<p>Has anyone here received one? Are they worth the time a high-schooler would spend to enter them? Any info you can provide is welcome; thanks!</p>
<p>Oooh, I'm curious about this too. I've personally never heard anyone get the Brickfish scholarships, and in general I'm usually skeptical of most FastWeb (and like) scholarship offers.</p>
<p>Well, I'll say this: every time I would see a Brickfish scholarship on Fastweb, I would discard it. :)</p>
<p>I entered one before. It doesn't take a lot of effort to try submitting an entry, and usually, it's about how 'popular' your entry is, so publicize to all your friends! If you do want to try for a Brickfish scholarship, you should submit your entry EARLY (if possible, on the day that the scholarship contest begins). Usually, those who submit their entries early win, or are at least in the top.</p>
<p>FastWeb list all kinds of scholarships - those that are genuine benevolent initiatives for outstanding students, offered by charitable foundations, as well as those that are mere sweepstakes used as marketing tools. Brickfish is one of the latter, and my Ds and I have always ignored their "scholarships" For legitimate scholarships, you generally have to go to some effort to supply credentials and essays. The marketing ploy "scholarships" often tout "no essay required" or ask you to comment on their product or cause. The "no essay required" ones are often ways to get your e-mail address; the "write 500 words about my book or my cause" ones will provide the offerer testimonial quotes and public awareness. </p>
<p>As long as you understand this, FastWeb is a useful tool. My two Ds - a rising college junior and rising college freshman - have used it with good success.</p>
<p>I'd be perfectly happy with any scholarship money that came as a result of "mere sweepstakes used as marketing tools," which is why I was asking about the Brickfish ones. Money is money; it all spends the same. The questions I posed were "Has anyone here received one? Are they worth the time a high-schooler would spend to enter them?"</p>
<p>Since my son is 14, he doesn't have a lot of credentials -- an 2180 SAT in 8th grade, and a lot of time spent on video games, making animations with Flash, complaining about school, and not cleaning his room. Not quite enough to write major essays about, alas!!</p>
<p>sushifureak, enter early and publicize -- thanks! I'll let him know.</p>
<p>^^ given the effort required and the very slim chance of getting it (not to mention you really have no idea whether you even have a chance--people are fickle), and given the potential payoff, no I don't think Brickfish "scholarships" are worth it.</p>
<p>I have won 2 contests. A $5000 scholarship and a laptop plus trip to microsoft. You just have to put aside a lot of time and effort but for the big prizes. it’s woth it.</p>
<p>My mom won one. $500. First one she put in for too. I was happy for her, but ****ed. haha Only caz I put in for a ton and didnt win.</p>