The Freshman 15 Contest: Enter Now to Win a Free Laptop
Uncategorized October 2nd. 2008, 1:27pmThe Contest Begins
Last week I announced the Freshman 15 Contest. If you’ll recall, Study Hacks is one of 15 different student blogs that are each giving away a brand new HP Pavilion dv entertainment laptop, plus a 500 GB external hard drive, and a docking station, and a PhotoSmart printer, and lots of software, and…well, let’s just say it’s a contest worth winning.
Today, our contest begins! The official rules are below:
How to Enter the Contest
Here are the rules for the Study Hacks contest:
- Send me an e-mail at author [at] calnewport.com that describes:
- (a) Why you need a laptop (e.g., you don’t have one, or the one you have is terrible); and
- (b) An innovative, laptop-related study hack you would deploy if you won the laptop (i.e., I would spend each Sunday morning in the outing club’s forest cabin writing up a study guide for my history courses).
- I must receive the e-mail by midnight EST on Tuesday, October 7th.
My judging will be subjective. I will evaluate how much you need the laptop and the innovativeness of your proposed study hack. The need factor will likely be more important than the innovation factor.
In the meantime, remember, after my contest there are still 11 more chances to win. Here are the blogs giving away laptops after me:
- 10/2 - Study Hacks
- 10/4 - Cooking for Engineers
- 10/6 - College Being
- 10/8 - Paul Stamatiou
- 10/10 - DormDelicious
- 10/12 - Student Bloggers
- 10/14 - Jessica Mah Meets World
- 10/16 - UNEASYsilence
- 10/18 - Gomeler.com
- 10/20 - Campus Grotto
- 10/22 - Hack College
- 10/24 - The University Blog
This should be fun…
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Hi, just want to ask… Do we need to submit our entry exactly on midnight EST on Tuesday, October 7th?
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 am
Entered! Thanks for the opportunity!
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
No. That’s the deadline. You can enter any time before then.
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Submitted. Can you please inform me - if you received my mail successfully.
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I did. Though in general I won’t be able to respond individually to everyone…too many entries (70 so far in the last day or so…)
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
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October 4th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Hi. What are the specs?
October 4th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Hi! I was just wondering if this giveaway has any restrictions… I’m so glad this giveaway seems to be open for everyone, not just U.S. residents.
October 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Submitted…I hope my innovation for a study hack falls into the catagory of what has been requested and makes sense.
October 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
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October 6th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Hi there…I’ve submitted my request for entry and am now crossing my fingers and hoping for the best…
-Barb
October 6th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
See the original announcement of the contest (linked in the above post). I include links to the laptop and reviews of its performance.
No restrictions that I know of…
October 6th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
what has to happen in order to enter the contest?
October 7th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
See the rules above in the post. You have to send me an e-mail with the requested information by midnight EST tonight.
October 9th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
When will the winners be announced?
October 9th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
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