Crazy College Scholarships

Obama Administration: Student Loan Reform and Helping Moms Return to School

mboynton — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:23:47 +0000

The Obama administration is working to make college more affordable. Here is a list of the current reform items in play:

Putting a halt to subsidies to special-interest private lending companies
Increasing funding for Pell Grants to allow more students to afford a college education
Capping a recent grad’s annual student loan repayments at 10 percent of the student’s income
Aiding an extra 5 million Americans earn degrees over the next ten years, by revamping curriculums at US community colleges

In addition to the student loan reforms, the Obama administration has created incentives for moms to return to school by increasing the Federal Pell Grants. These grants have been increased to $5100 instead of $4050 to help low income students and mothers return to school. In addition, there are tax benefits for studying moms. The American Opportunity Tax Credit program states that the first $4000 of your college education is free. Finally, Obama’s ‘Moms Return to School’ Government Grant Scholarship program can help moms with earning online degrees.

KLI Academic Award: The Kor Memorial Scholarship

mboynton — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:56:02 +0000

Are you studying language? It doesn’t have to be Klingon, nor do you need to be a Trekkie, and the language doesn’t need to be any constructed language to apply for this scholarship. This scholarship is for the encouragement of the study of language. They are looking for innovative and creative people. If you are working toward a degree in language studies, this is an opportunity to receive some help with your expenses.

The amount of the scholarship is $500 for a graduate or an undergraduate student to be determined by the KLI Director along with a committee. The committee is made up of a changing choice of qualified specialists in language. During the annual KLI conference, the recipent is announced.

Nominations:

1. Invitations form deans, academic department chairs or heads may submit only one nomination per year for a gaduate or undergraduate student for consideration.

2. Must be enrolled as full-time students leading to a degree in the study of language at the time of nimination.

The eligible student must submit an application that includes the following:

1. A letter of nomnation from the chair, head, or dean which profiles the student’s accomplishments outlining the relevance to date, and their expected achievements, and their potential.

2. Two additional letters of recommendation from departmental faculty.

3. A brief statement by the student regarding their goals, and purpose with respect to the selected course of study.

4. A résumé/C.V. highlighting the nominee’s awards , community service, education, experience, and references.

Any incomelete applications are discarded without consideration, and must be received no latter than June 1st of the award year.

Note that this webpage (http://www.kli.org/scholarship/) contains all the information necessary for completing an application for our scholarship. We will not respond to requests for more information, additional scholarship details, or application forms. Everything you need is right here.

Please send all applications to this address:

Klingon Language Institute

Kor Memorial Scholarship

P.O. Box 634

Flourtown, PA 19031 USA

Women at Microsoft (WAM) Scholarship

mboynton — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:26:42 +0000

Women, let Microsoft help you with your computer field education.

WAM worldwide.

• Worldwide chapters are located in California, Carolina, Europe, New York, North Carolina, Washington, Europe, and Asia.

Corporate VP Mobile Devices Marketing, Suzan DelBene, functions as executive sponsor and corporate management liaison for the group.

WAM

Is actively committed to the emergence and evolution of local residential areas. Its main focus on, exposure to emerging technologies, educating youth ,and careers in IT.

Employee Career Development and WAM at Microsoft consists of a diversity initiatives, employee development, and a mentoring program.

For any women interested in a career in the computer field this could be one way for you to obtain financial assistance for your educational goals.

If you are a woman and considering a carrer in computer technology, this scholarship might be worth looking into. The only problem with this scholarship is the fact that is for women in Washington State, the location of Microsoft Headquarters.

If you are a young women with good academic achievement, live in Washington State, interested in computer, or an IT career, check it out. This could help with continuing with an education in the field of IT or other computer majors for women.

Requirements:

•The WAM Scholarship Fund. Two scholarships, $2,500 apiece, to women undergraduates attending an accredited college or university courses in computer related majors in Washington State.

For more information and guest speakers, please contact the WAM Executive Board

•DigiGirlz Day. WAM introduced a program, “DigiGirlz Day” for high school women In 2006. It is designed to provide opportunities to discuss college plans. This is an annual event featuring networking sessions, and speakers. The program is focused on explore opportunities available for women in business and technology. Contact msgirlz@microsoft.com for more information about this program.

Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarships

mboynton — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:26:35 +0000

Got the money you need for school?

How about a scholarship specifically designed for women thinking of enrolling, or enrolled in an accredited college or university as they obtain an undergraduate degree in business. Consider applying for a scholarship, the Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship to get help with expenses. This is a perfect opportunity for any women thinking about an undergraduate degree in business to advance in a company or begin their own company. Check the Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship out and see if it is a fit for you. The scholarship is open to all nationalities of wormen who are enrolled in, and pursuing a business undergraduate degree. They need to fulfill the following minimum requirements: Eligibility for entrance to the 3rd or 4th year in pursuit of a business undergraduate degree from institute, college or university with an accredited program when receiving funds from ZontaINternationa Headquarters. A spectacular academic record for the first two to three years of study. Outstanding accomplishment in business on your official transcript, and a demonstrated intention to achieve a degree in business. Scholarship The $500 dollar scholarship is yours to be used for such things as living expenses where the student is taking courses, books, or tuition at any accredited institution offering business degrees. Application An application required to be filled out in English. Any non-English documents is required to be accompanied by English translation. Applicants are required to also submit an application to the Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship. Applicants Scholarship application Note: Download might be slow. You can request an application you if you unable to download the application, find a club by you at . Zonta Club Members Login or register . For more information visit: Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarships

Left-Handed Scholarship

mboynton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:40:02 +0000

Here’s one of my favorites – the left-handed scholarship. This weird scholarship is offered by the Frederick and Mary F. Beckley foundation, available to students attending Juanita College (http://www.juniata.edu/). They give anywhere in the range of $1000 to $1500 to eligible left-handed students. While we weren’t able to find their application online, here is a resource to give you more information on this crazy scholarship. What’s great about they way they determine who gets this scholarship is that they don’t even check to see if you are left-handed or not! They offer the weird scholarship to students based on academic records who claim to be left-handed. This unusual scholarship is offered to currently enrolled Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors at Juanita College.

Why We Love FastWeb

mboynton — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:10:42 +0000

One of our favorite scholarship resources is FastWeb – an awesome scholarship site that gives you access to over $3 Billion in scholarships, including weird and crazy scholarships (FastWeb calls them “Promotional Scholarships”). What’s great about them is that they aren’t just a list of scholarships, they actually go into detail about how to go about getting scholarships, as well as creating online communities to get your scholarship questions answered and giving you ideas on how to make yourself stand out from the crowd of applicants. We like them because if you’re interested in getting in the know (like we are!) they keep in touch with you about scholarship updates so you’re always in the loop in the scholarship scene, including crazy and promotional scholarships. FastWeb is the largest source of college-specific scholarships, and they even have a specialized scholarship-matching program so they let you know which scholarships are right for you. Hear it from the founders of Crazy College Scholarships: we wish we had heard of this when we were applying to college.

Oh and the best part, it’s free. Check out FastWeb here to get started. Or click the pretty banner below:

SAMMY Milk Mustache Scholarship

mboynton — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:16:14 +0000

Got Milk? Each year, the Senior Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year fund gives twenty-five high school milk-obsessed seniors $7,500 each for sporting a substantially bushy milk mustache. Each winner gets $7,500, an invitation to the awards ceremony with fellow milk-mustache-sporting celebrities at The Milk House at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports, and will rock their own milk mustache advertisement in USA TODAY.

To apply, you need 75 whey protein-obsessed words of how you incorporate milk into your everyday diet and athletic training regimen. We would recommend sending along a photo of you sporting a freshly-grown milk-mustache to show them you mean business.

You can find more information of how to apply for this weird scholarship here: http://www.bodybymilk.com/sammy_scholarship.php.

Drink up!

Discover Scholarship

mboynton — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:22:45 +0000

While you may think credit card companies are evil, turns out Discover has a nice side. They give up to 10 scholarships per year, each one totaling a whopping $30,000 in scholarship money. Unlike any of the other scholarships on our crazy college scholarships site, you don’t really have to do anything out of the ordinary to apply for this scholarship. This is why we at Crazy College Scholarships consider this crazy scholarship to be crazy (I dare you to say Crazy College Scholarships three times fast. Do it now.) due to the fact that they’re giving away $30,000 to a high school Junior who just has to have a cumulative GPA over 2.75 for 9th and 10th grades and demonstrates leadership in their community, and describes an experience where they have had to overcome a significant challenge. Guys and Girls, this is the stuff you’ve been asked a million times before when applying to anything significant, and we know we all know what to say (and if you don’t, get crackin’). The craziest part? You don’t even need to be going to college to apply for this scholarship. You can use the funds towards any post-high school training, licensing, technical degrees, or college degrees. You can check out more information on Discover’s student-oriented services on their website, and more information on the scholarship on the Discover Scholarship Program website.

Vegetarian Scholarship

mboynton — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:08:09 +0000

Do you pass on the meat, fish, and fowl? The Vegetarian Resource Group offers two $5000 scholarships to graduating high school students who promote vegetarianism in their schools and communities. Thanks to an anonymous donor, the Vegetarian Resource Group can offer these scholarships every year. There is a pretty substantial application process for this crazy scholarship, including a thorough essay describing your vegetarian lifestyle, ambitions, as well as vegetarian-advice for non-vegetarians. While not required, it helps to know people who are involved in the vegetarian movement, and you can list them as references in your scholarship application. Your school of choice does not matter, nor does your field of study, as this is a lifestyle-based scholarship. However the more material you can provide to the scholarship board about your support for vegetarianism, the better. This can be in the form of writing, creative material, or any materials you’ve used relating to promoting vegetarianism in your community. One of the more interesting questions we found on the scholarship application is to describe “your perfect life in five years”. Maybe it’s just the veggies, but we would avoid mentioning meat in this scholarship application, unless it’s breathing and making cute noises.
The college scholarship application has an interesting note on it regarding the property of your work: Once you submit your work, it becomes property of the Vegetarian Resource Group, most likely for them to use to generate creative ideas for their efforts in promoting vegetarianism. So if you really support the veggies, then this weird scholarship is for you. You can find out more about the Vegetarian Scholarship on the Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship website.

American Welding Society Scholarship

mboynton — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:51:22 +0000

Do you enjoy working with hot metal? You can get a scholarship. The American Welding Society offers a scholarship to one eligible student per year. That means tuition, books, and any other school-related needs are covered each year, but you need to reapply each year to get the scholarship more than once. To be eligible for this crazy college scholarship the student needs to be enrolled in a welding program, demonstrate financial need, exhibit a passion for welding based on a personal statement, and a brief biography of your life as a young welder. You can’t pull a fast one with this scholarship and get the American Welding Society to pay for any college degree – if you change your course of study at all during your college career, they will pull your funds and leave you to fend for yourself during your non-welding activities. You also need to be going to a school that has a strong welding program in order to get this scholarship – they want to fund future champions of the welding world and you can’t just go anywhere. While they give out multiple scholarships per year based on the quality of the applicants, we suggest that you, as with any scholarship, should give the application 110% and make it terrific. It’s time for you tilt down your mask, light up your blowtorch, and make something beautiful.
You can learn more about this unusual scholarship at the American Welding Society Scholarship website.