The Real You: $1,000 for Sharing What Makes You, You

May 06, 2025 - June 30, 2025

1 award of:

$1,000

Scholarship description

What if winning a scholarship didn’t require writing an essay, listing your GPA, or trying to sound like someone you’re not?

This one’s different.

The Real You Scholarship is all about celebrating the unique mix of passions, habits, quirks, and dreams that make you exactly who you are. No filters. No pressure. Just real talk.

We’ve crafted 12 questions designed to help you reflect on the things you love, how you spend your time, what matters to you, and where you’re headed next. From your favorite brands to your weirdest hobbies, we want to hear it all — and we promise, there are no wrong answers.

🎯 Why? Because the future shouldn’t belong to the loudest résumé — it should belong to the most authentic voices. And we think yours deserves to be heard.

Recent winners

Sarah R.

Sarah R.

New York

I heard about ScholarshipOwl from my mom who saw it on the internet. That is the platform through which I discovered this scholarship. I am very grateful to be awarded this scholarship. I have applied for many scholarships and keep getting emails saying that I have not been selected. I was very discouraged. I plan to become a high school history teacher and this scholarship will allow me to graduate with less debt.

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