More Unusual Scholarships for Students

In an age where educating children is becoming moreJuniata College.Though very few in numbers, they do
and more expensive, relief for both students andmanage to attract a lot of attention due to the
parents comes in the form of scholarships. Graduateslightly offbeat nature of the scholarship.Unusual
fellowships and undergraduate scholarships are typesscholarships allow a student the chance to explore a
of aid that help students pay for their education.wide variety of skills, interests, characteristics and
Scholarships and fellowships, unlike student loans, dotalents that could make him/her eligible for a
not need to be repaid. In usual circumstances,scholarship. Scholarships in the unusual category range
scholarships are granted to students who arefrom grants for accordion players, asthma patients,
exceptionally brilliant in their studies, or in the field ofamateur radio operators, bird watchers, bicyclists,
athletics or art.However, from time to time, collegesblind students, boy scouts and girl scouts, bowlers,
and other private sponsors of scholarships set upcartoon experts, children of veterans, choral singers,
scholarships with mysterious eligibility requirements.cheerleaders, debaters, entrepreneurs, farmers,
These have come to be known as the unusualFrench speakers, Gospel musicians, grandchildren of
scholarships for students, an example being aalumni, Huguenot descendants, never married
scholarship for left-handed students. The Frederickstudents, overweight students, etc. This list just
and Mary F. Beckley Scholarship of up to $1,000 isgives a glimpse at some of the categories, while in
the only scholarship for left-handed students. Thisactual, there are much more of such unusual
scholarship is awarded to left-handed students whoscholarship requirements, new ones are also being
will be either attending or already enrolled at theadded on a regular basis.