How Duct Tape And Your Last Name Can Get You Money For College

How Duct Tape And Your Last Name Can Get You Money For College

Sometimes, it's easy to obtain money for college -- you just have to look far and deep. Or make a ball gown out of duct tape.

According to the Wall Street Journal, there exist scads of esoteric scholarships for those willing to use some ingenuity to get ahead. Izzy Bristow is one of them. Now a student at Western Oregon University, she was awarded $3,000 for prom-themed duct tape contest (her creation is pictured at left).

The WSJ has more:

The National Potato Council provides a $5,000 award to a graduate student pursuing curricula in agribusiness "which enhance the potato industry," according to contest rules.

The Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) hands 25 students scholarships in the amount of $7,500 each, plus a trip to Disney World and the chance to star in a "Got Milk?" mustache ad.

There are also scholarships that automatically apply to a select few. At North Carolina State University, students with the last name Gatlin or Gatling qualify for grants up to $14,000.

Have you done something crazy for a scholarship?

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