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Contest Rules

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Eligibility

The achieveyourscholarship.com Contest ("Contest") is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen years of age or older. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor and each of its related companies and agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as parents, spouse, children, siblings and grandparents) and household members of each such employee, officer and director are not eligible to enter. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By participating in the contest, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding. Void outside of the U.S. and where prohibited by law.

Sponsor

Mediaspike Inc.
29 Harvard St 4th Floor
Brookline, MA 02446
Fax: 617-507-7872

Scholarship contest period

Contest Period will end on July 31st, 2008 at 11:59 PM ET. The Scholarship drawing will take place within 15 business days and the winner will be contacted within 21 business days from drawing date.

How to enter

During the Contest Period, go to http://www.achieveyourscholarship.com/ and complete the registration process by submitting valid information. By registering, you will gain access to exclusive offers from our advertising partners. Limit: one (1) entry per person per Contest Period. Proof of entry submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Entries may be acknowledged with a confirmation email. All entrants must submit a valid email and postal address. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, technically corrupted or misdirected entries, all of which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed the entrant. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned to the email address by the organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the respective domain.

Drawing and notification of potential winners

One (1) potential winner will be selected at random from among all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Sponsor, whose decisions as to the administration of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner are final, will conduct the drawing. The potential winner will be notified by email within fifteen business days of the drawing. In order to claim his/her prize, the potential winner must, except where prohibited, return to Sponsor, within ten (10) days of being notified, (1) a signed affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after the first attempt to contact him/her or if he/she fails to return the signed affidavit and release and the confirmation email within the required time period, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place at random from among all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions of these Terms and Conditions and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.

Prizes

The prize must be used for your own education, to pay off student loans or to give to a family member for use in connection with his or her educational expenses. No substitution or assignment of prize permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another of comparable or greater value. All taxes and other fees associated with prize receipt and/or use are the responsibility solely of winner. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Publicity

Acceptance of any prize shall constitute the winner's consent to Sponsor's use of the winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, prize information and hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law.

Release and limitations of liability

By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, its officers, directors, employees, affiliated companies and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) errors in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (e) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt of any prize, including but not limited to property damage, personal injury and/or death arising out of participating in this Contest, or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of prize and claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties' liability will be limited to the cost of entering the Contest, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorneys' fees. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of Boston, Massachusetts.

General Conditions

If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any person it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a disruptive manner. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or of any other provision.

Personal information

The personal information collected through the Contest is subject to Sponsor's privacy statement, available at www.achieveyourscholarship.com/privacy-policy

No affiliation or endorsement

The advertisers offers that may appear on this Website have not endorsed nor are they affiliated with the Contest. Signing up or registering or enrolling in one of these offers does not increase your chances of winning.

Contest results

The winner's name and hometown may be posted on Achieveyourscholarship.com.


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