Your last name could help pay for your child’s college tuition.

Is your kid scholarship material? 

There are some pretty wacky opportunities out there including some for short students, tall students, students who knit, surf or commit random acts of kindness. And believe it or not, your child could be eligible for a scholarship based on their last name. 

• The Zolp Scholarship is for students at Loyola University in Chicago who are Catholic and whose last name is Zolp. The student’s last name must appear on their birth certificate and confirmation certificate.

• If your last name is Gatling, you’re in luck at North Carolina State University. The John Gatling Grant provides scholarships for students who were born with a surname of Gatling or Gatlin to attend NC State.

• If you prefer Harvard, and have the last name, Hudson, Thayer, Downer or Bright. There’s a scholarship with your name on it.

• The Van Valkenburg Memorial Scholarship awards a scholarship to a descendant, by birth or legal adoption, of Lambert and Annetje Van Valkenburg. They’ll also consider variations of the name including Van Velkinbergh, Van Falkenburg, Valkenburg and Vollick.