Meet Our 2012 Scholarship Winners

$10,000 Scholarship

Linda Tran

University Of California Irvine

“Hi my name is Linda Tran and I am a senior at Savanna High School. I will be going to the University of California, Irvine in the Fall of 2012 to pursue a bachelor degree in Biological Sciences to become a pharmacist in the future. I am very excited that I have received this scholarship because it is going to help me with school expenses that I have been worried about. Thanks to this scholarship, I will be able to have the full college experience that I've always dreamed about.”

$2,000 Scholarship Idol 2012 First Place

Deandra Mendez

Miami Dade College Kendall Campus

“Hello my name is Deandra Mendez. I'm currently a student at Miami Dade College, hoping to soon transfer to Florida International University and continuing my education in the medical field. In the future I would love to become a forensic pathologist, which requires a lot of hard work and frankly burns a hole through my wallet. I am so grateful for winning this contest. Any amount of money helps immensely. Thank you ScholarshipPoints.com for supporting my education and providing me the opportunity to carry on with one of my life's goal.”

$1,000 Scholarship Idol 2012 Second Place

Michael Vasallo

Nova Southeastern University

“My name is Michael Vasallo and I am a Florida resident. In April of 2012 I will be completing an Associate in Science degree in Paralegal Studies and an Associate in Arts degree in Pre-Law at Miami Dade College. I will be transferring to Nova Southeastern University to then complete a Bachelors degree in Paralegal Studies. Upon completion of my undergraduate degree, I wish to attend University of Miami or Florida International University where I would complete my Juris Doctorate degree and, alas, become an attorney. This scholarship means a great deal to me! Financial hardship is something most law students face; Many law students graduate from law school with an upward of $100,000 in debt! Thanks to ScholarshipPoints this burden has been lessened for me. Thank you, ScholarshipPoints!!”

$500 Scholarship Idol 2012 Third Place

Brittany Weisler

Clayton State University

“I am so grateful for Scholarshippoints.com for blessing me with this wonderful scholarship! This will definitely help pay for all those expensive books next semester—and more! I love ScholarshipPoints.com. It's easy, fun, and it actually works.”

$1,000 Free College Scholarship

Gabriela Toscano

Dominican University Of California

“Hi! My name is Gabriela Toscano, a high school senior. I am really excited and thankful for winning this scholarship. I am looking forward in using this money in paying for my tuition and college expenses. I am so Happy!!”

$1,000 Zoompanel Scholarship

Sarah Federspiel

Indiana University at Bloomington

“Hello, my name is Sarah Federspiel. I am currently a senior at Providence High School. I plan on attending Indiana University Bloomington in the fall of 2012 to major in Education. I am very excited to receive this scholarship as it will enable me to pursue my dream of becoming a teacher. I'm very grateful to ScholarshipPoints for giving me the opportunity to win this award. I can't wait to start my career!”

$1,000 NPD Scholarship

Cassandra Dadat

University Of California Berkeley

“My name is Cassandra Dadat and I am currently a senior student at Hercules High School. Although I have yet to decide which college or university I would want to attend to, I am thankful for receiving this scholarship. This would greatly help reducing any of my future school expenses. In hopes of traveling as part of my career, I would like to pursue a history and/or social sciences major. And so, with this scholarship, I will be a step closer to achieving this goal.”

$1,000 Upromise Scholarship

Sandra Spanks

William Carey University

“My name is Sandra Spanks and I thank Jesus and ScholarshipPoints.com for the opportunity to win this scholarship. I am currently attending William Carey University where I am working on my teacher certification. I will be attending William Carey Graduate School in the Summer. I appreciate the scholarship because it is needed for school.”

$1,000 PrivateStudentLoans.com Scholarship

Lauren DAngelo

Pasadena City College

“I am currently a freshmen at PCC and winning this scholarship mean so much to me. I am so grateful for this scholarship and for ScholarshipPoint.com. This money will help towards my books and tuition while at PCC and hopefully when I transfer to Cal State Long Beach. Thank you ScholarshipPoints. This really did help me a lot!”

$1,000 Final Four Facebook Scholarship

Ilicia Stewart

University of South Alabama

“Hi my name is Ilicia Stewart and I am a freshman at Tuskegee University. I will be continuing my education there in the fall of 2012. I am pursuing a bachelor's degree in Pre-Veterinary Medicine to become a veterinarian in the future. I am very excited and grateful that I have received this scholarship because helps out a lot and it is going to help me with school expenses that I have already experienced. Thanks to this scholarship, I will be able to have the full college experience that I've always dreamed about. Thanks ScholarshipPoints.com. I'm already one step closer to a better education.”

$1,000 Free College Scholarship

Pamela Marsh

Coastal Carolina University

“My name is Pamela Marsh and I will be attending Coastal Carolina. I'm really excited that I have been accepted and will be attending college. There was a time when I didn't think college would be an option for me. So being accepted and earning scholarships to help me attend college is a very big deal to me. I'm am very grateful and proud. ScholarshipPoints; thank you for your help with my journey to a better future!!!”

$500 Refer a Friend Scholarship

James Mosely

East Georgia College

“My name is James Moseley, and I am from Emanuel County, Georgia. I have been attending my local college, East Georgia College, for several semesters now, and I am about to transfer to a slightly bigger school that is over one hundred miles away from my parent's house. This scholarship will be very helpful to me, because it will help me cover all of the costs that are included with living in the dorms. Thank you ScholarshipPoints!”

$1,000 NPD Scholarship

Prapaporn Muenjorn

Community College Of Baltimore County Catonsville

“My name is Prapaporn Muenjorn. I am international student from Thailand. I am an accounting major at Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville. My goal is to become a CPA and work in an accounting firm. It is hard for me and other international students to get financial aid from college. In the beginning, when I received the e-mail that I got a $1,000 scholarship, I could not believe it. I though it was a scam!!!! But it turned out to be true. I was so happy that something like this still exist in this world. This scholarship is going to help me a lot. I really appreciate it. I will use this scholarship to pay for my summer classes. Check it out may be the next winner will be you. Thank you so much ScholarshipsPoints!”

$1,000 Zoompanel Scholarship

Bethany Cuiksa

Ohio Northern University

“I am a pharmacy major at a private university, so I am paying 6 years of extremely expensive tuition. Unfortunately, there is not much scholarship money available for me through my university, so I had to look elsewhere. I found ScholarshipPoints.com through Google and never thought I would actually win, but it definitely proved to be worth the try! If you don't win in your first couple of months, don't give up, because you could be that next winner!!!”

$1,000 MyView Scholarship

Alexa Coveney

Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham

“My name is Alexa Coveney and I am a junior at Fairleigh Dickinson University at the Florham/Madison Campus. I am an Allied-Health Radiologic Technology major and plan to continue school to become a Radiology Assistant. This scholarship will help me out to pay for school at my last semester here at FDU, as we all know how school is not the easiest thing to pay for. I am so grateful to have been selected to receive this scholarship. Thank you for granting me this opportunity!”

$1,000 Harris Poll Scholarship

Dustin Dampier

Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College

“I currently attend Pope John Paul II Catholic High School in Slidell, Louisiana. For some hobbies, I spend time outdoors and play on the school's varsity baseball team. After high school, I plan on attending LSU and majoring in engineering. This money I have been fortunate to receive will definitely help me throughout my college years. It will most likely go towards housing and meals. Thank you so much ScholarshipPoints!”

$1,000 PrivateStudentLoans.com Scholarship

Biola Scale

University Of Dallas

“I am super excited about this scholarship. I am a student at the University of Texas at Dallas. I am going for medicine and my pre med major is biology. I have been trying to raise some money for summer classes but this scholarship is going to help me a lot. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much ScholarshipPoints.”

$1,000 Upromise Scholarship

Michelle Parrott

Darton College

“My name is Michelle Parrott and I am from Worth county, Georgia. I am planning to attend college but have not yet decided which. I am excited to have received this scholarship from sholarshippoints.com. It is going to help me with the costs of which ever college that i do decide to further my education with. I am planning to attend law school so any lil bit counts.”

$500 Leap Day Scholarship

Esther Dorce

“My name is Esther, and I'm so glad to be presented with this scholarship. I plan to purse a degree in Accounting. ScholarshipPoints is helping me in a most tremendous way! It helps me to save up money so I could attend college. ScholarshipPoints also has other scholarships to sign up for like this one. I highly recommend everyone join ScholarshipPoints; it really helps! Thanks so much ScholarshipPoints!”

$1,000 Free College Scholarship

Brittani Berg

Rio Salado Community College Tempe

“My name is Brittani Berg and I am attending Rio Salado Community College and working towards my teaching certificate. I wish to teach high school math and physics. I recently graduated from another University in May with a degree in Space Physics and a minor in Math. I plan on using that degree to spread the love of physics to younger generations. This scholarship will help me pay for my books this semester. Thank you ScholarshipPoints, you are awesome!!”

$500 Refer a Friend Scholarship

Summer Lindler

Baylor University

“My name is Summer, and I am ecstatic about attending Baylor this fall. I plan to pursue a degree in nursing. I have been working hard to earn the money I need to pay for my schooling. ScholarshipPoints is helping me reach my financial goals. It allowed me to easily win a scholarship to help pay for my college tuition. The activities on the website are super fun, and really simple. I even received points for playing games on another website linked to ScholarshipPoints! It doesn't get much better than that. ScholarshipPoints also had additional scholarships that I could apply for, which also earned me points! It's a very unique website, and is easily recommendable to my friends and peers. Thanks so much ScholarshipPoints!”

$1,000 NPD Scholarship

Charlesynquette Duncan

University Of Florida Gainesville

“My name is Charlesynquette Duncan, but most people call me Che'. I am a senior this year, and hopefully in the fall I will be attending the University of Florida. This scholarship will help tremendously with paying for my room and board, and will help me on my way to becoming a Psychologist! Thank you so much ScholarshipPoints.com!”

$1,000 Zoompanel Scholarship

Semone Tucker

University Of North Texas Denton

“My name is Semone Tucker I am currently a sophomore at The University of North Texas in Denton. I am so excited that I received this scholarship. As an out of state student my tuition, dorm fee, and living expenses are a major burden on my parents. This scholarship will help pay for my summer classes so that I may focus on my education and internship. Thanks ScholarshipPoints.com and Zoompanel for this wonderful gift. ScholarshipPoints.com is the best.”

$1,000 MyView Scholarship

Charles Vance

University Of Nebraska At Lincoln

“My name is Charles Haddon Vance. I am 19 years old and attend The University of Nebraska in Lincoln. I am a forensic science major. I am very thankful to receive this scholarship! My family is in a financial crisis and paying for college hasn't been easy. But I praise God for answering my prayers and giving me this opportunity through this program. This scholarship will help me pay for my next year in Lincoln and lighten the burden on my family's budget. I will use the money to pay for classes and hope that it also contributes to my success in becoming a forensic scientist. I thank MyView for giving me this chance.”

$1,000 Harris Poll Scholarship

Lydia Baker

Converse College

“My name is Lydia Baker and I am a senior this year. This scholarship will help me pursue my dream of becoming a music therapist. Music is something I am very passionate about and would love to use to help others. Thank you ScholarshipPoints.com!”

$1,000 PrivateStudentLoans.com Scholarship

Gwendolyn Schauweker

University Of Hawaii At Hilo

“I am a 51-year old married and returning student attending the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. I live in Ocean View, Hawaii with my husband Gary and I work full-time as a Office Administrator at a local physical therapy clinic about an hour and 30 minutes away from where I live. I attend the University of Hawai'i Hilo pursuing a BA degree in Business Administration. I could not believe that I actually won a scholarship. I hardly ever win anything. It would be such a blessing to me to have this scholarship. My husband was laid off from his job in April of 2010, which was a month before I graduated with my AA degree in Liberal Arts.

It has been a struggle and we take it one day at a time, but we do the best that we can in the situation that we are in right now. For the first time in my academic career, I had to ask for a student loan, which I hated, because I paid my way through the AA level and felt so good that I would not have an enormous debt to face once I finished my education. I did get a student loan, but I am still faced with the opportunity of having to pay it off when I am done with school. If I can get this scholarship and others, that will help to get my tuition costs, fees and books paid for.”

$1,000 Upromise Scholarship

Richard Perry

Brown College Mendota Heights

“My name is Richard Perry and I am attending Brown College. I'm working towards a Bachelor of Science with a focus on game design and development. I plan on using my degree to enter the gaming industry and put my skills and imagination to the test. So far it's very hard work but it'll be well worth it in the end. I'm very grateful for this scholarship and it will definitely be put to good use as I continue on the path toward my degree. Thank you so much ScholarshipPoints.”