Scholarship Sunday - #46
Resources & scholarships to help you pay less for college
👋 Welcome back, to the series that can help you lower your cost of college tuition.
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Make Me Laugh Scholarship
💰 Amount: $1,500
📅 Deadline: 8/31/2026
Write a short essay responding to this prompt (250 words or less):
The “OMG... finding and applying for scholarships is serious business, but it’s time to lighten things up a little. We don’t want to know why you deserve $1,500 or how great your grades are, we simply want to LOL. Describe an incident in your life, funny or embarrassing (fact or fiction), and make us laugh!”
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We’ll see you next Sunday with more resources & scholarships to help you pay less for college in Scholarship Sunday #47.
Until then, be just a little kinder to others than what’s required.
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