The TextPrep Momentum Scholarship — Official Rules
One great study tip. One text. $1,000 toward your education.
1. Overview
The TextPrep Momentum Scholarship (the “Scholarship”) is a merit-based scholarship awarding one (1) prize of $1,000 (USD) toward the winner's qualified education expenses. The award is judged entirely on the quality of a short written submission, as scored against the published rubric in Section 9. This is a contest of skill, not a sweepstakes or game of chance — no element of luck determines the winner.
NO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Signing up for TextPrep, or any other paid or unpaid product, does not improve an applicant's chance of winning and is not a condition of entry.
2. Sponsor
The Scholarship is sponsored and administered by Natick Media LLC (“Sponsor”), a Massachusetts limited liability company, operator of TextPrep.org. [Mailing address — confirm iPostal1 / Business Certificate address to list.] Questions: [scholarship@textprep.org — confirm].
3. Scholarship Period
- Submissions open: [12:00 a.m. ET, Month DD, YYYY]
- Submission deadline: [11:59 p.m. ET, Month DD, YYYY]
- Winner announced: on or before [Month DD, YYYY]
Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered. Sponsor's clock is the official timekeeper.
4. Eligibility
The Scholarship is open to individuals who, as of the submission deadline, are:
- At least 13 years of age; and
- Legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia; and
- Currently enrolled in, or accepted to and planning to enroll in, an accredited high school, college, university, or graduate program (including students preparing for the SAT, PSAT, ACT, or GRE).
Applicants under the age of 18 (or the age of majority in their state) must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian to enter, and the parent/guardian must complete the consent section of the application.
Not eligible: employees, contractors, and immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling) of, or persons living in the same household as, anyone involved in administering or judging the Scholarship. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
5. How to Enter
To enter, complete the application form at [textprep.org/scholarship] and submit your study tip. A complete entry includes:
- Your study tip, in 280 characters or fewer (about the length of one text message). See Section 6.
- Your name, email address, age, and current or intended school.
- For applicants under 18: a parent or guardian's name, email, and consent (provided through the form).
Limit one (1) entry per person. Duplicate or multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. Entry is free. You may optionally choose to sign up for TextPrep daily texts on the form, but you are not required to do so, and choosing not to does not affect judging in any way.
6. Submission Requirements
Your submission is a single, original study, test-prep, or motivation tip — a hack, habit, or piece of advice that helps a student stay consistent and keep momentum.
Submissions must:
- Be 280 characters or fewer (spaces count; emojis are fine).
- Be original to you and not copied from another source.
- Be in English.
- Be appropriate for a general audience: no profanity, hate speech, harassment, sexual content, promotion of cheating or academic dishonesty, dangerous advice, or unlawful content.
- Not contain third-party trademarks, copyrighted material, or personal information about anyone other than yourself.
Sponsor may disqualify any submission that violates these requirements or these Rules, at its sole discretion.
7. Ownership and License
You retain ownership of your submission. By entering, you grant Sponsor a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit for length or clarity, publish, and distribute your submission (in whole or in part) for any purpose, including marketing and as content delivered through TextPrep — with attribution by first name, last initial, and state only (e.g., “Maya R., Ohio”), and never with your full contact information. You represent that your submission is your own original work and that you have the right to grant this license.
8. Judging
Submissions will be reviewed and scored by a panel of at least [two (2)] qualified judges selected by Sponsor, which may include TextPrep team members and/or outside educators. Each submission is scored against the rubric in Section 9. The submission with the highest total score wins. In the event of a tie, the tied submissions will be re-scored by the judges on the “Insight” criterion only, and the highest score on that criterion wins — preserving a skill-based (non-random) tiebreaker.
Judging is based solely on the merit of the submission. Applicant identity, location, school, and whether the applicant uses any TextPrep product are not factors in scoring.
9. Judging Rubric
Each submission is scored on a 20-point scale across four criteria:
| Criterion | What judges look for | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Insight | Is the tip genuinely smart or non-obvious? Does it reflect real understanding of how learning or motivation works? | 0–8 |
| Usefulness | Could a busy student actually apply this tomorrow? Is it practical and realistic, not generic (“study more”)? | 0–6 |
| Clarity | Is it expressed cleanly and understandably within the character limit? Every word earning its place is rewarded. | 0–4 |
| Spirit | Does it fit the momentum/anti-overwhelm ethos — helping students stay consistent without burning out? | 0–2 |
| Total | /20 |
A submission scoring 0 on Insight (no substantive idea) may be set aside regardless of other scores.
10. Prize
One (1) prize: $1,000 (USD), paid as a scholarship toward the winner's qualified education expenses.
Payment method: To preserve the educational nature of the award, the prize will be paid directly to the winner's accredited educational institution and applied to tuition or other qualified education expenses, upon the winner's enrollment and provision of the necessary payment information. If the winner is not yet enrolled at the time of the award, Sponsor may hold the award until enrollment [within [12] months] or, at Sponsor's discretion, apply it toward documented test-registration fees (SAT/ACT/GRE). The prize is non-transferable and may not be exchanged for cash paid to the winner. No substitutions except by Sponsor.
Taxes: The winner (and/or the winner's parent or guardian) is solely responsible for any taxes that may apply to the award and for consulting their own tax advisor. Sponsor may require completion of tax or identity-verification forms before disbursing the award.
11. Winner Notification
The winner will be notified by email and/or phone using the contact information provided, on or before the date in Section 3. If a selected winner cannot be reached within [seven (7)] days, fails to respond, declines the prize, or (if under 18) cannot provide parent/guardian confirmation, Sponsor may disqualify that applicant and select the next-highest-scoring submission.
12. Publicity
By accepting the prize, the winner (and, if a minor, the winner's parent/guardian) agrees that Sponsor may publish the winner's first name, last initial, state, and winning submission for promotional purposes without further compensation. Sponsor will not publish a minor's full name, full image, contact information, or school without separate written parent/guardian permission.
13. Privacy
Information collected from applicants is used only to administer the Scholarship and is handled under TextPrep's Privacy Policy at textprep.org/privacy. Sponsor does not sell applicant information. Opting into TextPrep texts is voluntary and separate from entry; applicants who opt in may opt out at any time per the Privacy Policy and standard STOP instructions.
14. General Conditions
Sponsor may disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process, violates these Rules, or acts in an unsporting or disruptive manner. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend, or cancel the Scholarship if fraud, technical failure, or any factor beyond its reasonable control compromises the integrity of the program; in that event Sponsor will award the prize from among eligible, compliant entries received up to the point of the affected event, judged on merit. These Rules are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Scholarship is void where prohibited.
By entering, applicants agree to these Official Rules and to the decisions of the judges and Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters relating to the Scholarship.
The TextPrep Momentum Scholarship is administered by Natick Media LLC. TextPrep is not affiliated with the College Board, ACT, Inc., ETS, or any testing organization.