Live Customer Service Scholarship
LiveCustomerService.org, an online resource dedicated to helping consumers reach live customer service agents, would like to offer one lucky student a $1,000 Scholarship that can be used towards educational expenses
The Scholarship Contest
America is facing a robocall epidemic. According to a report by the New York Times, complaints to the Federal Trade Commission about robocalls, telemarketers, and scammers have steadily increased in recent years, from 3.7 million complains in 2013 to 7.1 million complaints in 2017.
Using data from government, private agencies or non-profits, write essay of 1000+ words on the topic of “How the United States can address the problem robocalls.”
Application Requirements
- You must publish the post online publicly. This can be on a student blog on your university website, your own website, or a blog platform like medium.com, blogger.com, or the like.
- Include at least 3 links citing authoritative sources on robocalls, including 1 link to www.LiveCustomerService.org
Eligibility
The Live Customer Service College Scholarship is open to United States Citizens and Permanent Residents who are currently attending or are planning on attending an accredited United States college or university during the Fall semester.
Frequency
This scholarship is offered during the Fall semester. Students are welcome to apply beginning January 1 of each year. The deadline for submission is August 1st. Winners will be contacted on August 15th via school email provided.
Submitting Your Application
To participate in the essay contest, applicants must publish an original essay as outlined above and provide a link to the essay in an email to To participate in the essay contest, applicants must publish an original essay as outlined above and provide a link to the essay in an email to scholarship@livecustomerservice.org
In addition, applicants must provide the following information in the body of the email:
- Full name
- Address
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- Attached evidence of your current academic status that you are currently enrolled at a college as set forth above. We will accept an acceptance letter or most recent tuition billing statement as proof of enrollment. By applying for this scholarship, you give us express consent to confirm your admission and attendance by contacting the college or university.
Selection will be judged on content, creativity, and quality of work; must be own unique work and cannot be published anywhere online.
KEY DATES
January 1st of each year : We begin accepting submissions.
August 1st of each year : Application deadline. No submissions accepted after this date.
August 15th of each year: Scholarship winner notified by email.
$1,000 AWARD
Award money must be used towards tuition or education expenses.
Terms & Conditions
The applicant automatically grants Live Customer Service, its agents and/or representatives permission to:
-Use their name, any provided photo or video, and award amount, if any, in announcements or articles (i.e. social media, newsletter, etc) issued by Live Customer Service website.
-Post the applicant’s name, college or university, and essay on Live Customer Service website.
-Call and/or send information to the applicant regarding their application.
-Winners will be notified via email, and announced publicly, as well as on Live Customer Service social media pages.
Students must show proof of current enrollment to an accredited US college, university or vocational/trade school within 21 calendar days by submitting either a copy of the tuition bill or a letter of proof from the school.
In the event a winner cannot prove their enrollment to an accredited college, university or vocational/trade school, Live Customer Service will revoke the award for that individual and award it to the first runner-up.
Contact Information
If you have questions about LiveCustomerService.org or our scholarship, contact us at scholarship@livecustomerservice.org .
Alternatively, you may contact us at:
LiveCustomerService.org
New Rhino, LLC
8370 Court Avenue, Ste 1B
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Privacy Policy
All personal information collected from scholarship applicants will be used only for the purpose of awarding the scholarship. No personal information be distributed, sold or provided to third parties. Please note that by entering the Live Customer Service Scholarship, you are providing permission to Live Customer Service (New Rhino, LLC) to edit, use, and publish all essays submitted.