The Weirdest College Scholarships
January 19, 2010 9:22 AM   Subscribe

From simply being tall to being an adept marble shooter there are all sorts of untraditional ways to amass the moolah for your college education. Here are 45 of the weirdest college scholarships.
posted by bizwiz2 (11 comments total)

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How zany!

Upon review, lots of them really aren't that weird. A majority of them are professional organizations that want to promote their profession, or vanity scholarships. Also, lots of exclamation points.
posted by craven_morhead at 9:28 AM on January 19, 2010


Before reading this, I'm going to predict that one of them is Juniata College's scholarship for left-handed people. Which sounds less and less zany every time it's brought up as a piece of trivia.
posted by specialagentwebb at 9:29 AM on January 19, 2010 [1 favorite]


A scholarship for environmental studies students which requires an interest in environmental studies? Crazy!
posted by biffa at 9:32 AM on January 19, 2010


Gasp! My prediction was correct!

But weirdest scholarships? The Tylenol one for wanting to study medicine? One for performing community service? I was expecting more stuff along the lines of "Scholarship for people who can't dance" or "Applicant must write an essay on why zebras are awesome."
posted by specialagentwebb at 9:32 AM on January 19, 2010


I had a friend that went a full ride scholarship for bridge. He also had affairs with very old women... I think the two maybe connected.
posted by ExitPursuedByBear at 9:35 AM on January 19, 2010 [1 favorite]


Zebras are awesome because of the black and white zebra stripes. What do I win?
posted by Babblesort at 9:35 AM on January 19, 2010


man apparently technical scholarships and ag scholarships are as weird as starfleet scholarships? I AM OUT OF TOUCH
posted by beefetish at 9:36 AM on January 19, 2010


Is there a MetaFilter scholarship? If not, there should be one. $1,000 to a graduating high school senior on MetaFilter with the most favorites.
posted by cimbrog at 9:37 AM on January 19, 2010 [2 favorites]


I had a friend that went a full ride scholarship for bridge. He also had affairs with very old women...

Harold? Is that you?
posted by DU at 9:37 AM on January 19, 2010 [3 favorites]


WHY ZEBRAS ARE AWESOME

Dear Scholarship Committee,

Zebras are awesome because they are white with black stripes. Or are they black with white stripes? Think about it.
posted by Nothing... and like it at 9:38 AM on January 19, 2010 [2 favorites]


Is there a MetaFilter scholarship? If not, there should be one. $1,000 to a graduating high school senior on MetaFilter with the most favorites. with the winning essay on Why This Plate of Beans is Awesome/Terrible.
posted by DU at 9:38 AM on January 19, 2010


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