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Need to pay for college for Junior? Here's how:
Look Ducky at the Prom. The makers of Duck Tape brand duct tape hand out cash to the best-dressed couple at a high school prom -- if they're wearing duct tape costumes or accessories. Originality and workmanship are taken into account, and even the students' school can pocket a $2,500 prize. Send a picture.
Communicate with the other side. Ghost hunters and others with interest in the paranormal can spirit one of several scholarships away from the sponsors, the New York-based Parapsychology Foundation. The authors of the right study of the spooky or the creator of a paper on anything from life after death to telepathic spying can qualify.
Want to go where no man has gone before. You might need to speak Klingon. "Star Trek" fans know the warrior Klingon aliens speak in a guttural, spitting and barking manner, but the Klingon Language Institute's scholarship was not claimed last year despite the fact that the institute's motto is "Language opens worlds." (In Klingon that's: "qo'mey poSmoH Hol." You need not even speak Klingon, but you must be a language student and be creative. Value: $500, in Earth money.
Are short, tall or obese. The Little People of America (4-feet, 10-inches or shorter); Tall Clubs International (women 5-feet, 10-inches or better, men over 6-feet, 2-inches) and the New England chapter of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance all offer college funds for suitably-qualified candidates. A short essay on being tall can pick up a fat check of $1,000.
Are artistically spaced-out. The SPAACSE (Society of Performers, Artists, Athletes and Celebrities for Space Exploration) Scholarships offer $1,000 cash to high school seniors interested in space music and space art works. You must keep the art three-dimensional, though.
Wear milk mustaches. Got milk money? Twenty-five SAMMY (Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year) awards of $7,500 go to graduating high school seniors who are the cream of their class. Skim the whymilk.com site to see winners with their milk mustaches.
Throw southpaw. On the other hand, left-handed students enrolled at Pennsylvania's Juniata College can apply for the Frederick and Mary F. Beckley Scholarship, to palm a $1,000 handout.
Live clean, but wear no jock. Are you clean-living, but not athletic? Also in Pennsylvania, Bucknell University offers the Gertrude J. Deppen Scholarship, for nonathletes. The fund is for needy students who do not smoke or drink, who come from coal-country Mount Carmel High School, which boasts a powerhouse football team, but who do not take part in "strenuous" athletic contests. "They want scholars, not athletes," says Kantrowitz. "Intramural teams are OK. Just don't participate in varsity sports," adds Linda Reinaker, Bucknell's manager of endowed gifts.
Think creatively, but not much. Are you just average? The David Letterman Telecommunications Scholarship for students at his alma mater, Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., awards a $10,000 prize for an "average" student with a creative mind. Also offered are runner-up prizes of $5,000 and $3,333.
Love water bugs. An interest in water insects can earn the right student the LaFontaine Aquatic Entomology an award of $500.
Look Ducky at the Prom. The makers of Duck Tape brand duct tape hand out cash to the best-dressed couple at a high school prom -- if they're wearing duct tape costumes or accessories. Originality and workmanship are taken into account, and even the students' school can pocket a $2,500 prize. Send a picture.
Communicate with the other side. Ghost hunters and others with interest in the paranormal can spirit one of several scholarships away from the sponsors, the New York-based Parapsychology Foundation. The authors of the right study of the spooky or the creator of a paper on anything from life after death to telepathic spying can qualify.
Want to go where no man has gone before. You might need to speak Klingon. "Star Trek" fans know the warrior Klingon aliens speak in a guttural, spitting and barking manner, but the Klingon Language Institute's scholarship was not claimed last year despite the fact that the institute's motto is "Language opens worlds." (In Klingon that's: "qo'mey poSmoH Hol." You need not even speak Klingon, but you must be a language student and be creative. Value: $500, in Earth money.
Are short, tall or obese. The Little People of America (4-feet, 10-inches or shorter); Tall Clubs International (women 5-feet, 10-inches or better, men over 6-feet, 2-inches) and the New England chapter of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance all offer college funds for suitably-qualified candidates. A short essay on being tall can pick up a fat check of $1,000.
Are artistically spaced-out. The SPAACSE (Society of Performers, Artists, Athletes and Celebrities for Space Exploration) Scholarships offer $1,000 cash to high school seniors interested in space music and space art works. You must keep the art three-dimensional, though.
Wear milk mustaches. Got milk money? Twenty-five SAMMY (Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year) awards of $7,500 go to graduating high school seniors who are the cream of their class. Skim the whymilk.com site to see winners with their milk mustaches.
Throw southpaw. On the other hand, left-handed students enrolled at Pennsylvania's Juniata College can apply for the Frederick and Mary F. Beckley Scholarship, to palm a $1,000 handout.
Live clean, but wear no jock. Are you clean-living, but not athletic? Also in Pennsylvania, Bucknell University offers the Gertrude J. Deppen Scholarship, for nonathletes. The fund is for needy students who do not smoke or drink, who come from coal-country Mount Carmel High School, which boasts a powerhouse football team, but who do not take part in "strenuous" athletic contests. "They want scholars, not athletes," says Kantrowitz. "Intramural teams are OK. Just don't participate in varsity sports," adds Linda Reinaker, Bucknell's manager of endowed gifts.
Think creatively, but not much. Are you just average? The David Letterman Telecommunications Scholarship for students at his alma mater, Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., awards a $10,000 prize for an "average" student with a creative mind. Also offered are runner-up prizes of $5,000 and $3,333.
Love water bugs. An interest in water insects can earn the right student the LaFontaine Aquatic Entomology an award of $500.
