North Magazine - Spring 2013

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Tall Clubs International Student Scholarships- If you find yourself ducking a lot you might have just found yourself a scholarship. The TCI Foundation has created $1000 scholarships for women over 5’10’’ and men over 6’2’’ to attend their first year of college. Write an essay about what being tall means to you and you will be heads above the competition. Learn more at http:// www.tall.org/.

I Was Born in 1995 Scholarship- Does a $1995 scholarship sound pretty helpful? Were you born in 1995? Answer yes to both of these and you are in the running for this scholarship. Scholarshipexperts.com made this a pretty straightforward opportunity for you if you were born in 1995. Learn more at https://www.scholarshipexperts.com/applicant/showScholarshipApplication. htx?scholarshipAppId=10677.

Flavor of the Month Scholarship- What do your personality and ice cream have in common? That’s the question you have to answer in 250 words to win $1000 from scholarshipexperts.com. This is a fun opportunity for everyone to help pay for their education by talking about ice cream. Deadline is the last day of National Ice Cream Month. Scoop up some opportunity at http:// www.scholarshipexperts.com/previewScholarship. htx?scholarshipid=1003657.

Texting and Driving Awareness Scholarship- We all know texting and driving is dangerous so why not do something about it and while you’re at it enter to win a $10,000 scholarship. There are two ways to win at dosomething.org. Either send five friends texting and driving stats through the website or get a free pair of thumb socks from the site and take a picture of yourself wearing them. Hey, even if you don’t win you are doing something to help make your roads safer places so it’s a win, win. Sign up at thumbwars.org.

Talbots Women’s Scholarship Fund- Are you a woman who graduated or received your GED before September 2002? If so, you probably qualify to enter for a chance to win one of 18 scholarships worth $10,000 to $30,000 from the Talbots Women’s Scholarship Fund. Learn more at https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/talbotswomen/instructions.php

at http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org/applications/ subsectionID.1,pageID.206/default.asp

Denny’s Single Parent Student Scholarship- Here is a great opportunity if you are a Hispanic single parent. Denny’s offers need-based scholarships to Hispanic single parents in amounts from $500 to $1500 every year. In addition, winners will receive a “kids eat free” coupon. If you can demonstrate financial need, this might be a great opportunity for you. Chew it over

American Legion Non-Traditional Student Scholarship- These scholarships help people who are part of The Legion Family pursue a college degree later in life or allow them to pick up where they left off when their studies were interrupted. If you’re at this place in life, this may be the right scholarship for you. $1000 is given annually in every geographic division in the country. Apply by March 1 every year at http://www.alaforveterans.org/what_we_do/scholarships/pages/non-traditionalstudentscholarship.aspx

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