Wacky Grants To Pay For Your Education Expenses

By James Scholaris

Everyone is aware of the soaring education cost. Students always try to get scholarships to pay for their education. When applying for scholarships there is always certain qualifying criterion. You need academic excellence or an athlete, parents working in military, or something else. Did you know that simply being left handed can get you a scholarship! Sounds weird! That is what wacky scholarships are!

Scholarships of all sorts are one option, usually requiring applicants to meet a specific set of criteria. The most common of these are a specific GPA, participation in athletics, being the child of active duty military personnel - the list goes on and on. There are also some wacky grants which have more unusual requirements.

For instance, there are even scholarships which are open only to left-handed students; it may sound strange, but these wacky scholarships may be another way to help pay for your college expenses. Don't worry being a left hander is not the only thing which can get you wacky scholarship There are many other strange things which if you do or exhibit will get you a good amount in scholarships.

While these scholarships may be somewhat strange, even downright bizarre, they're something which any student would do well to have a look at. Depending on your height, you may be eligible for scholarships, such as the $1,000 scholarship for students who meet their requirements (6' 2" for men, 5' 8" for women). If you're under five feet (actually 4' 10"), there are the scholarships awarded annually by the Billy Barty Foundation and the Little People of America.

Extraordinarily short students aren't left out either - there as well scholarships awarded to students who are shorter than 4' 10" by the Little People of America and the Billy Barty Foundation.

If these wacky scholarships are a source of amazement (or perhaps amusement) to you, there's others you might want to learn about. For instance, if you're a Star Trek fan this one in particular possibly will attract you.

If this has boggled your mind, then you should know about these wacky scholarships. If you are a diehard star trek fan then you probably have collected the memoirs. All you need to do is just bring that. The Klingon Language institute offers $500 Kor memorial scholarship to one person simply to promote the language.

The best part is that you don't have to know any Klingon in order to be awarded this $500 scholarship. These are just a few of the many unusual scholarships which are available to those students who seek them out and meet their unique criteria.

There are many others - for instance, there are scholarships for vegans, working artists, caddies, redheads and just about everyone and anyone else.

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