.gmsp.org/ http://www.wlox.com/story/18126577/pascagoula-students-wins-a-million-dollar-scholarship http://www.collin.edu/news/PressReleases/2011-2012/20120502jackKentCooke.html http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/ http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/npsas/index.asp OCARRINGTON PART OF THE DEVRY EDUCATION FAMILY