DREAM Big for College and Your Future with Achieving the Dream

By 2018, the United States will be at least 3 million college degrees short of filling the 62% of American jobs that will require at least a bachelor's degree. The college completion movement includes the voices of President Obama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other policy makers, many nonprofit officials, and of course community college leaders and practitioners, but the voice of one important group is often missing – the students!

Achieving the Dream is motivating community college students to add their voice to the college completion movement. We want to know what your dream job is and how your college is helping you get there. Does your college have a career center? Is there an advisor or someone else at your college that's guiding your way? Does your college offer a specialized program that fulfills the requirements for your dream job? Many students are trying to figure out how to get to their dream job and your story can help guide their path. Share your story with us in a video and inspire others for the opportunity to win one of three scholarships!

Submit your video from September 25 to November 13 (noon Pacific Time). Our judges will select which applicants will pass to the voting round. From November 14 to November 28, we'll open it up to public voting. The top 10 voted submission will be reviewed by a panel of Achieving the Dream judges, who will choose the final three winners to receive the scholarship awards. First place receives $1,500, second place receives $1,000 and third place receives $500.

Connect with this challenge on Twitter at @GOODmkr and @AchieveTheDream, via #DREAMBigForCollege and on Facebook.

Submission tips:

• Submit a video that tells your story. Videos should be no longer than 3 minutes. To include a video, use a YouTube URL.
• Be sure to describe how your college is helping you get to your dream job.
• We encourage you to include stories about overcoming obstacles (i.e. academic, personal, financial, etc).
• Your video should inspire, inform the audience, and connect to the overall theme of the challenge.
• If you have any questions, please review these FAQs or send us an email at maker@goodinc.com.
• This Challenge is open for submissions from September 25 to November 13 (noon Pacific Time).
• Students currently enrolled in an Achieving the Dream Institution are eligible to apply. Student must also be attending college the following semester.
• Applicants must be 13 years of age or older.
• Videos will be featured on this page and public voting will be open from November 14 to November 28 (noon Pacific Time).
• The top 10 videos with the most votes will be eligible to win one of three scholarships. A panel of Achieving the Dream judges will select the top three winners. The first place video will receive a scholarship of $1,500; the second place video will receive a scholarship of $1,000; and the third place video will receive a scholarship of $500.
• In order to vote, log in with your GOOD account. If you don't have a GOOD account, it's free to join. All you need is an email address or a Facebook account to register. You will be emailed a link that you need to click in order to validate your address.
• Read all the rules.

Achieving the Dream, Inc. is a national nonprofit that is leading the nation's most comprehensive non-governmental reform network for community college student success in higher education history.