Goal: beyond Scholarship Rules 

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THESE OFFICIAL RULES ARE A CONTRACT—READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING.  WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES A RELEASE AND LICENSE FROM YOU, AND A LIMITATION OF CERTAIN OF YOUR RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.   

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS PROMOTION.  

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By submitting an entry into any Goal: beyond scholarship contest (the “Scholarship Contest”) owned by Goal Beyond, Inc., a Delaware non-profit corporation (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), you (“you”, “your”, “user” or “Applicant”) agree to the following scholarship terms and conditions (the “Rules”): 

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ELIGIBILITY:  Scholarship Contests are open only to individuals who at the time of Entry (as defined below) are eighteen (18) years of age or older and one of the following: (a) students currently enrolled in high school and planning to go to college as provided below (“High School Students”); (b) students currently enrolled in college as provided below (“College Students”); (c) students applying to or enrolled in a higher education institution at the individual’s time of Entry (“Graduate Students”); and (d) students who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status or Temporary Protected Status (TPS). For purposes of the Scholarship Contest, the “Eligible States” are defined as the states of the United States or the District of Columbia where the Scholarship Contest is not prohibited by law. 

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For purposes of the Scholarship Contest, a “college” is defined as a two or four-year college or university located within one of the Eligible States, and a “higher education institution” is defined as a college or university offering post bachelor’s degrees located within one of the Eligible States. 

 

To enter and participate in the Scholarship Contest as a High School Student, at the time of Entry, you must: (a) be a legal U.S. resident or have DACA or TPS status; (b) be 18 years old; (c) plan to attend a college during the next admissions cycle. 

 

To enter and participate in the Scholarship Contest as a College Student, at the time of Entry, you must: (a) be a legal U.S. resident or have DACA or TPS status and be enrolled in a college located in the U.S.; and (b) be currently enrolled, at least half-time, as an undergraduate freshman, sophomore, junior or senior at a college with at least one (1) year (or at least 12 semester hours) remaining before college graduation. 

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To enter and participate in the Scholarship Contest as a Graduate Student, at the time of Entry, you must: (a) be a legal U.S. resident or have DACA or TPS status; and (b) either: (i) be currently enrolled in or attending a college and plan to attend a higher education institution during the next admissions cycle; (ii) have graduated from a college and plan to attend a higher education institution during the next admissions cycle; or (iii) be currently enrolled at a higher education institution with at least one (1) year (or at least 12 semester hours) remaining before graduation from the higher education institution and plan to attend the higher education institution you are currently attending (or another higher education institution) during the next admissions cycle. 

 

Employees of Goal: beyond and its parents, members, affiliates, subsidiaries, scholarship committee members and agencies, and their immediate family members (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses) and persons living in the household of each of the foregoing are not eligible to participate in the Scholarship Contests. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. 

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ENTRY:  You may enter Scholarship Contests using one of the following methods: 

1. Online Application: Visit https://www.goalbeyond.org/scholarships and follow all entry instructions to complete the application, including all of the information fields, and submit to receive one (1) entry into the Scholarship Contest (the “Entry”). Entrants are subject to all notices and terms posted online including but not limited to Goal: beyond ’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Online applications must be received during the designated Entry Period (10/10/22 through 11/14/22). 

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All Entries received become the sole property of Goal: beyond and will not be acknowledged or returned. All methods of Entry have an equal chance of winning. Limit: One (1) Entry per person or per email address per Entry Period. Personal information collected in connection with the Scholarship Contest will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy found on our website and as otherwise consented to by you. 

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WINNER SELECTION: After the Entry Period, our Scholarship Committee will review all eligible applications received and determine a single winner of each Scholarship category. Entry into the Scholarship Contest constitutes Applicant’s full and unconditional agreement to Goal: beyond ’s and the Scholarship Committee’s decisions in administering the Scholarship Contest, which are final and binding in all respects. 

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NOTIFICATION OF WINNER: The winner of the Scholarship Contest will be notified by email or mail. If any winner notification is returned as undeliverable, or if the winner does not respond to notification within ten (10) business days of the date of notification, the winner’s prize may be forfeited, and we reserve the right to award any scholarship prize to any runner-up from the remaining eligible Entries to determine a new winner. Payment of the scholarship amount to the winner of the Scholarship Contest is contingent upon and will be delayed until the winner provides reasonably satisfactory proof to us of the winner’s then current attendance or enrollment at a college (with regard to High School Students or College Students) or higher education institution (with regard to Graduate Students). In addition, winner will also need to provide reasonably satisfactory proof of citizen ship, DACA, or TPS in order to receive the prize. In order to receive the prize, a winner must provide the following, either by email, mail or upload, if applicable, within ten (10) business days of the date of notification of winning: (i) IRS W-9 Form (if applicable) and publicity release (the “Releases”) in forms provided by or satisfactory to us; and (ii) proof of citizenship status. The Release will require the winner to provide, among other information, his or her social security number for tax purposes. The winner shall in the Publicity Release agree to provide a short testimonial which shall be published on our website (with a photo and/or video of the winner), and disbursement of the scholarship to the winner is contingent upon the provision of such testimonial and photo or video. In the event of non-compliance with any of these requirements, or if the winner does not accept or receive the prize, prize may be forfeited, and we reserve the right to choose from the remaining eligible Entries to determine a new winner. If we so elect, a winner may be required to submit to, and cooperate in, a confidential background check to confirm eligibility, and to help ensure that the award of a prize to such winner will not bring us into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Scholarship Contest or Goal: beyond, as determined by our sole discretion. You understand and agree that we may disqualify such winner based on the results of the background check in our sole discretion. 

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GENERAL RULES: The Scholarship Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. By entering, you agree: (a) to be bound by these Rules, our website Terms, Privacy Policy, and the decisions of Goal: beyond, which are final and binding in all respects; (b) that your school may be contacted by us and that your grades and other requested information may be released to us; and (c) to be contacted by us by mail, email or telephone. 

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By entering the Scholarship Contest, you further agree that if you are a scholarship winner, we may use your name, voice, likeness, image, statements, biographical data, address (city and state only) and scholarship information, in any and all media now existing or hereafter devised for illustration, promotion, art, editorial, advertising, trade or any other purpose whatsoever, in perpetuity, without attribution, notification, compensation or consents (except where prohibited by law). You further agree that pursuant to our Privacy Policy, we may collect, store, share and otherwise use your personal information provided during the application and Scholarship Contest process. You hereby release Goal: beyond, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and the directors, managers, officers, employees, or agencies of such entities from any liability with respect to any of the foregoing. 

 

By entering the Scholarship Contest, you release Goal: beyond  and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and agencies, and the directors, managers, officers, employees, or agencies of any of the above organizations, from any and all liability for any injuries, losses, tax liabilities or damages of any kind arising from your participation in the Scholarship Contest or in any Scholarship Contest related activity, or resulting from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize. 

 

By entering the Scholarship Contest, you represent and warrant as follows: (a) your Entry does not and will not to your knowledge violate any applicable laws; and (b) your Entry complies with all of the requirements and conditions of these Rules and our Terms. 

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We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to: (a) disqualify from this or any contest we sponsor, now or in the future, any person we find, in our sole discretion, has: (i) violated these Rules or our Terms, (ii) entered or attempted to enter the Scholarship Contest more than the permitted number of times through the use of multiple email addresses or any other means, or (iii) tampered with the Entry process, the operation of the Scholarship Contest, or any other aspect of the Scholarship Contest; and (b) modify, cancel or suspend part or all of the Scholarship Contest in the event that human or technical errors occur in the administration of the Scholarship Contest or the processing of Entries, or other errors, printing errors, tampering, fraud, unauthorized intervention, technical failure, acts of God, natural disasters, wide spread illness, public health crisis or pandemic (e.g., COVID-19), terrorism, weather or any other causes beyond our control, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Scholarship Contest, or interfere with our ability to run the Scholarship Contest as planned (a “Force Majeure Event”). In the event the Scholarship Contest is cancelled, suspended or discontinued for any reason, we may take any and all appropriate actions in our sole discretion, including, but not limited to, judging and awarding prizes based on Entries received up to the time of the Scholarship Contest cancellation or suspension. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to extend the Entry Period in the event that we for any reason receive an insufficient number of qualified Entries in the Scholarship Contest (as determined by us in our sole and absolute discretion). 

Neither Goal: beyond  nor any of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, agents, employees, shareholders, members, managers, representatives or agencies, shall have any obligation or responsibility, including any responsibility to award any prizes to Scholarship Contest entrants, and you hereby release us and such entities and individuals from all liability with regard to: (a) Entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with or violate these Rules or our Terms; (b) Entries or scholarship claims or notifications that are lost, late, postage-due, unintelligible, damaged, delayed, destroyed, misdirected, garbled, incomplete, illegible or are otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer, human or technical error of any kind; (c) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries, or any incorrect or inaccurate transcription of Entry information; (d) entrants who have committed fraud or deception in entering or participating in the Scholarship Contest or in claiming any prize; (e) any problems or technical malfunctions of the Scholarship Contest, our website, our vendors, or of any telephone or communications network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials related to this Scholarship Contest; (f) any inability of a winner to accept a prize for any reason; (g) early termination of the Scholarship Contest, or the inability to award any prize, in the event Goal: beyond  receives fewer than the number of qualified Entries necessary (as determined by us in our sole and absolute discretion) to award such scholarship amount; (h) the inability to award all or any part of any scholarship due to errors, delays or interruptions due to a Force Majeure Event; (i) typographical or other error related to the Scholarship Contest, the administration thereof or the announcement of scholarships; and (j) any dispute over the identity of an online entrant, in which case an online Entry will be deemed submitted by the “Authorized Person” who is assigned by the applicable Internet service provider to the email address submitted at the time of Entry. 

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ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE OUR WEBSITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND CSH RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

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Disputes: Except where prohibited by law, Entrant agrees that: (1) all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Scholarship Contests or the scholarship award will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate federal or state court located in San Diego County, California; and (2) all claims, judgments and awards will be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Scholarship Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules, or the rights or obligations of Entrant in connection with the Scholarship Contest or the prize, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, no matter what jurisdiction, that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than as stated.