Thanks for being so patient. We appreciate it. It’s now about 5:00am Chicago time, but just before midnight Hawaii time….which means we have kept our word. We are delivering the scholarship winners on the 27th of June.
Like I mentioned in the other blog….the competition was FIERCE! Please don’t feel bad if you weren’t selected. It was an extremely tough process. During the following weeks, we’ll be doing stories on these winners. Stay tuned!!!! Also, just a reminder, we have two scholarships still running: Sweet-diggity-dawg Scholarship ($20,000) and the Student Government Scholarship ($1,000). Be sure to apply for those.
Thanks again for being so patient. Also, we added some 4th and 5th place General prizes because there were just soooo many awesome students who were qualified. Also, remember, our theme is “I am more than a test score.” We definitely kept that in mind as we selected these individuals.
K. Time to go get some sleep. We have a huge FBLA conference to get to in a couple hours. Peacers. And for all you who stayed up all night with us…..you are awesome! We apologize for keeping you up so late. Zinch.com rocks! Pass it on. Here are the scholarship winners for this round of scholarships.
1st place for the Zinch.com General Scholarship - $5,000
Kerry Anne Morrison, Convent Of The Sacred Heart (Greenwich, Connecticut)
2nd place for the Zinch.com General Scholarship - $2,500
Garland A Castañeda, Fred C Beyer High School (Modesto, California)
3rd place for the Zinch.com General Scholarship - $1,000
Bonnue J. Kavoussi, Saint Mary’s Hall (San Antonio, Texas)
4th place for the Zinch.com General Scholarship (2 people tied)- $500 each
Andrew James Hiller, Fortuna Union High School (Fortuna, California)
Kevin Blute, Harwich High School (Harwich, Massachussetts)
5th place for the Zinch.com General Scholarship (3 people tied)- $500 each
Fiona Foster, Bisbee High School (Bisbee, Arizona)
Eric Antonio Arevalo, Damien High School (La Verne, California)
Patrick Ryan Johnson, Peoria Notre Dame High School (Peoria, Illinois)
Zinch.com California Scholarship - $1,000
Kelsey Christina Jimerson, Westchester High School (Los Angeles, California)
Zinch.com Utah Scholarship - $1,000
Rui Ma, West High School (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Zinch.com Texas Scholarship - $1,000
Jaclyn Le, Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas)
Zinch.com Florida Scholarship - $1,000
Elizabeth Galbut, The Community School of Naples (Naples, FL)
Zinch.com New York Scholarship - $1,000
Gideon Emmanuel Mausner, Irvington High School (Irvington, New York)
Congrats to all~!!
congrats to everyone and good luck in college
grats winners :)
Congratulations guys! Enjoy your summer
congrats to the winners, but i have to admit, it does make me a bit sad. its hard living overseas on a military installation (my dad is retired from the air force [21 years] and now he is an army contractor); there are rare scholarship opportunities for us that go to DoDDs schools. zinch should create a scholarship specifically for DoDDs students, and give them an equal chance to follow their dreams. i’m more than just a test score and i’m also more than just a military dependent.
Congratulations to everyone who won!!! It’s awesome how much time you spent going through the applications… it truly shows you support your website’s purpose!
Does anyone know when the other two scholarships will be announced?
Congrats to all of the winners!!!
I am pretty disappointed. . . but hey, I’ll be okay. ..Congratulations to those of you who DID win.
Congratulations everyone.
Thank you so much for selecting me! From the number of finalists there were, it sounds like the competition was really fierce. Congrats to everyone who qualified as a finalist, and good luck in your college endeavors and beyond!
Bonnie
P.S. There are plenty of times that I’ve qualified as a finalist, gotten my hopes up, and then didn’t win in something - but in the end, that has always been a positive experience for me. The most significant example of that was Presidential Scholars. I made it into the Semifinalist stage, started checking the web site constantly, and was devastated when I realized I wouldn’t be getting the free trip to Washington DC to meet the President. But in the end, it made me even more determined to apply for scholarships like this. Judges sometimes really do have to choose between equally qualified applicants on a whim, and if you know that you’re good enough, you’re guaranteed to win at least a couple of scholarships if you apply to enough of them. That’s the most important thing - knowing that you are good enough. Then you don’t need anyone else to tell you so, and eventually other people will recognize it.
This is bullcrap!
Just kiddin. Great job everyone. Rock on!
Rowan Univ. rocks.
Great job, I hope the best for everyone!
Congratulations to everybody! :)
Congratulations guys! :D
And congratulations to Zinch for making those tough decisions! We all know how hard it must of been to work for that length of time, shifting through profiles. Even if I didn’t win, it’s amazing to know that my little ol’ profile was looked at for even a few minutes. :) It truly shows that y’all care.
Thanks for everything!
Congrats to everyone who one and to all the finalist that did not win…my advice to you all is to keep your hopes strong because there are scholarships for everyone. I have never won a scholarship but im looking…and im pretty sure there are many who have never one, thats why i have a fast web. Thats how I found zinch.com. Theres going to be another drawing in August which includes the grand prize of 20,000 dollars. So my advice to everyone is to keep applying…all you have to know is know how to search…good luck to you all.
Congrats to everyone that won!
My heart stopped when I saw peoria written, but alas, it was not me. It’s so freaky that someone else from around here got it though!
Peoria Notre Dame is my schools biggest rival, but I congratulate him nonetheless.
I’m hanging in there for that Sweet Diggity Dog Scholarship!
Congrats to all the winners!
Congrats guys! Good job on winning the scholarships! Don’t give up cuz you didn’t win. Congrats again!
Congratulations to all of you.
I just realized, I’m probably not the only Joy on zinch.com so from now on I’m Joy Buola.Just a side note :)
Will All the Profiles be RE-evaluated fo the Sweet diggity-dog scholarship?
Congratulations to you all!!! I hope that all of you do well in college and after college.
Congrats to everyone! :]
Congrats everyone! Everyone was a winner in this even if you didn’t get the scholarship. Thanks so much to everyone who stayed up so late making the decision. The fact that you guys took the time to go through all of the profiles really means a lot. Zinch is so awesome!
I’d like to view their essays.
Hey how come there isn’t a specific scholarship for Massachusetts?
Congratulations to all of you who wan. I am sure you deserve it.
Hey everybody,
Congrats!!! I wish you all the best in college and beyond.
Woooo! Congrats to everyone! And best of hopes in college and your future endeavors.
And congrats to the Zinch team, for this landmark, for making a well thought-out decision and for making a web site and a scholarship so cultishly addictive.
That’s awesome that Zinch is already to the point of awarding scholarships.
To the person who commented as “Nice.”:
How would you know that the winners had the highest test scores?
And the people who got attention on the blog were people selected by a completely different organization. They are more than a test score also - it’s just that their test score is higher than average.
Congratulations everyone! Hopefully the rest of us will be just as lucky :-)
Thank you Zinch! You all really know how to build suspense, but it paid off (literally!) in the end!
I’ll be back for the Sweet-Diggity-Dawg scholarship in a few months!
whoo hoo, free money. Thanks zinch people
Congrats to all the winners!
I was just wondering if it’s possible for us to see their profiles?
Thanks!
We will do stories on each of them in this blog and highlight some of the things they’ve done. You’ll definitely get to know them.
Thanks for the opportunity! Good luck to everyone!
awe pickles.
oh well, congrats to everyone else!
So… I’m a little late on posting, haha. Anyway, congratulations to all the winners:)
I was trying to think of something else to say along with the congrats, but.. turns out I couldn’t think of anything. Hahaha. So.. hooray for you guys.
cograts to the winners. i agree with angie bcus i also went to a DoDDs school in germany an there arent that many scholarships out there
Congratulations to everyone who won!!
Congrats everyone!! I wish I was as lucky as you ( although its not all about luck)!
Can we see their profile?
Hey! I was at that FBLA Conference, and I totally stopped at your booth and got a button. Y’all were out of t-shirts, though :( I’d never heard of Zinch (or these scholarships) until then… but now I have a whole profile and everything. This is really an awesome concept. So I just wanted to say that your publicity is working! I’m one of the 2 signatures in pink on your sign from the FBLA Conference… look for it!
Haha. That’s awesome. Yes, we definitely remember the pink signatures. I’m glad you like Zinch. Let your friends know. Apply for the Flavor.
Hey, thank you so much for choosing me for the New York Scholarship. I too have many times been a “finalist” for these type of things and then not won (National Merit, Presidential Scholars, and others). So it is truly gratifying to finally win.
Question though, what happens from here. Do you mail me an officially statement, or just the check made out to my school or what? I’m just wondering because I need to tell my school about the scholarship, and they need some documentation or something.
Thanks so much again.
Congrats to everyone who won!And for everyone who didn’t don’t worrynyour chance will come!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!!!!!
Congrats to all of u winners u won and to every one else don’t worry we still have a chance jus keep trying and beleive!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to all that one. This really means for me that the good fight isn’t over and I will continue to drudge the trail of completing scholarship applications. Those that one, you now know that anything is possible. Those that didn’t win, are learning to try, try again.
Good luck with your studies winners and losers.
Thanks for the opportunity to apply.
Dani
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!!
CONGRATS ON THE SCHOLARSHIPS EVERYONE!
Congrats! I was a dissappointed that I didn’t win anything. I really need it! I’m starting to get worried I won’t make it!
Congrats 2 u all!! hope you all know how lucky you are. I have to take out a gazillion in student loans, but it’s alright because next year I plan on getting all the scholarships that I can. Plan ahead is the thing.
congrats to everyone. I just started using the web-site and it’s awsome that they do this for students like us. Congratulation to everyone, and hopefully those that did not win this time might win the next scholarship just don’t give up.
” Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
- Thomas Edison
P.s. Just don’t give up, keep trying and you WILL succed!!
Good for you all!! Use your money well!!! Please!
hmm, hope smaller states get represented more….we’re always beat out.
congratulations you all!
I am so happy for you guys, hope u’ll use it well. Good Luck and best wishes.!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATS WINNERS GLAD SOMEBODIES TRYING TO LIVE THE DREAM KEEP IT UP!!!!!! GET THAT DEGREE OR MASTERS!!!!!
this is pretty amazing that you guys won wooooooohoooooo! All day long .Enjoy it becuz you deserv it
hey guys……….good luck in college and thanks God for this help…HAVE FUN AND MAKE GOOD USE OF IT, there’s a lot of people that need it to.
Congrats to all the previous winners! It must feel so great to have won! I am so excited to see if I won the $20,000 Sweet-Diggity-Dawg scholarship! I worked so hard and hopefully it pays off! Thank you Zinch for giving all students an opportunity to succeed!
When are they going to post the winners for the sweet diggity dog schlorship????
Congrats to all, Good luck in the life ahead of you. When you feel low or afraid, Stop take a breath and do your best.
Good luck to all who entered in the other two Scholarships!!
Always, Caitlin
Yeah. Like I’m not so so late or anything, but WAY TO GO! I wish I were you guys!!
When the heck do we find out if we get to be one of the lucky?
If the winners read this: smile some more!!
same here Whitney: can’t wait to see the winners of sweet-diggity-dawg
congrats! to the winners…goodluck to u all…..
I agree! Great job to everyone. When will we know the results of sweet diggity dawg? Good luck you guys!
Congratulations everybody!!!!!
How will you know if you’ve won a scholarship from Zinch? Will they email you???
when will the winners of the sweet diggity dog scholarship be announced??
hay everybody im new here so i just wanted to say congrats and i hope i can get one of those scholarships
Thanks to all the contributors!! if it wasnt for u then their wouldn’t be any money winners on this site Thanx again!
I’ve noticed people asking the same question I have, I just haven’t seen an answer. I’d like to know, when will the winners of the Sweet Diggity Dawg Scholarship will be announced?
Congrats guys! Good luck with college life! HOpe your all goals are reached!
Zinch is such a huge a website and for only a handful to be selected is fantastic. Best of luck in everything guys - god bless and good luck!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS I HOPE I WIN IN THE FUTURE
Congratulations to the winners!
Does anyone know when the winners of the Sweet-diggity-dawg Scholarship will be announced?
Thanks, Amy
Sweet Diggity dawg announcements are coming soon:)
congrats to all of you..good luck in school
hey, great job guys. keep up the great work.;
Thankyou zinch for the scholarship offers. Hoply I will win the zinch scholarship award.
Congratulations!
Awesome job guys!! Congratulation, you earned it!
Way to go !
I hope I can get scholarships!
congrats to all
when do the scholarship winner info come back
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Congrats guys. How do these scholarships work. Do they just look at the profile? and then U have a possibility of winning. Someone inform me please
no international students won : ( …. but i would still like to congratulate ALL the recipients of these scholarships….
CONGRATULATIONS everyone who won!!!!!!! Good Luck in College!!
I’m ready to win some school $. Can’t wait to share in the Love!
Congrats, winners! Good luck in the future ahead. :-)
Congrats to all winners and runners up!! Reading this article and the proceeding comments gives me hope and inspiration to try for as many scholarships as I can. Good luck to all in the future!
CONGRATS ALL :D
CONGRATS!!!!!!To all winners and runner up !!!!Just sharing some love to everyone…..
Congrats!!!!!!! just wanted to let you guys know that you all worked hard for your scholarships and that i hope to also one day be included with your names in the spotlight!!!! way to go!!!!
Congrats!!!!!!! just wanted to let you guys know that you all worked hard for your scholarships and that i hope to also one day be included with your names in the spotlight!!!! way to go!!!!
Congratulations to the previous winners! Wish me luck! : )
Congrats to all of the winners! You guys deserve it!
Congrats to all of the winners. You guys deserve it!
i hope to be the next one getting this chance
Congradulations to everyone! You guys deserved it.
I hope the best to you in the feauture & i hope you
all persue your dreams!
<3
Hey are there any new recent scholorship on this website and is this website free.
You must be excited for a new year and a brand new opportuinty to be a great leader and symbol for other younf persons.You must embrace leadership and Respect for you life will be more prosperous.Life is a blessing and a treasure to have.
Blessed and always
Jasany Johnson
Congrates! i hope to be as luck as all of you!
Congradulation !! Good job and keep up the work.
Congratulations to all the winners!
I must admit that I was a little disappointed too, but I know that the people who won deserve it and I congratulate you for that. I hope that someday I will be as ready and prepared.
Thanks for everything.
When will they announce the winners for 2009?
Hey good job to you all! Congratulations!
congradulation on your winning. Hope I can be as good as you guys
hey…i was wondering when will the other scholarship winners be posted?
@angie :): yes i totally agree with you angie. my dad is a civilian on a military base and its difficult to find scholarships that are eligible just for DoDDs students. it would be nice if zinch made a scholorship for those in our category or other military dependents.
What takes to win these scholorships from zinch.com?
Congratulation. You all deserve what you got!!
awesome job guys and girls! ^_^
Congrats to all winners and runners up!! Reading this article and the proceeding comments gives me hope and inspiration to try for as many scholarships as I can. Good luck to all in the future!
wow! :) i hope i can do as well as all of you did! it’s nice to see that real people win scholarships… not just perfect kids who already have tons of money… :)
Congratulations.
Good luck in college!
Congrats. I wish you all the best in your future.
congrats to winners! I hope that I can be in ur place this year!
Hoorah! Congrats!
i think thats a great idea and i hope zinch heres u loud and clear!!
I would like to say congratulations to you all. I think you did a great job!
Maybe you will be in their place this year. I am hoping that I can get enough scholarship money to go to college. I would have to have at least $11,000 for the program that I am taking. Plus fees and books. I have already applied to a bunch of scholarships, so I think I will get enough. I really need the money. I have to get tools and that is going to cost a couple hundred $$$.
Congrats to tha peeps that won. I hope that i can join this train of success and be noticed.
Congrats everyone!!!! Good luck with college and life:) Hope you all keep up a good work. And those who didn’t win don’t worry you can apply for more scholarships!!!!
Congratulations to everyone! (even the people who didn’t win, kudos for applying and trying).
Congratulations to all the winners, but i wanted to point out,
a lot of those winners were from California.
I guess California is filled with amazing students. :)
Good job and again, congratulations!
Congrats winners!!
Got any advice for a girl trying to win some scholarship money?
Great Job
Congratulations!
good job….Congratulations!!!!!
congratulations to all of the winners good luck in life.
Congratulation Everyone. You’re one of the luckiest. Congratulation and wishes you the best on your studies…God Bless and Never Give Up…..Much Luv
Congrats to all of you who have won…. Hope you do well in every expect of your life. Hope I can be as lucky next time around!
congrats
congrats…can you show me how to get scholarships like that
Congratulations to all the winners!
hope all your life goals are accomplished!!=]
Congrats!
congrats keep up the good work
GRatz to every one…
congrats winners! great job! : ]
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Congrats to everyone….
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Congratulations on the money, wow, thats a lot, I wonder what you guys are going to do with it all. NEways I hope that you spend it well……..
congrats to everyone , great job!!
CONGRATS!
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:)Congratulations!
Congratulations Everyone!!! =)
Congradulations you guys =)
Hopefully there would be more kids to get the oppritunity you guys did!!!!
@angie :): I definetly agree with you. Zinch people should read this you`re probably not the only person who feels that way
I s there any 2008 scholarship winners? Where can I find the list of 2008 winners?
@angie :): im 100% with you on this statement. DoDDs kids need just as much love as the other kids….but hopefully zinch will fix that problem or something!
Congrats… How can you apply for the other scholarships they mention?
Congratulations!(:
Congratulations!!!!
Congrats everyone!
I would like to see an award for US citizens living internationally, especially since it’s hard for us to enter a lot of other scholarship competitions!
great job everyone!!!!
Congradulations to everyone
It really is hard, they should make a separate one for military kids overseas.
So they only have special scholarships for a few states?
I completely agree! Thank you, thank you ,thank you, for saying something!
=)
Power to you, Angie. I somewhat know how you feel. I’m a military brat as well, but I only went to a DoDDs when I was in middle school overseas. I can only imagine how hard it would be if I were in high school in a DoDDs school as well.
Congrats to all i hope i’m one of many new winners for this scholarship…….
Congrats people. Nicely done. =]
congrats guys! enjoy!
Conradulations to all the winners!
Congrats to everyone, keep up the great work Never give up your time is coming soon
Congrats eveyone! Nice job!! =]=]
I meant “everyone”!! LOL
congrats to everyone. Good luck in college!!
Way to go you guys. We college students need all the help we can get. Proud to see other young people going the extra mile to get what they want and need. (((A COLLEGE EDUCATION)))
congratulations everone.
i just signed up for this profile and hopefully i get the same luck as all of you.
in two days i will be a senior and closer to the real world.
Class of 2010
:)
omgg congratulations to all
@angie :): Hey, I’m also a DoDDS student.. where do you live?
hey winners i just wanted to say my congrats to all of you guys
congratulations to all the winners i am looking foward to at least obtain a scholaarship before my graduation on 2011
good luck to all who earn theirn scholarships good luck in the future!
Congrats to all the winners!!!!! : )
@Shannon: hey can you help me i new to this website… can you tell me how can i apply scholarship..
Hey guys, I was just wondering.. lets just say i won a scholarship.. how will they send me the money? i mean.. is it check? or how exactly does it go? and in how much time should i expect the money? please let me know. thank you very much
@angie :):
I completely agree with you. Its hard living overseas, and winning scholarships is tough for us.
Congratulations to all the winners! I know it must have been a great day, especially since college is so expensive. Just keep your heads up and keep pushing foward and great things will happen.
Many more congratulations to the winners. You are lucky person to win it. I hope i can win any of the scholarship.
Congradulations guys!
I hope i get lucky like you all!
Good luck to all the winner. Everyone else keep your head up high and never give up. every one have there day
Congratulations 2 all the winners :]
I wish you all the best in college
Make it a positive experience :)
congrats winners
GREAT JOB!
I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE!
@Bonnie: I really respect and appreciate what you said Bonnie. It gives me more to look forward too and a reason to be confident in the search for scholarships. :)
great job you guys!
Congratulation to all the winners, I pray all of you continue to strive and do well.
i know it wasn’t easy so congrats to all of you. hope u continue to work hard
nice job winning, but question, why are most of the winners high school students?
Congratulations everyone! Good Luck!
Congrats
yall are all blessed! Congradulations!!!
Congratulations to you all!!
I just apply a few days ago, but I find it hard to go to different sites Also how long does it take to get a response?
Congrats!!! Winners! Great Job!
congrats 2 all the winners i pray for all of you stay positive . i pray i’ll be a winner soon .
Congrat’s to all that even have this opportunity to apply. The world is full of wonderful people helping other’s achieve their dreams and goals. Thankful to those that give the rest of us a boost in life, without them, there would only be smaller windows and giant leaps made where the outcome would be fewer for many individuals that might have been over looked and never given a chance to shine. Everyone has something to give to this world….. one way or another!
Congrat’s to everyone and thabks to those who make it possible for others to still believe in wonders and their dreams. furthermore thanks to zinch.com for making it possible for people to receive. So people give as much as u can no matter what, cause if we keep on sharing the world will be a better place for one another!!!!!!
Congrats to every one! I know what a differance a little money makes in you life. I hope you all have a great time in school!
Congrats:)
congratulations! I hope you have continued success in your school years!! :)
@angie :):
hey guys congrats to the winners of the scholarship
once again congrats to all who ever worked in the project
Congratulations to all winners!
I wish all the winners the best and Congratulations!
Congrats and best wishes to the winners!
Best wishes to all the winners and congrats I hope this scholarship help u stay in college
Please spend the money well. Study hard.
Hello… ammm…new here…. I need your help on finding a scholarship that is eligible to me… I live in Philippines and I’m a freshman college…please I need your help…Thank you…