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Average student? You could win $5,000 scholarship

(MoneyWatch) Are you just an average student who feels utterly unqualified to win a college scholarship? Perhaps you are a "C" college student.  Maybe you spend a lot of time playing video games in your dorm room. Like a lot of college students, you may skip more classes than you should. Maybe you are hung over right now.

Take heart. Being an underachiever could help you win a $5,000 scholarship

CollegeHumor recently announced that it was awarding two $5,000 scholarships to the "most average" college students it could find.  

Here is CollegeHumor's explanation for its new scholarship contest:

Why is it that there are tons of scholarships for academically excellent students, tons of scholarships for academically challenged students and not a damn thing for the majority of the students in the middle? We don't know, either. That's why CollegeHumor is going to give 2 lucky average students $5,000 just for being themselves.

The contest asks applicants to upload photos and videos that "highlight your averageness." Click on this College Humor link to apply. And good luck, I guess.