Two Scholarships I Wish I Could Have Applied For

Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship
It’s not so much a question of if the zombie apocalypse happens, but more of when it happens. And if you have ever watched the Walking Dead, you sometimes ponder escape strategies in a variety of situations. Well, why not get money for that?

ScholarshipExperts.com is offering college students a $1,000 scholarship for writing the best zombie-escape plan. In the essay, you must answer where you would run in the event of a zombie outbreak at your school and what five items you would take to ensure survival. It must not exceed 250 words. The deadline is Nov. 30.

Jon Fortenbury can get your creative juices flowing when you read his article about choosing a zombie-proof campus.



Stuck at Prom
If your inner-punk-rocker never died, then you’ll love this scholarship, since it asks you to rebel at what’s allegedly one of the most important events of your life: prom.

The Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest (sponsored by Duck Brand Tape....get it...."Stuck"!) requires you and your date to accessorize those prom outfits with duck tape and wear it to the dance. The couple with the best outfit wins $5,000. Second place wins $3,000 and third place wins $2,000. The seven remaining runner-ups still score $500. Deadlines are in June each year.

Note to Mandy: We could have killed this!