Need Money for College? Scholarships You Never Knew Existed

With college costs sky rocketing, a lot of college bound students seek out scholarships to pay for their education. But you don't have to have a high GPA or have played on a varsity team to get money for your education, as some companies have proven with their less than conventional scholarships.

Duck Tape brand duct tape sponsors a "Stuck-at-Prom Contest" every year. All High school students have to do is flex their creative muscles and create prom attire out of, you guessed it, duct tape! Some of the entries are quite amazing and the prize is a cool $6000 for college.

The Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship was founded by skateboarding professionals and awards college money to high school students that skate board. Now who said skating was a crime? Kids throughout the country have a chance to earn $1000-$5000 for their higher education as long as they skate board.

The SAMMY or Scholar-Athlete Milk Mustache-of-the-Year Award does require students to have a good academic and athletic record but 25 students earn $7500 for college every year by donning milk mustaches, and applying of course. Students demonstrating excellence in academics, athletic performance, leadership, and community service have a shot at this scholarship.

Tall Clubs International offers a scholarship for high school students that are, well, tall. As silly as it sounds high school students that are at least 5'10" tall for girls and 6'2" for boys can apply for up to $1000 for college.

If you are a vegetarian you can get a scholarship from the Vegetarian Resource Group. They award $5000 to two students each year that promoted vegetarianism in their school and community.

Students can compete for the Excellence-in-Predicting-the-Future Award, in which students use play money in a simulated stock market for financial reward. This scholarship program is designed to get kids interested in economics and the world around them.

American Welding Society Scholarships are offered to students that have an interest in welding. Scholarships are awarded to students so that they can pursue and hone their welding skills at an accredited college.

Do you Knit? Well the National-Make-it-Yourself-With-Wool competition rewards students that do just that. A $2000 and $1000 scholarship is awarded to the students who's garments demonstrate appropriateness to their lifestyle, coordination of fabric/yarn with garment style and design, contestant's presentation, and creativity.

Klingon's can get scholarships too; the Klingon Language Institute awards the Kor Memorial Scholarship to students who pursue language studies. You don't have to know Klingon, but creativity is preferred.

The Hiram College Hal Reichle Memorial Scholarship is for students that are nice. Students are nominated for this scholarship based on their acts of kindness, humanatarian efforts, community involvment, and volunteerism.

If you are left handed you can get money for college, if you will be attending Juniata College. Students that are left handed can get up to $1000 for school just for writing with their left hand from the Frederick and Mary F. Beckley Scholarship.

Students that are way out there, enjoy outer space that is, can get $1000 for college by composing 4-6 minutes of space music that expresses the beauty and inspiration of the universe. The Society of Performers, Artists, Athletes and Celebrities for Space Exploration, Inc. (SPAACSE) sponsors this unusual scholarship

Whoever said that too much candy will rot your teeth was right, but the love of sugary confections can get you $5000 for college. The American Association of Candy Technologists (AACT) offers a scholarship for students majoring in some type of food, chemical, or biological science and demonstrating and interest in confectionary technology.

If tall people can get college money short people shouldn't be left out. The Little People of America (LPA) association offers the LPA Scholarship for members of its organization. Anyone 4'10 or less can apply and get money for school.

Tall people, short people, how about heavy people? The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) offers an annual $1,000 scholarship for NAAFA members attending college. Students must be involved in some type of fat activism or related topic.