Many Hispanic scholarships are offered to college students based on their academic performance, extracurricular activities, financial need, etc. But you don’t fall in any of these categories, so would you need to pat your college finances without any support?
No, you can find many other scholarships that have very unusual eligibility criteria. If you have some extraordinary talent, your chance to get selected for such scholarships gets high. This article aims to give you a list of financiers who award scholarships to college students on an unusual basis. Let’s dig into the detail of it.
The Asparagus club
The Asparagus Club finances the scholarship of $8000 to 10 students per year. The scholarship does not extend for more than four semesters providing the eligible students $2000 in one semester. The candidate should maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 in each semester to qualify for it. Eligible students must be acquiring a degree related to the independent retail grocery industry. For more information, visit their website.
To exhibit your unique strength, create an amazing Google Doodle by using your imaginative skills. There is no restriction over the kind of material to be used. However, all the doodles must be entered through the entry form.Teachers or parents of students can mail the Google Doodle in the form of PNG or JPG. The artwork of the winner will be displayed on Google.com for one day.
Moreover, the scholarship offers. The eligible candidate will receive an ample amount as a scholarship: $30,000 for college scholarship and $50,000 as a technology package along with a trip to Google Headquarters, Google hardware, and fun Googley swag in California. It also awards a scholarship of $5000 to each of the 4 National finalists along with the trip. The doodles of state and territory winners would be featured on Google gallery.
National Potato Council Scholarship
The National Potato Council Scholarship offers an academic scholarship to one graduate student working on the potato industry’s benefit. They provide financial support of $10,000 to the winner who is chosen based on many factors, which include leadership abilities, academic performance, areas of graduation, and extra-curricular activities. The applicant must explain in 200 words about his goals and explain how your degree contributes to the potato industry.
Tall Club International student scholarship
This Club sponsors a scholarship of $1,000 each the students under 21 years with a tall height and attending the ist year in college. The height requirement for candidates to apply is 5’10 for females and 6’2 for males. You also need to look for some local TCI member to sponsor you. Even if the member doesn’t have a scholarship, he can help you be appointed as a candidate. If you get the luck to achieve the scholarship, the local member would inform you and invite you to collect it.
IP video contest
This contest provides the winning candidate with a scholarship. The candidates are divided into three different age groups. One group is 13_15 years; one is 16_18, and 19+ are accommodated in the third group. The candidate must submit a short video of around 60 seconds to discuss the importance of intellectual property, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and its positive impact on the world. The scholarship is awarded to winning candidates.
Receive a Squash Athletic Scholarship
Have you heard of squash? It’s like racquetball but the rules and ball are slightly different. Well, many colleges are now offering this sport and scholarships are being given to students who excel in the sport. It falls as an unusual scholarship because not many people know about the sport yet.
