2010
International College Counselors Scholarship
Essay Contest
OVERVIEW
All Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach
students in 9th through 12th grade are eligible to
participate. An
essay is required that answers the question: “What makes a
good college
education?
One winner will be selected from grade 9, one from
grade 10, and two from grade 11. All four winners will
receive a $250
scholarship provided by International College Counselors. Learn more
about this
scholarship at www.InternationalCollegeCounselors.com.
The goal of the International
College Counselors High
School Essay Contest is to increase awareness of the value of higher
education
among high school students in the local area.
ARRANGEMENTS AND
RULES
Write
an essay that addresses the
following topic: What Makes a Good College Education?
Criteria
• 250-500 Word Essay
• Current high school
student
• Attend school in Miami-Dade
County,
Broward
County
or Palm Beach
County
(including
home-schooled students)
• One submittal per
contestant
• Entries must be submitted
via mail to: International College Counselors, 4700 Sheridan
Street,
Suite J, Hollywood, FL
33021
•
Entries may not be sent via facsimile or e-mail.
Award
There will be four awards of
$250 Student
Scholarships for winning essays.
Essay Deadline:
February 27, 2010
OFFICIAL RULES AND
GUIDELINES
Eligibility
- International
College Counselors Essay Contest is open to all 9-11 students in
Miami-Dade,
Broward and Palm Beach
Counties.
Four winners will be selected: one from each county and another from
out of
state. Winners will be notified the week of April
1, 2010
Prizes
- Four
winning essays will be selected, and winners will each receive a $250
International College Counselors scholarship payable to the
winner’s
college/university or certified trade school in the United States.
Winning essays will
be posted on the International College Counselors website, http://www.internationalcollegecounselors.com.
Topic
- Contestants
must compose and submit an original essay in English of no
longer than five
hundred (500) words that addresses the following topic: What Makes a Good College
Education?
Submission
- MAIL SUBMISSIONS
INSTRUCTIONS:
Students MUST
submit their essays via
mail. Entries must be postmarked no later than
February 27, 2010.
Entries that arrive after the entry deadline will not be accepted under
any
circumstances.
- Each
student may enter only one essay.
- Each
contestant must prepare his or her
own essay.
- Essays
submitted must include contestant's name, home address, telephone
number,
school the student attends, grade level, title of the essay
and a word
count.
Registration
- All submissions must be
accompanied by a completed Official Student
Registration Form
available here Scholarship
Application Form
- The entry
form must be
signed by the student’s legal guardian in the space provided.
- Privacy of
contestant
information will be strictly safeguarded, will not be published (except
to
announce name and schools of winners), and will not be used for any
purpose not
strictly related to this essay contest.
- Home-schooled
students may apply as long as your course of study is equivalent to
that of a
junior in high school.
- It
is
not necessary for a student to have a sponsoring teacher in order to
participate in this contest.
- A
copy of the four
winning 1st place essays will be submitted to
local newspapers for
possible publication.
Deadline
- All
submissions must be post marked by February 27, 2010
Judging
- Entries will
be judged for the accuracy and relevance
of content, originality, clarity, insight, and the quality of the
writing
(including spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.). The winners will be
selected
by the International College Counselors Essay Contest Judging
Committee.
Decisions of the Judging Committee are final.
- Entries
will
be judged anonymously and will not be returned to students. Each essay
submitted must be the work of one student and may not be the collective
work of
more than one student. By submitting an essay, applicants certify that
their
essays are original, authored solely by them and that in writing their
essay
they did not plagiarize or otherwise infringe upon the rights of any
third
parties.
- Winners will
be notified by
mail, phone, and/or email. We apologize in advance that we
won't be able
to respond to everyone who is not selected as a finalist due to the
number of
entries we expect. We wholeheartedly appreciate your participation, and
we wish
we could let everyone know how much we liked his or her thoughts.
Contacts