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UNIcq Essay Awards!

In collaboration with non-profit, student-run mentoring group CAMP Philippines, UNIcq is holding a 2nd  Essay contest for prospective international students applying for college abroad.

ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open to prospective, non-American high school/junior college students applying to US colleges and universities this year (2012).

If you are an international high school student residing in the United States, you are also eligible to compete, but must submit proof of a foreign visa (blank out all sensitive data except name, date of birth and country).

You MUST submit proof of application to US universities, such as a scanned, PDF copy of your SAT scores indicating the universities that you have submitted your scores to. All information will be kept confidential and used only to verify your eligibility.

Please send proof of application to huijia at unicq.net, with the title: "Proof of Application for Essay Contest - "Your Name". Failure to do so by the deadline will automatically disqualify you.

THE TOPIC

400-600 word essay on the topic:

"My Career Goal and How my US College education will help me achieve that".

Only one entry allowed per student.

HOW TO ENTER

Contestants will submit blog entries on UNIcq.net’s blogging platform, which will be judged by a student panel consisting of student-mentors from Team CAMP Philippines. Student-mentors hail from a range of US colleges and universities (see below for judges'' profiles).

1. Register and complete a profile on UNIcq.net (Registration is free!). Remember to add a photo and details so that we can get to know you as a person. Only registered members are able to access our blogging editor.

2. For our record purposes, fill out a mandatory questionnaire HERE: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GCRMGPX

All information will be kept confidential and will not be shared with any third parties.

3. Start blogging! You can access the blogging editor once you have logged in.

Simply click on "My Blog" in the header and click on "Write a Blogpost" on the left. For Category - select "UNIcq Scholarship Essay Contest 2 - Prospective" and remember to upload an appropriate Photo.

Check the box "Prospective Students"

For Tags write: "Essay contest"

Read "How to Blog" if you need a couple of guidelines before getting started.

After you have submitted your post, it will automatically appear in our "Ushare" section. If you have any questions, email huijia@ at unicq.net.

If you would like advice from our previous UNIcq Essay Awards winner, email Khuyen Bui Gia at g.khuyen@gmail.com.

ESSAY DEADLINES:

Contest is open from Friday 14th, Dec to Sunday 27th Jan (EXTENDED!)

Contestants are encouraged to submit as early as possible to get as many shares and likes during this period of time. You can always log in to edit your essay during this period even after submission. Simply log in, click on "Go to blog" within your profile and click on "Edit Post'. You will not be penalized if you edit your post before the Judging Period.

Essay submssion ENDS SUNDAY JAN 27th MIDNIGHT (EXTENDED!)

Judging Period: Jan

Voting Ends: Social media shares and likes will be tallied by Jan 27th

Winners Announced: Feb

Winners will be notified by email in Feb. We will also announce winners on Facebook and on our website as well.

CRITERIA

Essays will be judged based on the following:

50% of the score
* Originality (No copycats allowed!)
* Style
* Punctuation/Grammar
* Content - the judges have the right to refuse any essay that contain inappropriate language


50% based on Audience Popularity
* No of Facebook, Twitter and other social media likes and shares

PRIZES

The Top winner will receive (subject to change)

* USD $300 in the form of a check to be mailed to winner, to be used towards offsetting a portion of college application fees (sponsored by UNIcq)
* Over SGD $40 (2 titles) worth of best-selling, self help comic books sponsored by Dog-Ear.me:

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MEET THE JUDGES

Name: Thomas Rosal

Current School: Amherst College
Major: Undecided
Level of Study: On a gap year
Career Goal: 
Brief Description: Thomas is a gap year student, who attended Singapore Management University for a year before deciding to apply to colleges in the United States. In the Philippines, he has helped several organizations, including  CAMP Philippines, Philippine Model Congress, and Teach for the Philippines. Outside the busy trap, he enjoys boxing and has a proclivity for food and writing. He is currently interning at NBC News, and plans to continue his college education at Amherst College next year.
 
 
Name: Chris Dee
 
Current School: Yale College
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Level of Study: Sophomore
Career Goal: Heart Surgeon
Brief Description: Chris is an incoming sophomore at Yale University, where he plans to major in molecular biology. A Pre-Med, Chris worked at a biological research laboratory at Yale last summer, where he tested for protein expression in bacteria in order to make synthetic protein constructs that can be used against cardiac arrest. At Yale, he is heavily involved with Kasama, the university's Filipino club and ALSEAS, the Southeast Asian club. He attended St. George's in Canada for High School.
 
 
Name: Kimi Rodriguez
 
Current School: New York University - Abu Dhabi
Major: Political Science
Minor: Economics and History
Level of Study: Sophomore
Career Goal: International Relations field
Brief Description: Kimi is an incoming sophomore at New York University - Abu Dhabi, where she receives significant financial aid. She went to high school at the International School of Manila as a Filipino Scholar. In Abu Dhabi, Kimi works with the Philippine embassy in helping abused Filipinas who are in the process of repatriation. This summer, she interned with Thomson Reuters back in Manila. She is the Head of Communications and co-founded CAMP Philippines.


GENERAL

No cash substitution, transfer or assignment of prizes allowed. In the event of the unavailability of a prize or prizes, Sponsor may substitute a prize or prizes of equal or greater value.

All expenses, including taxes (if any), on receipt and use of prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners.

The essays and bios that are submitted become property of UNIcq and will be displayed on the website.  By accepting a prize, winners grant to UNIcq the right to edit, publish, copy, display and otherwise use their entries in connection with this Contest, and to further use their names, likenesses, and biographical information in advertising and promotional materials, without further compensation or permission, except where prohibited by law.

By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, contestants release UNIcq, Sponsors and CAMP Philippines from any liability, injury, damages, cost or expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or connected to participation in this Contest or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prizes.

UNIcq reserves the right to disqualify any contestant for any reason that it deems necessary.