Skokie Resident Gabrielle Sanders Wins $1,500 Scholarship

Skokie Resident Gabrielle Sanders Wins $1,500 Scholarship Through Abe's Plain, Honest Scholarship Sweepstakes

Nine Winners Will Receive $1,500 for Undergraduate Costs; Entries Accepted Through December 31, 2026

Gabrielle Sanders, a student at Western Michigan University and a Skokie resident, recently won a $1,500 scholarship through Abe’s Plain, Honest Scholarship Sweepstakes.

The sweepstakes, which opened for entries April 1 and closes December 31, 2026, builds on financial assistance opportunities from Abe®, which is best known for its private student loans. Winners can apply their scholarships toward tuition, books, supplies, and other college expenses.

“We are proud of our scholarship winners’ commitment to a college education, and pleased that this sweepstakes will help them advance their goals,” said Steve Winnie, President, Monogram LLC, which created and administers Abe.

Altogether, there will be nine $1,500 scholarship winners, with one individual’s name drawn every month through January 2027. For the greatest chance of winning, individuals can complete an entry form for each upcoming entry period shown here.

The no-essay scholarship sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the U.S./District of Columbia, age 18-plus, who are enrolled in an undergraduate program at an eligible institution, or the parents of these students. Students and their parents do not need to apply for an Abe student loan in order to enter. Winners will be selected at the beginning of each month following the previous month's entry period.

To enter Abe's Plain, Honest Scholarship Sweepstakes, please click this link. To review the sweepstakes rules and entry periods, click here.*

About Abe

Abe® student loans bring a plain, honest, “built-for-real-life” approach to private student lending. Abe covers up to the full cost of an education1, and offers a unique combination of repayment plans, loan terms and deferment/forbearance options. Abe was created by Monogram LLC, the leader in data-driven private student lending products and programs. The Monogram team has originated more than $23 billion in private student loans and assisted 1.5 million borrowers at thousands of schools. More information can be found at abestudentloans.com, Facebook or Instagram.

*NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. See https://www.abestudentloans.com/sweepstakes/undergraduate-college-scholarship-sweepstakes for Official Rules and complete details. Void where prohibited.

1. The minimum loan amount is $1,000, except for (a) student applicants who are permanent residents of Iowa in which case the minimum loan amount is $1,001, and (b) student applicants or cosigners who are permanent residents of Massachusetts in which case the minimum loan amount is $6,001. The maximum loan amount to cover in-school expenses for each academic year is determined by the school’s cost of attendance, minus other financial aid, as certified by the school. The requested loan amount cannot cause an individual student applicant’s aggregate education loan debt (which includes federal and private student loans) to exceed $300,000 per student applicant applying for an undergraduate loan, $350,000 per student applicant applying for a graduate, graduate certificate, Healthcare Professionals, Law or MBA loan, or $500,000 per student applicant applying for a Medical or Dental loan. The requested loan amount cannot cause the aggregate education loan debt of a cosigner, applying jointly for an Abe loan, to exceed $999,999.99.