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Scholarships for Average Students

These scholarships have zero GPA requirements. Even better, most of these don't require a long essay!

Shawna Newman

March 21, 2023

Scholarships for Average Students
What's wrong with average? Absolutely nothing - that's what!
There's nothing wrong with being average, in fact, most people are. We know you're unique in oh-so-many ways – so what if your grades are just so-so? At Fastweb, we believe – no, we know that every student deserves scholarship opportunities.
The good news is that scholarship providers know that, too. There are plenty of awards available to the masses, many of which don't even require a minimum grade point average! Check out the following scholarships for average students:

Niche $25,000 No Essay Scholarship

Deadline: 3/29/23
Available to: High School Freshmen to College Seniors
Award Amount: $25,000
Covering the cost of college expenses for four years without writing a single essay? Sounds too good to be true! Niche is giving one student $25,000 to help pay for tuition, living expenses, books, and other educational expenses!

$50,000 ScholarshipOwl No Essay Scholarship

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: High School Freshmen through College Graduate Students
Award Amount: $1,000 We are giving students a chance to win multiple awards and a higher chance of winning. $50,000 scholarship will be divided and awarded to 50 winners. Each month, 4 winners will be selected to earn $1,000 each. And in December 2023, we will select two additional winners, bringing the total to 50 winners until the end of 2023.

March 2023 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: Minimum Age 16
Award Amount: 2 Awards of $500 The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the monthly drawing.

Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: Min. age 16
Award Amount: $2,500 Participate in the #ScholarshipNow challenge for a chance to win $2,500! To participate, download the Goodwall app and simply share a video telling us how winning this scholarship would help you achieve your educational goals, on the hashtag #ScholarshipNow.

Niche $2,000 No Essay Scholarship

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: High School Freshmen through College Graduate Students
Award Amount: $2,000 We know you are busy and we know that times are tough. That is why we decided to create the easiest possible scholarship to give something back to students. Students can use the money to help cover tuition, housing, meal plans, books, computers, or any education-related expenses. The scholarship is open to all high school and college students and those planning to enroll in the next 12 months.

The $25,000 "Be Bold" No-Essay Scholarship

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students
Award Amount: $25,000 Build a profile at Bold.org to showcase your goals, achievements, and drive. The $25,000 "Be Bold" Scholarship is a no-essay scholarship that will be awarded to the applicant with the boldest profile. To us, boldest does not mean "best," or "most accomplished." Being bold means being: Earnest, Determined and Moving. The scholarship will be awarded to the student whose profile is the most bold, according to these characteristics.

$2,500 No-Essay Scholarship – ScholarshipPoints

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: High School & College Students
Award Amount: $2,500 ScholarshipPoints will award a $2,500 scholarship to one lucky member this quarter. All you have to do to become eligible is become a ScholarshipPoints member and log in. It's simple, fun, and completely free!

$5,000 Discover® Student Loans No-Essay Scholarship

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: Maximum Age of 16
Award Amount: $5,000
Students and parents can enter for a chance to win a $5,000 scholarship at eligible colleges/universities. NO PURCHASE, LOAN OR ESSAY NECESSARY. Open to residents nationwide and US territories. Ends 1/31/23. See |https://scholarship.collegecovered.com/rules.html/?affiliate_id=default!Official Rules| for how to enter, odds, prize descriptions and eligibility requirements.

$50,000 Earnest More Than a Scholarship

Deadline: 3/31/23
Available to: High School Seniors through College Graduate Students
Award Amount: $5,000 The Earnest More Than a Scholarship helps students with a no-essay $5,000 scholarship that is easy to enter. If students still need help, Earnest Private Student Loans offers financially-responsible loans with flexible payment options.

$5,000 Christian College Scholarship Drawing

Deadline: 5/31/23
Available to: High School Students
Award Amount: $5,000 Enter our $5,000 annual Christian college scholarship drawing by completing our quick survey. The winner may use the scholarship towards any Christian college or university. The entry is open to all high school students.

$2,000 Catholic College Scholarship Drawing

Deadline: 5/31/23
Available to: High School Students
Award Amount: $2,000
CatholicCollegeInfo.com provides an annual $2,000 scholarship which may be used at any Catholic college or university. Entry in the scholarship drawing is quick, and no essay is required. Students requesting Catholic college info through the free information request form are automatically entered in the $2,000 Catholic College scholarship drawing.

Driven Coffee Scholarship

Deadline: 6/30/23
Available to: Undergraduate Students
Award Amount: $500 The Driven Coffee Scholarship is available to undergraduate students in the U.S. and Canada. To be considered, you must submit three short essays, including the following: "If you could have coffee with any person - dead or alive - who would you pick? Why? What would you discuss?"

Don't Text and Drive Scholarship

Deadline: 9/30/23
Available to: High School Freshmen to College Graduate Students
Award Amount: Varies The Don't Text and Drive Scholarship is available to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. You must be a U.S citizen or legal resident and must submit a 140 - character message about texting while driving to be considered for this award.

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