The AdvertiseMint Scholarship Program was created to help students of all disciplines jump-start their learning while in school. Our digital advertising agency believes in helping passionate, hard-working, and talented students achieve their dreams. We’re offering our scholarship to all students within our eligibility guidelines (details below).
About the $1,000 Advertising Scholarship
A $1,000 scholarship towards your college tuition. Any collegiate level institution – University, College, or Junior College.
Scholarship Details
Scholarship Opens – June 1, 2025
Application Deadline – November 1, 2025
Winner Announced – December 31, 2025
Previous Scholarship Winners:
2025 Winner: Announced Dec 31, 2025
2024 Winner: Shawn Mariner, University of Maryland
2023 Winner: Owen Cummings, Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania
2022 Winner: Abigail Chambers, Georgia Institute of Technology
2021 Winner: Tashiro Hiroshi, Orange Coast College
2020 Winner: Alexandra Bunting, University of Georgia
2019 Winner: Vanessa Phan, University of Southern California
Advertising Scholarship Eligibility
Applicant must be at least 18 years of age and must be enrolled (or preparing to enroll) at an accredited college or university in the United States by the scholarship selection date.
Only one essay submission per person. Duplicate submissions are ignored/deleted.
There are no GPA requirements to win this scholarship.
Scholarship Selection Process
Scholarship winners will be selected based on the following criteria:
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- Format: Essays should be submitted in PDF format. Everything should fit onto one page.
- Layout: Is the content laid out in a professional manner that is easy to read?
- Content Structure: Is the essay easy to follow, does it make sense from beginning to end?
- Grammar: Does the essay contain correct spelling, punctuation and spacing?
- Writing quality: Is the essay written well and contain your own perspective?
- Effort: Does it seem like the candidate put a lot of thought into the essay/made a lot of effort to perfect it?
- Emotion: Does the essay contain an element of emotion (joy, sadness, fear, humor) that connects the writer with other humans.
- Idea: Does the essay present interesting/unique/thought-
provoking ideas? - File Naming: Please name your document (YourName)_Scholarship_Essay.pdf (ex: TomJones_AdvertiseMint_Essay.pdf)
- Contact Details: Please include your name, email and phone number at the bottom of your essay.
*Using AI – We use lots of AI in Marketing and Advertising, so you are welcome to use it for your essays if you think it will be helpful or bring additional value to your entry. Please understand that after reviewing the essays from last year, we found over 500 essays that used the exact same company examples in their articles with the exact same perspectives. None of the essays containing those specific details made it into the final round. If you are using AI, please take the time to create detailed prompts that ensure any outputs are customized towards your experience.
Essays must be a minimum of 300 words and maximum of 600 words. Your essay should fit onto a single page. Essays chose as finalists will be checked for plagiarism using online tools. Good luck!
[Pick One]:
1. Tell us about a real world case study where you personally implemented a marketing or advertising actions to help grow a business. It can include any method (advertising, marketing, social media, word of mouth, online reviews, public relations, sales, etc) you used to help grow any business. It does not matter if it was a successful method or not, we just want to hear about your goal along with your process. We want all the details about how you tried. Tell us what worked, what failed, and any emotions you felt during the process. Tell us what key performance indicators you used for your project along with any data showing the change in results caused by your efforts.
2. Tell us about how you would create an advertising or marketing campaign for your favorite brand or company. What would be your goals, how would you track results, what tools would you use to implement, what type of budget would you propose to the company for your campaign. Would you use high-end photography, illustrations or create custom videos. If you want a celebrity in your campaign, do the research and find out what they cost and include the actual numbers. Tell us what you would ask from the company if you surpassed your goals or what would guarantee you would offer the company if you failed to meet your goals? Take your time to ensure its formatted correctly, clean and professional. After you are done submitting your essay, we challenge you to also submit your proposal directly to your favorite company. You never know what can happen.
Contacting Scholarship Winners
The top submissions will be provided to all employees of AdvertiseMint to review and vote for their favorite. The votes are collected and the winning submission will be contacted. In the case of a tie, the CEO of AdvertiseMint will make the final vote to determine the winner.
AdvertiseMint will contact the scholarship winner via phone call using the telephone number provided by the participant. The winner will also receive an email requesting additional information to confirm eligibility. AdvertiseMint may also feature the winner in an AdvertiseMint article and/or YouTube video, which appears on the “Blog” section of the website. The winner may be asked interview questions for the article.
Advertising Scholarship Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. At time of entry, must (i) be a legal resident of one of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia, (ii) be 18 years of age or older (or at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence), and (iii) be enrolled as a student at an accredited college or university in the United States. Sponsor: AdvertiseMint, Inc., located at 7080 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Copyright (c) 2023. All Rights Reserved. AdvertiseMint, Inc.
Read full Official Entry Rules
About AdvertiseMint
AdvertiseMint is a full service performance advertising agency. While completing his MBA in Southern California, Brian Meert (AdvertiseMint CEO) used his cafeteria money to run Google ads for a business he started from his dorm room. He understood that he would need to go without food if his ads failed to produce results. This performance first has been the foundation of AdvertiseMint and allowed us to work for large companies such as Coca-Cola, Newegg, Consumer Affairs, Princess Polly and Grant Cardone.
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