Graduating soon? Kickstart your summer with $3,000 in cash—AKA a grand per month, all summer long—just for taking easy actions and sharing your senior year highlights on Handshake! That's right: as part of our 2025 grad season festivities, Handshake is giving 10 lucky class of 2025 grads $3K a month to fund their first summer post-grad.
Whether you'd spend the prize money on rent, a brand-new wardrobe, a fun grad trip, or a new tech stack to set you up for life after graduation, $3K is a pretty sweet deal. So if you want to be a winner, keep reading to learn more about how to enter.
How to enter
To participate in the giveaway, you must be a graduating college senior and complete all of the following actions:
- Download the Handshake app (if you haven’t already)
- Add a personal email—that means one that doesn’t end in “.edu”—to your Handshake profile
- Post a senior year highlight on the Handshake feed. To be eligible, your post must:
- Be on-topic and reflect on a meaningful moment from your senior year.
- Meet the following format requirements:
- For a text or image post: Caption must be at least 100 characters long.
- For a video post: Must be at least 15 seconds long.
- Receive 10+ likes from your peers before the end of the giveaway period.
- After you've taken the steps above, leave a comment on our designated giveaway post on the Handshake feed to confirm your entry!
Prize details
At the end of our sweepstakes, 10 eligible winners* will be randomly selected to receive $3,000 cash.
Timeline
- Entry window: April 28, 2025 through June 13, 2025
- Winners selected: June 16, 2025
- Winners notified: By June 20, 2025
Ready to share your senior year story? Start posting and get those likes—your summer could be funded by Handshake!
*View the full terms and conditions for more details on the giveaway.