Name

Date

Scholarships Spreadsheet
DIRECTIONS: Use fastweb.com to find scholarships that match your skills and interests. Fill in
the chart with information from 10 scholarships and then answer the questions at the bottom in
complete sentences.
Name
1. Can Recycling
Scholarship

2. Twist and Shout

Slam

3. Burger King
Scholarship

4. Clark Scholarship

5. CollegeSTEPS

Amount
$10,000

$1,000

$50,000

$750

$1,000

Description
Sign up at
DoSomething.org and
collect and recycle
aluminum cans.
Participants sign up for
50 Cans at
DoSomething.org; Run
a drive with your
friends and neighbors
to collect at least 50
aluminum cans and
send a picture of all
the cans you collected
Write a poem about
something that uplifts
you and the Power
Poetry team will select
five finalists and they
will be voted on to
pick a winner.
Open to graduating
high school seniors in
the U.S., Canada, and
Puerto Rico. The
scholarship is open for
people who have a
minimum 2.5 GPA and
plan to enroll in a two or four - year college,
university, or
vocational school.

Deadline
November 20, 2014

Available to
undergraduate and
graduate students. A
minimum 1000 word
essay must be written
that answers "Why are
colored gemstones
better than diamonds
for an engagement
ring or other high end
jewelry?"

December 15, 2014

Open to high school

October 31, 2014

December 15, 2014

August 13, 2015

Name
Sweepstakes

Date
and college students.
To enter, you must
enroll in the Wells
Fargo CollegeSTEPS
educational resource
program.

6. Giva Corporate
Student
Scholarship and
Worldwide
Community
Ambassador Award

$1,000

Available to
undergraduate and
graduate students. You
need to write a 600 to 1000 - word essay
answering "How will
you use your talents
and education to make
the world a better
place for future
generations? What are
your career and
personal goals and
why?"

December 1, 2014

7. JAM Paper Teacher

Scholarship

$500

Available to students
who are pursuing
careers in education or
a related field. A 400
to 500 word essay
must be summited on
"Why do you want to
become a teacher?
Available to high
school, undergraduate
or graduate students.
You must be U.S.
citizen or legal
resident to qualify for
this award.

November 15, 2014

8. Technology
Addiction
Awareness
Scholarship

9. ExploraVision
Science
Competition

10.We the Students

$1,500

$10,000

$5,000

Available to students
in grades K-12. You
must work in a group
of two, three or four
students. Each team
will select a
technology that is
present in the home,
school and/or
community and
explore what the
technology does, how
it works and how or
why it was invented.
Open to high school
students between the

January 30, 2015

January 30, 2015

December 5, 2014

Name
Scholarship
Contest

Date
ages of 14 and 19. To
be considered, you
must answer the in
800 words or less:
"Since you were born,
has America moved
closer to or further
away from the ideals
outlined in the
Declaration of
Independence."

Questions
1. Which scholarship are you most likely to apply for? Why?
I would most likely apply for the JAM Paper Scholarship because the scholarship is made for
students wanting to pursue a career in education and I want to be an elementary school
teacher.
2. Which scholarship surprised you the most? Why?
The scholarship that surprised me the most was the Can Recycling Scholarship because by
collecting cans and summiting the amount you can win up $10,000.
3. If you could make a scholarship, what would it be based on?
IF I made a scholarship I would make them write an essay on why the environment should be
protected.