1. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
2. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD AND ENTRY DEADLINES: Kaplan's College Search Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") begins at 12:00 P.M. EST on Monday, April 2, 2007, and ends at 11:59 P.M. EST on Saturday, June 30, 2007, ("Sweepstakes Period"). Completed official entry forms must be deposited at a participating Kaplan center or, if available, Kaplan on-campus site, or submitted online at kaptest.com/win5k, by closing time on Saturday, June 30, 2007. All mail-in entries (completed official entry forms or postcards) must be postmarked by Saturday, June 30, 2007. Online entries must be sent electronically by 11:59 P.M. EST on Saturday, June 30, 2007. All entries must be received by Friday, July 13, 2007, regardless of method of entry.
3. ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec) who are thirteen (13) years of age or older and enrolled at the time of entry as high school freshman, sophomores, or juniors in the United States or Canada. Entrants must be present in one of the eligible jurisdictions at the time that they enter the Sweepstakes. In order to be eligible to claim the prize, the entrant selected as winner cannot have already graduated high school at the time of prize notification. Officers, directors, representatives and employees of Kaplan, Inc. ("Sponsor"), its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries, and their immediate family and household members are not eligible to enter or win.
4. TO ENTER: You may enter the Sweepstakes any one of the following three ways. Simply pick up an official entry form at any participating Kaplan on-campus site or Kaplan center in the United States or Canada during the Sweepstakes Period, while supplies last, and either (a) drop off the completed entry form at a Kaplan on-campus site (if available) or Kaplan center; or (b) mail your completed entry form with first class postage to: Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, Kaplan Sweepstakes, 1440 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10018.
You may also enter by visiting the Kaplan website at kaptest.com/win5k and following the instructions to complete and submit an official entry form. As part of your entry, you will be asked to provide your first and last name, email address, permanent address and phone number, date of birth, the name of the high school you are currently attending, the month and year that you will graduate from high school and the date(s) you plan to take the PSAT, SAT, and/or ACT (including month and year). You may also enter by hand-printing on a 3" x 5" postcard all of the information listed above and mailing the postcard with first class postage affixed to: Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, Kaplan Sweepstakes, 1440 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10018.
LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON AND/OR EMAIL ADDRESS. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Entries are void if they contain typographical, printing, or other errors. Entries generated by a script, macro, or other automated means are void. Entries that are late, mutilated, altered, incomplete, mechanically reproduced, tampered with, illegible, inaccurate, forged, irregular in any way, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules are also void. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned to the entrant. Sponsor and those working on its behalf will not be responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, misdirected or damaged entries, or other mail or email, or for internet, network, computer hardware and software, phone, or other technical errors, malfunctions and delays that may occur. Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email account from which the entry is made. The authorized account holder is the natural person to whom an email address is assigned by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
By entering or accepting a prize in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to (i) be bound by the decisions of the judges, the Sponsor and these Official Rules; (ii) to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations; and (iii) to be contacted by Sponsor by email, mail and/or telephone.
5. WINNER SELECTION: One grand prize winner will be selected from all eligible entries received in a random drawing to be held on or about Wednesday, August 8, 2007. The drawing will be conducted by an independent judge, whose decisions shall be final and binding in all regards. Entrants need not be present to win.
6. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND VALIDATION: The winner of the drawing will be notified by mail approximately 10 days after the drawing. An Affidavit of Eligibility and Compliance with these Official Rules and a Liability and (unless prohibited) Publicity Release must be executed by both the winner and his or her parent or legal guardian and returned by the potential winner within fourteen days after prize notification is sent. If the potential winner is a minor, the minor's parent or legal guardian will be responsible for signing any necessary releases, consents, and affidavits. Failure of the potential winner and his or her parent or legal guardian to complete, sign, and return any requested documents as directed or the return of any prize notification or prize as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner in Sponsor's sole discretion. You are not a winner unless and until your submissions are validated.
7. PRIZES: One prize will be awarded, which includes $5,000 for winner's college search expenses and a free SAT or ACT classroom course. Total approximate value of prize: $5,699-$5,999. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. All federal, state, and local taxes are the winner's sole responsibility. Winner will be issued 1099 tax forms for the value of the prizes. The prize may not be transferred. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute any prize with a prize of comparable value. In the event that the winner chooses not to accept his or her prize, does not respond to prize notification within a reasonable time period, or does not complete, sign and return any requested documents as directed, the prize will be deemed forfeited, and sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award the prize to an alternate winner.
8. GENERAL CONDITIONS: By entering the Sweepstakes or accepting a Sweepstakes prize, entrants accept all the conditions, restrictions, requirements, and/or regulations required by the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, acceptance of a prize constitutes permission to use winner's name, picture, likeness, address (city and state), and biographical information for advertising and publicity purposes for this and/or other promotions, without prior approval or compensation, except if winner is a resident of Tennessee or otherwise where prohibited by law. Acceptance of a prize constitutes a waiver of any claim to royalties, rights, or remuneration for that use. Each entrant agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, and subsidiaries, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and successors and assigns from any and all claims, damages, injury, death, loss, or other liability that may arise from entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes or, if a winner, the awarding, acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of the prize. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify or cancel all or any portions of the Sweepstakes because of technical errors or malfunctions, viruses, hackers, or for other reasons beyond Sponsor's control that impair or corrupt the Sweepstakes in any manner. In such event, Sponsor shall award prizes at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment or corruption. Sponsor also reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant who fails to comply with these Official Rules, who attempts to enter the Sweepstakes in any manner or through any means other than as described in these Official Rules, or who attempts to disrupt the Sweepstakes or the kaptest.com website or to otherwise circumvent any of these Official Rules. This Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of New York, with venue in New York County, New York. All claims must be resolved in the state or federal courts of New York County, New York.
9. WINNERS' LIST: Starting approximately November 1, 2007, a winners' list may be obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Kaplan's College Search Sweepstakes Winners' List, Kaplan, Inc., Marketing Department, 1440 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10018. All winners' list requests must be received by April 1, 2008.
10. USE OF ENTRANT AND WINNER INFORMATION: The information that you provide in connection with the Sweepstakes may be used by Sponsor to send you information about its products and services or the products and services of its' corporate affiliates. If you would like your information removed from Sponsor's mailing list or if you do not wish to receive information from Sponsor, write to Sponsor at Kaplan, Inc., Marketing Department, 1440 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10018.
11. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is: Kaplan, Inc., 1440 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10018.
12. SWEEPSTAKES VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, TAXED, OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTED BY LAW.
