Potential Magazine Fall 2015 - Florida Edition | Page 34
pay the way
hobby scholarships & tools
TURN HOBBIES INTO
COLLEGE CASH!
Applying for scholarships can be a pain — especially when you’re not passionate
about the essay topics or tasks at hand. To help spice up your scholarship search,
we found the following hobbies that can help fund your way through college.
Here’s just a sampling of 10 scholarships awarded around hobbies.
HOBBIES
SCHOLARSHIPS
DESCRIPTION
APPLY AT
READING
Up to $20,000, Ayn Rand
Essay Contests
Read a novel by Ayn Rand?
Write about it for a chance to
win.
aynrand.org
WATCHING TV
$1,000, Memorable TV
Moment Scholarship
Create art that shares your
most memorable TV moment.
cabletv.com/scholarship
COOKING
$10,000, AICR/C-CAP
Super Foods Competition
Create a recipe using
cancer-protective foods.
AICR.org/CCAP
STUDYING
THE BIBLE
$250 Common Knowledge
Bible Scholarship
Trivia on the Book of Genesis.
Cksf.org
RECORDING
VIDEOS
Up to $2,000, Courageous
Persuaders Scholarships
Shoot your very own
commercial.
Courageouspersuaders.com
TAKING A
SELFIE
Up to $3,000, #FutureSelfie
Scholarship Contest
Snap a selfie dressed as your
future self.
Bankrate.com/scholarships/
future-selfie-scholarship
WRITING
POETRY
$1,000, Power Poetry
Scholarship Slam
Create a powerful poem on a
cause.
Powerpoetry.org
LISTENING
TO MUSIC
$4,000, Shower Songs
Scholarship
Share your 5-minute playlist
DoSomething.org
WATER SKIING
$5,000, Barbara Bolding/
Jim Grew Scholarship
Apply if you’re a member of a
water ski organization.
Usawaterskifoundation.org
PLAYING
VIDEO GAMES
$10,000, Penny Arcade
Scholarship
Demonstrate your potential to
positively impact the gaming
industry.
penny-arcade.com/
scholarship
The list above is just an example of all the hobbies you can now turn into college cash. Take it one step further and search
the web to find even more scholarships that fit the things you already enjoy doing in your spare time. Good luck!
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