MES Offers $2,000 College Scholarship Opportunity to Maine High School Students

Maine Education Services (MES) has announced a new college scholarship opportunity for Maine high school students. The MES CRAVE Student Blogger Scholarship will award $2,000 to two Maine high school students, one junior and one senior.

To apply, students must submit a sample blog post of 300-500 words describing their biggest worries, concerns and challenges regarding college. These sample blog posts will be reviewed and evaluated and two winners will be chosen.

Scholarship winners will be required to submit a minimum of six blog posts, one at least every other month throughout the 2013-2014 school year, starting in October 2013. The student blogs, which must focus on the college search, college decisions, financing, or other related topics, will be posted on the MES CRAVE website.

The application deadline is September 16^th. Complete details for applying can be found on the MES website at www.mesfoundation.org. Scholarship winners will be announced by September 30^th.

About MES
MES is a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to higher education for all Maine students. Founded in 1993, MES is Maine’s one-stop resource for college planning, offering free tools for financial literacy, college preparation, and transitional support from high school to college and college to career.

For nearly 20 years MES has successfully managed many internal and external college scholarship programs, and in doing so, has helped to provide countless opportunities for Maine students to achieve their post-secondary education dreams.

For more information on MES and the scholarship programs that it administers, visit www.mesfoundation.org or call 800-922-6352.

Contact:            Tracy Coughlin
Title:                  Marketing Coordinator
Company:        Maine Education Services
Phone:               207-400-3005
Fax:                    207-791-3616
Email:               tcoughlin@mesfoundation.org
Web:                  www.mesfoundation.org
Facebook:       www.facebook.com/mesfoundation
Twitter:            twitter.com/MESFoundation

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