The 10 Truly Weird Scholarships Students Can Get

By siliconindia  |   Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 23:33 IST
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BENGALURU: Paying for college is hard but that doesn’t mean money for graduation can come from surprising places. Although there are thousands of scholarships available, you've got to be some kind of genius to get them right? Well not necessarily here, because here are few weird scholarship money sitting around if you're left-handed, a natural redhead, or a skilled duck caller and you might be able to get a scholarship because of it. If you eager to take a note, here are the 10 weirdest scholarships that students can get, as reported by Sarah Schmalbruch of Business Insider.
Tall People Tall People
Heard of a scholarship for your height? Well here is one on offer. The Tall Club International Scholarship requires women to be at least 5-foot-10 and men to exceed 6-foot-2. Although you don’t have to be a tall club member, but it’ll help you get sponsored.
The TCI Foundation annually awards student scholarships of up to $1000 each to tall students who are under 21 years of age and attending their first year of college. The deadline to get started is Feb. 15, 2015. So tall people make sure your height is valued!
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