BYG Scholarship

About the Scholarship

What is a credit score? Which animal symbolizes the Republican Party? How many countries are there in the world? The BYG Scholarship is a monthly scholarship and team competition for high school students based on things you should know Before You Graduate.

Eligibility

All U.S. high school students

Award(s)

$250 scholarship to high scorer each month

$250 and BYG Trophy to school with highest team score

How it Works

The Challenge Round quiz is open for a week at the beginning of each month. All students at a high school who take the quiz become part of that school's "team." The top 20 scores at each school are added together to get the school score. The school with the highest score in each state advances and those 20 students log in and take the Championship Round quiz. At the end of the competition, the highest scoring school earns a trophy and $250 and the highest individual scorer in the nation receives a $250 scholarship. To prepare for the quizzes, check out our Notes page on Facebook.

Quiz Dates

BYG Scholarship - Geography
Challenge Round: 09/04/2011 - 09/11/2011
Championship Round: 09/18/2011 - 09/25/2012

BYG Scholarship - Cyber Citizenship
Challenge Round: 10/02/2011 - 10/09/2011
Championship Round: 10/16/2011 - 10/23/2011

BYG Scholarship - Health & Nutrition
Challenge Round: 11/06/2011 - 11/13/2011
Championship Round: 11/20/2011 - 11/27/2011

BYG Scholarship - World Religions
Challenge Round: 12/04/2011 - 12/11/2011
Championship Round: 12/18/2011 - 12/25/2011

BYG Scholarship - The Arts
Challenge Round: 01/08/2012 - 01/15/2012
Championship Round: 01/22/2012 - 01/29/2012

BYG Scholarship - Black History
Challenge Round: 02/05/2012 - 02/12/2012
Championship Round Dates: 02/19/2012 - 02/26/2012

BYG Scholarship - Civics
Challenge Round: 03/04/2012 - 03/11/2012
Championship Round Dates: 03/18/2012 - 03/25/2012

BYG Scholarship - The Environment
Challenge Round: 04/01/2012 - 04/08/2012
Championship Round: 04/15/2012 - 04/22/2012

BYG Scholarship - Financial Literacy
Challenge Round: 05/06/2012 - 05/13/2012
Championship Round: 05/20/2012 - 05/27/2012

 

Quiz Details

To participate, you must register with the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation at www.cksf.org. For all CKSF scholarship quizzes, 500 points are awarded for each correct answer and one point is deducted for each second taken to complete a question. Results are available immediately to each participant and the overall ranking is available within three hours under the "Results" tab at www.cksf.org

To prepare for the BYG quizzes, check out our Notes page on Facebook.