OP Loftbed $500 Scholarship Award
Summer 2010 Scholarship Rules

1. Applicant must be a citizen of the United States of America. (Permanent residents who are not citizens are NOT Eligible.)
   
2. Applicant must plan to be a full or part-time student at an accredited college, university, or trade school in the United States of America by July 31, 2011. Failure to enroll in an accredited college or university by July 31, 2011 will result in forfeiture of the award funds. (To find out if your school is accredited, contact the school in question, not us.)
   
3. Applicant must have a mailing address in the United States of America. The school the applicant will be attending must have offices and a mailing address in the United States of America. (Funds will not be disbursed outside of the United States.) The applicant doesn't need to be attending a campus on U.S. soil, however.
   
4. Applications will only be accepted when submitted through our online application. Mailed, faxed, or emailed applications will not be read, considered, acknowledged, or returned.
   
5. All answers must be submitted in English. Answers in other languages will not be read or considered.
   
6. All information fields on the application must be completed. The online application can not be submitted if it is incomplete.
   
7. All applications must be received by 11:59 PM July 31, 2010 (Eastern Time), according to the time on our web server that receives the applications. We strongly advise applicants to not wait until the last day to submit his or her application because of possible timing issues. Applications received after the deadline will not be eligible.
   
8. First round finalists will be notified by August 20, 2010. Finalists will be given 10 business days from date of notification to prove they are an U.S. citizen. If proof is not received in the allotted time frame then new finalists will be chosen. The scholarship winner be chosen from the finalists who provide proof of citizenship within the allotted time. Because of this, no date can be given for when the award winner will be announced.
9. Only finalists and winner(s) will be contacted directly by the OP Loftbed Company concerning the status of their application. If we don't contact you, you are not a finalist or a winner. If you want to be notified of winners: subscribe to the OP Loftbed Company Blog, follow OP Loftbed on Twitter, or become a Fan of OP Loftbed on Facebook.
   
10. Applicants should not mail us transcripts or other information unless they have been contacted as a winner and the information has been specifically requested. Unsolicited information will be discarded and not kept on file.
    
11. The OP Loftbed Scholarship Award funds will be in the form of a certified check made out to the winner's school and mailed to the winner's address in the United States. The funds will not be paid to an individual to ensure the award is used exclusively for educational expenses. The check will be sent only after the winner submits proof of class enrollment as a full or part-time student at an accredited college, university, or trade school in the United States of America by July 31, 2011. Failure to enroll in a qualifying school between July 31, 2010 and July 31, 2011 will result in forfeiture of the award funds. The funds can not be used to pay off existing student loans.
    
12. Applications with any answer except "OP Loftbed" for question #4 will be disqualified. Read the Application Instructions for more information on this. This proves to us that you read both the rules and instructions.
    
13. The name of the winner, the winner's major, the name of the winner's school, and his or her answers will posted on the OP Loftbed web site at www.OPLoftbed.com after the scholarship has been awarded. When we notify the winner, we will request a picture of the winner to be include when we publish his or her responses.
    
14. All answers submitted become the property of OP Loftbed Company and may be used to advertise the OP Loftbed Scholarship Award, or in any other endeavor in which the OP Loftbed Company deems appropriate. By submitting your scholarship award application, you are forfeiting any and all rights to the answers you submitted.
    
15. We greatly value your privacy. Your contact information will not be shared with, or sold to, other companies or organizations. An abbreviated form of your name and location may be used with your answers in advertising and promoting the OP Loftbed Scholarship Award, or anywhere else your answers may be published. (e.g. Ricky S., High Point, NC; R. Steele, North Carolina).
    
16. Only one submission per applicant is allowed. Duplicate and incomplete submissions will not be considered. You will not be allowed to change or edit information once your application has been submitted. (This includes contact information. If you think your contact information will change before the award is given, you may want to wait before submitting your answers.) Make sure everything is accurate and complete before clicking on the "Submit Scholarship Application" button.
    
17. We cannot manually confirm the receipt of any particular application. Your only confirmation will be the confirmation screen you see at the end of the application. When you submit your application a copy of your answers will be emailed to the email address provided. It is your responsibility to ensure you receive email from oploftbed.com. We are not responsible for email dropped by your ISP, flagged as junk mail, lost in transit, etc...)
    
18. At least one $500 award will be given. Depending on company revenues as of award time, there could potentially be more than one $500 scholarship award given.
    
19. No purchase necessary to win.

Continue to Step 2 - Read the Application Instructions