AUC Student Experience Survey Sweepstakes

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 

ELIGIBILITY: Open only to American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) students and who have reached the age of 18 or the age of majority in his or her respective state. Void where prohibited. Employees (and their immediate families [parent, child, spouse or sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside] and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of AUC (“Sponsor”) and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. 

TO ENTER: Between 9:00 am ET on March 21, 2022 and 11:59 pm ET on April 4, 2022 (the “Entry Period”), there are two (2) ways to enter: 1.) Online: click and complete your personalized survey URL which is emailed to all eligible participants on March 21, 2022. All online entries must be received by 11:59 pm ET on April 4, 2022 to be eligible. OR 2.) Mail-in: On a 3" x 5" piece of paper, hand-print your name, complete address, daytime and evening telephone numbers (area code included), and email address and mail entry in a properly stamped #10 envelope to: AUC Student Experience Survey Sweepstakes, Attn: Randa Ulankiewicz, 500 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60661. Entries must be postmarked by April 4, 2022 and received by April 11, 2022 to be eligible. Limit one (1) entry per person, per email address for the duration of the Entry Period regardless of method of entry. Multiple entries received from any person or email address after the first entry received from that person or email address will be void. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.  

DRAWING: Potential winners will be selected from three categories: medical sciences on island with five (5) random drawings, medical sciences in the UK with two (2) random drawings, and clinical sciences five (5) random drawings held throughout the Entry Period from all eligible entries received by an independent judging agency. Odds of winning are dependent on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.  

WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winners will be notified by email and may be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and, where lawful, a publicity release within seven (7) days of date of issuance. If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor is unable to contact a potential winner, or any potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner selected. Sponsor is not responsible for any change in contact details of entrants.  

PRIZES: Medical sciences on island entries received by 11:59 ET on April 4, 2022 will be eligible to receive one (1) of five (5) Amazon® Gift Vouchers. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each prize is $99.00 USD and the total ARV of all prizes is $495.00 USD. Medical sciences in the UK entries received by 11:59 ET on April 4, 2022 will be eligible to receive one (1) of two (2) Amazon® Gift Vouchers. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of this prize is 99.00 GBP and the total ARV of all prizes is 198 GBP.  Clinical sciences entries received by 11:59 ET on April 4, 2022 will be eligible to receive one (1) of five (5) Amazon® Gift Vouchers. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each prize is $99.00 USD and the total ARV of all prizes is $495.00 USD. 

Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Gift card is subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. 

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, garbled or damaged entries or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any sweepstakes-related materials.  Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website.  Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or website or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void.  Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Entrants, by participating, agree that Sponsor, Affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this Sweepstakes. Winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

ARBITRATION: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, participant agrees that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the participant; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. 

CHOICE OF LAW: By entering this Sweepstakes, participants agree that all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participants’ rights and obligations, the rights and obligations of Sponsor and any and all claims arising out of or related to or in connection with the Sweepstakes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provisions (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdiction) which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois. By entering, participants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts located in Cook County in the State of Illinois. 

WINNER’S NAME/WINNERS’ LIST: For the name of the winners (available after April 5, 2025, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Student Experience Survey Sweepstakes, Winners, Attn: Randa Ulankiewicz, Adtalem Global Education, 500 West Monroe, Chicago, IL, 60661.  

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