The Scholarships.com Resolve to Evolve 2008 $10,000 Essay Scholarship Official Rules

How To Enter:

1. Your entry must be a response, in essay form, to one of the following two-part questions:

Question #1 No Child Left Behind?

Has the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 been successful in fulfilling its purpose? Why or why not?

Question #2 Higher Education at a Higher Cost

How has the rising cost of a college education affected students and families? What can the government do to offset any adverse effects or related financial pressures?

2. Please submit a well-written response that addresses why attending college is important to you and also outlines your academic and career goals. In this short essay include the answer to the following question:

What do you feel will be your biggest obstacle in attending college, and, if able to attend, how do you think your degree will help you achieve your goals?

3. You should submit a letter of reference that specifically addresses your potential and provides support for your receipt of scholarship assistance.

Eligibility

The Scholarships.com "Resolve to Evolve" Essay Scholarship is open to all United States citizens who are enrolled in the 12th grade at the time of their essay submission and will be 18 years of age at the time the prize is awarded on July 31, 2008. Entrants may be enrolled in public or private schools, or they may be home-schooled. Applicants must plan to attend a U.S. Department of Education accredited 2-year or 4-year college, university or trade school in the fall semester following their entry. Entries will be for the applicable academic year based on date of application and are limited to one per person. Entries do not carry over to subsequent entrants, but applicants are welcome to submit future entries if their essay is not chosen. Once an applicant has won, they are no longer eligible for future Scholarships.com essay scholarships. All submissions from past winners will be automatically disqualified and discarded.

Submission Method

All submissions must be entered by mail, on 8.5" x 11" paper, may not be handwritten. Part one must consist of no fewer than 400 words and no more than 1,000 words and part two should be no more than 200 words. For the purposes of legibility and accurate interpretation of each essay, all entries must be printed- either typed or computer-generated. Handwritten submissions will be automatically disqualified. Your entry must contain your full (first, middle and last) name, complete home address including zip code, home telephone number with area code, date of birth, and email address.

Timeline

The deadline for entries is March 31, 2008. Entries received that are postmarked before December 1, 2007 or after March 31, 2008 will be disqualified. Winners will be notified on June 25, 2008 and announced on July 31, 2008. Prizes will be awarded on July 31, 2008.

Please send your essay to:

Scholarships.com
"Resolve to Evolve" Essay Scholarship
473 Central Avenue, Suite 6
Highland Park, IL 60035

Prizes:

One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded one $3,000 scholarship.
One Second Prize Winner will be awarded one $2,000 scholarship.
Five runners-up will be awarded one $1,000 scholarship each.

Award money is to be used solely as tuition reimbursement for each winner's own college education in the field or major of their choosing. In order to receive the scholarship, all prize winners must plan to attend a U.S. Department of Education accredited 2-year or 4-year college or trade school in the fall semester following their entry. Funds will be paid directly to the student.

The receipt of each prize by each prize winner is subject to the following conditions:

Prize Winner must sign all required legal documents provided by Scholarships.com, verifying and guaranteeing the work submitted is an original, unpublished essay authored by said prize winner. Any essay found to be in any way reproduced or copied from an existing work will immediately be disqualified
All prizes awarded must be applied to cover prize winner's college, university or trade school tuition
Under no circumstances should monies awarded to prize winners be used by prize winners as spending money

Winner's List:

Please click here to see the Scholarships.com Resolve to Evolve 2007 Essay Scholarship Winners

Please click here to see the Scholarships.com Resolve to Evolve 2006 Essay Scholarship Winners

Sponsor reserves the right to terminate this promotion by giving notice as deemed appropriate to Sponsor, on this Web site, and should such notice be given, the promotion shall terminate at 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) on the 7th day thereafter. Notwithstanding said termination, the Prizes will be awarded as set forth in these Official Rules.

Limitation of Liability:

Scholarships.com is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, technical error, or human error which may occur in the processing of entries and submissions. Scholarships.com assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or alteration of entries. Scholarships.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Resolve to Evolve Essay Scholarship, in whole or in part, at any time.

Selection of the Winners:

Seven Winners will be selected from among all eligible entries and will be announced on July 7, 2008. The odds of winning depend on the number of entries submitted and the quality of each entry. The decisions of judges are final. The Winner will be notified via email. If Sponsor does not receive a reply to the Winner notification announcement sent by email within ten (10) days from the date sent, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate Winner will be selected from among the remaining eligible entries. Unless prohibited by law, the Winner will be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and a publicity/liability release within two (2) weeks of responding to the notification. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use Winner's name, city, state, likeness and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation. Prize award materials and information will be sent to the Winner after all required proof and documentation is received.

Terms & Conditions:

By entering, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final. All applicable federal, provincial, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

Except where prohibited by law, participation constitutes the Winning Contestants' consent to Sponsor's use of their names, city and state of residence and entry for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes in any media, online or offline, without further permission, consent, payment or other consideration, unless prohibited by law. If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right, at their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and to award the Grand Prize from among all eligible entries received prior to the date of termination. Sponsor reserves the right to amend or modify the terms & conditions at any time during the Promotion.