Scholarships in High School Sophomore

Tell a Story to an Older Adult!

Award: $5,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the U.S. or Canada. Applicants will tell a story to an older adult and listed to one in return. Students will submit a picture of themselves with the older adult swapping stories and be entered to win the scholarship.

 

Tell Pharmacies to Remove Tobacco From Shelves!

Award: $5,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the U.S. or Canada. Students will send screen shots of posts on social media requesting pharmacies stop tobacco companies from targeting young customers. Applicants will receive one entry per screen shot, up to 20 maximum entries.

 

Chegg $1,000 Monthly Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be a high school or college student in the United States and respond to a new question posted every month.

 

Tell A Friend Scholarship Sweepstakes

Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicant must join scholarships.com and share their referral link with friends. When friends use their link to create their own profile, you will receive an entry into the sweepstakes.

 

VIP Voice $5,000 Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 14

Applicant must register on the sponsor's website and take at least two surveys to be eligible. The more surveys taken the better the applicant's chances are of winning.

 

Unplug Electronics to Help the Planet!

Award: $1,500, Deadline: December 31

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live n or be a citizen of the U.S. or Canada. You could win an easy $1,500 scholarship just by unplugging unused electronics and posting a sticky note to remind people not to leave them plugged in. That'll save energy, save money on your family's energy bill, and automatically enter you to win this scholarship.

 

U.S. News Path to College Scholarship Program

Award: $2,500, Deadline: June 2

Applicants must be attending a U.S. public or private high school and plan to enroll full-time at an accredited 4-year college or university in the U.S. immediately following graduation. Minimum GPA of a 3.0 is required. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

 

Spread Positivity In Your Community

Award: $3,000, Deadline: January 31

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the U.S. or Canada. You could win an easy $3,000 scholarship just by spreading some New Year's positivity in your community. We'll give you easy ways to spread joy to people around you, and you'll automatically enter to win a $3,000 scholarship.

 

Make a Valentine's Day Card!

Award: $3,000, Deadline: February 10

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the U.S. or Canada. Millions of American seniors live in isolation. You can help them feel connected by making them a V-Day card! Just create one thoughtful card for a senior and upload a pic of your card to be automatically entered to win this scholarship.

 

Shred Paper to Stand Against Bullying

Award: $5,000, Deadline: January 31

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the U.S. or Canada. Have you ever been verbally harassed or bullied? You could win an easy $5,000 scholarship just by shredding paper to speak out against verbal negativity. On a piece of paper, write something negative that you want to overcome or stamp out. Then destroy that paper with your friends! This will help you claim power over negativity, improve your self-esteem, automatically enter you to with this scholarship.

 

Noplag Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: June 25

Applicants must be high school or college/university students. Students must be at least 16 years of age.

 

AIEZ Driver Safety Scholarship Contest

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 31

Applicants must be ambitious high school students and write a 1,500 word essay on a topic from the scholarship webpage.

 

James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Division I

Award: -, Deadline: February 1

Applicants must be students aged 18 or younger enrolled in any school or training program. Students must follow the full project rules and requirements.

 

Writer's Square Scholarship Program

Award: $500, Deadline: March 31

Applicants must be enrolled students from first grade up to graduate school. Students must submit an essay pertaining to a given topic. Applicants may submit only one entry.

 

Easy Scholarship: Talk to Your School About Fairer Discipline Policies

Award: $2,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the United States. Students around the country can be suspended for minor things like tardiness or breaking the dress code. Unfair, right? You can make sure your school isn?t using unfair or harsh discipline policies by talking to your principal or administrator and advocating for improvements. (We?ll provide tips and tools to make your conversation easy.) You?ll help create a better school environment and enter to win a $2,000 scholarship.

 

Easy Scholarship: Give a Spit about Cancer

Award: $3,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the United States. You could win an easy $3,000 scholarship just by sharing a digital guide about the importance of joining the bone marrow registry! By sharing the guide, friends and family will learn how they could give a lifesaving donation to someone with bone cancer. Send the digital guide to three people for the chance to win.

 

Easy Scholarship: Share Stories to Increase Fairness in School

Award: $3,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the United States. Have you or someone you know been unfairly or harshly punished in school? This is happening all over the country, and you can join the national movement to make schools fairer and safer. It?s really easy: Just make one post on social media about the issue, and you?ll enter to win a $3,000 scholarship.

 

Easy Scholarship: Create a Recycling Bin to Reduce Waste!

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the United States. You could win an easy $5,000 scholarship just by creating a fun bathroom recycling bin that encourages people to recycle their empty beauty and personal care products! Use our tips to make an eye-catching bin and place it in a bathroom near you. That?ll significantly reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and automatically enter you to win.

 

Easy Scholarship: Prevent Texting and Driving

Award: $5,000, Deadline: May 30

Applicants must be age 13 to 25 and live in or hold citizenship in the United States. Asking a friend not to text-and-drive is hard. We totally get that. So we?ll help by giving you fun, easy ways to start the conversation about safe driving. (Think Dad jokes and Drake lyrics!) Sign up to learn more and enter to win a $5,000 scholarship.

 

Quesbook Scholarship Program

Award: $20,000, Deadline: June 1

Applicants must be collegebound high school sophomores, juniors or seniors who use the website to study for the ACT for at least 20 hours.

 

Movoto Love Where You Live Scholarship Contest

Award: $1,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicants must be either high school, college, university or technical school students. Students must write an essay as part of their application.