Discover the Top 10 Surprising Scholarship Fun Facts You Never Knew!

1. Swine-tastic Future Pork Experts

"Well, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but you can make a future pork expert!": The Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship awards $2,500 to 10 ambitious college students each year, pursuing careers in the U.S. pork industry, which includes recipients from both two-year swine programs and four-year colleges of agriculture. Gaining this scholarship is no hogwash, just ask the two animal sciences undergraduates from Purdue who nabbed it this year!
Source => ag.purdue.edu

2. Zombie Apocalypse Survival Funds

When there's no more room in hell, students shall walk the earth: Unigo.com offers a Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship worth $1,500 for the best response to planning survival amidst brain-craving, undead high school or college members – revealing top hiding spots and essential tools to outlast the living dead – open to legal U.S. residents aged 14 or older and enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution.
Source => unigo.com

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3. World Record-Breaker Scholarships

Do clowns, escapologists, and human pretzels walk into a bar or college campus? Spoiler alert - they've found their way to academia! Here's the twist: the Guinness World Records offers scholarships for students who have broken or attempted to break world records, supporting their pursuit of higher education while making the world a little more bizarre.
Source => bigfuture.collegeboard.org

4. Peanut Butter Sandwich Championship

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, let us gather 'round and pay tribute to the little-known grueling culinary competition that is the Olympics of the peanut butter sandwich, a gladiatorial battle of bread, peanuts, and dreams: Welcome to Jif's Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest, where children aged 6 to 12 concoct unparalleled sandwich recipes involving at least two tablespoons of Jif peanut butter for a shot at a $25,000 scholarship, while four finalists walk away with $2,500 scholarships since its inauguration in 2003. For an extravaganza of scrumptious creativity, visit http://promotions.jif.com.
Source => fastweb.com

5. Fortune-Cookie Windfall

In a twist of fortune that would make even Confucius raise an amused eyebrow, a batch of fortune-cookie advice left some customers feeling less than fortunate: In 2005, after 110 Powerball players won almost $19 million using lucky numbers from the back of Wonton Food's cookies, the largest fortune-cookie maker in the US stirred quite the uproar with their introduction of 600 new fortunes, including 150 fortune-telling ones, which unexpectedly contained downbeat advice, causing mirth and amusement among fortune-cookie connoisseurs.
Source => nytimes.com

6. Greeting Card Masterpiece Scholarship

Ever tried designing a card to unlock the "Crouching Artist, Hidden Scholar" within you? Here's your chance to be the Picasso of the greeting card world: The Gallery Collection, top publisher of premium quality cards, annually hosts a Create-A-Greeting Card contest, where the winner scoops up a $10,000 scholarship, a cool grand for their school, and their design made into an actual card sold across the country.
Source => gallerycollection.com

7. Quacking Up College Funds

Who says ducks don't give back to the community? They've been quacking up college funds for decades: The Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest, running for over 43 years in Stuttgart, Arkansas, has awarded more than $73,000 in scholarships to high school seniors skilled at duck calling. Winners waddle away with scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,000, depending on their rank in the feather-ruffling competition.
Source => scholarships.com

8. Sticky Prom Attire Scholarships

Picture this: the fabric of high school dreams woven with the thread of adhesive inspiration and the perfect date wearing a matching sticky ensemble: The Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest by Duck Tape offers a grand prize of $10,000 for the best dress and $500 cash scholarships to each of the four runners-up in both the dress and tux categories, along with a Duck Brand Prize Pack worth $100.
Source => duckbrand.com

9. Once-in-a-Full-Moon Nudist Scholarship

Talk about letting it all hang out: The American Nudist Research Library once offered a $1,000 scholarship for high school seniors or recent grads with at least three years of membership in a nudist organization, judged based on a brief essay and, surprisingly, not baring any relevance to nudist skills or values. Alas, this au naturel educational opportunity has been stripped away and is no longer available.
Source => financialaidfinder.com

10. Punctuality's Hidden Treasure

They say the early bird gets the worm, but in the world of college financing, there may indeed be a hidden treasure for punctual pirates: While no specific scholarship offers cash rewards solely for timely submission, staying ahead of deadlines can significantly improve one's chances for obtaining much-needed financial support. Yarr with a planner, mateys!
Source => apguru.com