Looking for money to pay for college? Don’t wait, apply to these 18 scholarships with August and September 2015 deadlines.
Type: Essay
Award: $500
Eligibility: Participants must be able to verify enrollment for college at an accredited university inside the USA during the fall semester of the same year the essay is submitted. Notes: Whether you ran a 5K, 10K, half marathon, or marathon, write a short essay explaining what inspired you to run, what challenges you faced, and what you learned through the experience. Prepare an essay sharing your race story between 1,000 and 2,000 words in length. Send your essay to support@raceentry.com with “Race to Inspire – Scholarship” in the subject line
Deadline: August 15, 2015
Type: Essay
Award: $1,000
Eligibility: Must be a US citizen and a full-time student attending (or planning to attend on a full-time basis) an accredited institution of higher education.
Deadline: Aug 15, 2015
Tutor the People Essay Scholarship
Type: Essay
Award: $1000
Eligibility: High School Juniors through College Seniors
The Tutor the People Essay Scholarship is open to current high school seniors and undergraduate students attending an institution in the United States.
You must be at least 16 years of age, be in good academic standing, have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and submit a 500 to 1,000 word personal response to the prompt on the sponsor’s website in order to qualify for this award.
Deadline: Aug 15, 2015
Type: Essay
Award: $1000
Eligibility: Open to full or part-time students who are in an accredited secondary or post-secondary educational institution or program. To enter, you must enroll in the Wells Fargo CollegeSTEPS educational resource program.
Deadline: 8/13/15
Type: Essay
Eligibility: Student must be a junior or senior in high school and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. It is open to US citizens only.
Notes: Must write a 250 word essay explaining why you deserve the scholarship; Past winners have discussed overcoming such obstacles as foster care, living in a poor neighborhood, attending low-income schools, and working hard toward a career goal.
Award: $500
Deadline: August 31, 2015
Arctic Physical Therapy Scholarship
Type: Essay
Eligibility: Must be attending a college or university no later than January of 2016 and have a GPA of 3.0 or greater during the last academic year.
Award: $500
Deadline: Aug 31, 2015
Vectorworks Design Scholarship
Type: Essay
Award: $10,000
Eligibility: Must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in undergraduate or graduate studies for six or more credits at an accredited college or university, and pursuing a design-oriented degree.
Deadline: Aug 31, 2015
SwissGear Ultimate Backpack Scholarship
Type: Essay
Award: $5,000
Eligibility: Incoming college freshman for the fall 2015 academic semester or a current undergraduate or graduate student that is enrolled by August 31, 2015 at any accredited two or four year college, university or institute.
Deadline: Aug 31, 2015
Type: Essay
Award: $1,000
Eligibility: Any current college student of an accredited U.S. college or university with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 is welcome to apply.
Deadline: Aug 31, 2015
Type: Essay
Award: $3000
Eligibility: Any current, full-time, student of an accredited US university or college with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 is welcome to apply. There is no age requirement.
Deadline: Aug 31, 2015
Commerce Bank Scholarship Sweepstakes
Type: Sweepstakes
Award: $2500
Eligibility: 18 years and older. The Commerce Bank Scholarship Sweepstakes is open to students enrolled in a post-secondary educational institution. Winners will be selected at random.
Deadline: Aug 31, 2015
Type: Essay
Award: $500
Eligibility: SLAC Scholars are selected on a rolling basis from a national applicant pool of college freshmen, sophomores and juniors.
Deadline: Sept 15, 2015
Glamour’s 2016 Top 10 College Women Competition
Type: Essay
Award: $20,000
Eligibility: Glamour Magazine provides nine $3,000 and one $20,000 scholarship to women who are full-time juniors in college. All winners will also receive a trip to New York City and recognition in the magazine.
Deadline:
U.S. Bank Financial Genius Scholarship
Type: Application and Online Class
Award: $5000
Eligibility: The U.S. Bank Financial Genius Scholarship is available to high school seniors and college undergraduate students who complete all eight Financial Genius for Life education modules located at atwork.everfi.net/usbankscholarship. You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to be eligible for this award.
Deadline: September 17, 2015
Type: Essay
Award: $5000
Eligibility: If you are a current undergraduate student, you may be eligible for one of four $500 scholarships provided through this fun contest. No application is needed, just a simple tweet to explain the benefits of online courses and degrees vs. traditional schooling.
Deadline: September 18, 2015.
Type: Essay
Award: $500
Eligibility: Eligible students will be aged 18-25 and enrolled in an accredited college or university.
Deadline: Sep 30, 2015
Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship
Type: Essay
Award: $500
Eligibility: In order to apply for the Odenza Marketing Group Fall Scholarship you must like our facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/odenza … and write two small essays.
Deadline: Sept 30, 2015
Type: Essay
Award: $1000
Eligibility: The JW Surety Bonds Scholarship is open to current college students. You must submit an informational article of between 500 and 1,000 words on one of the sponsor approved topics in order to qualify for this award.
Videos of between one and five minutes and slideshows of between 10 and 30 slides are also acceptable.
Deadline: Sept 30, 2015
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