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Boston
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Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship Deadline: December 1, Annually The Boston University Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship will be awarded for the first time in 2006. The scholarship is designed to recognize students with strong math and science backgrounds who have the potential to thrive at Boston University’s College of Engineering, a vibrant community of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to educating the engineers of tomorrow and advancing the frontiers of science and technology through research and discovery. Alexander Graham Bell Scholars receive renewable scholarships for full tuition and are guaranteed admission to a Boston University Engineering master’s degree program, provided a 3.40 grade point average is earned during the Bachelor of Science program. Students will also receive one semester of funding in their first two years of study to participate in a research program with a College of Engineering faculty member. Only students who have applied and are accepted for admission to the Boston University College of Engineering will be considered for this award. The application is available at http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/scholarship.html. Each candidate must also submit a 500-word essay responding to the following: Write an essay about an engineering advance or innovation that you feel has had an important impact on society. Your essay should describe the advance/innovation and discuss its implications for society and the field of engineering. Please submit your essay electronically to engessay@bu.edu as an attached Microsoft Word document. For identification purposes, please include your name and Social Security number or birth date. All candidates must submit an application for undergraduate admission, supplemental essay, and results of the SAT and two SAT Subject Tests or the ACT (with Writing Test), by December 1. Applicants must indicate that they are Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship applicants on their applications. Students should apply electronically using either the Boston University online application or the Common Application with the Boston University Supplement. Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship candidates using the Boston University online application should go to the box at the bottom of the first page of the application marked “Office Use Only” and type the letters “EN.” Candidates using the Common Application should indicate that they are Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship applicants by typing “EN” in the “Office Use Only” box at the bottom of the Boston University Common Application Supplement. Please note that students planning to take the SAT are required to take the new test with the writing section, which was administered for the first time in March 2006. Results of previous administrations of the SAT will not meet the standardized testing requirement for admission.
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University Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Competition Deadline: December 1 Annually The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship acknowledges those students who have embraced the memory and ideals of one of Boston University’s most prominent alumni, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (STH '55). The scholarship provides renewable full-tuition awards for academically gifted students with proven leadership abilities and a strong commitment to social justice and community involvement. These students will epitomize the importance of different cultures on Boston University's campus and will assist in promoting a warm, welcoming atmosphere for students from all backgrounds. Each candidate must submit a complete application for admission to one of the undergraduate degree programs at Boston University together with a recommendation from a teacher, mentor, or advisor assessing the student’s potential to contribute significantly to the Boston University community and to society, and a 500-word essay. The application for admission, essay, and recommendation form must all be submitted by December 1. Please read the information sheet for more details. Essay Question "The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and the moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy." (Address in Atlanta, January 27, 1965.)
The complete application, essay, and nomination form must be submitted by December 1. Minimum high school GPA: 3.50 |
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University Trustee Scholars Program Deadline: 12/1 Annually The Boston University Trustee Scholars Program has recognized students who have outstanding academic ability and the potential to inspire fellow students to excel. Recipients are awarded a renewable scholarship covering the cost of full tuition and mandatory fees, and are invited to participate in specially organized academic and cultural events. Scholars are chosen from a pool of applicants who have been nominated by the principal or headmaster of their high school. Trustee Scholars are typically in the top 3 percent of their high school classes—many with perfect 4.0 grade point averages. Their average score on the SAT I: Reasoning Test is 1517, on the SAT II: Writing Test is 770, and the ACT average score is 33. Trustee Scholars had a high school GPA of 3.90. Further information is available in the Career Resource Center or by visiting: - http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/scholar_trustee.html |
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Drexel University High School screenwriting@drexel.edu
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| Office
of Secretary of the State The Secretary of the State is sponsoring the annual Excellence in Citizenship Award for twelfth grade students. This award recognizes outstanding young people in our state who are active participants in the life of their community and their school. Through the Excellence in Citizenship Award program, one-twelfth grade student from each participating school is recognized for active participation in civic community activities, good scholarship and school involvement. We also select one award-winning student per congressional district to receive a $250.00 scholarship. This selection will be based on the nominating documentation received. Criteria: The following specific criteria apply:
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| Quinnipiac University
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is a student-run business organization on Quinnipiac University’s campus. SIFE is community-service oriented and works on various projects throughout the school year to benefit Quinnipiac’s student community, as well as the surrounding community. We are offering a Quinnipiac University Students In Free Enterprise Scholarship to high school seniors interested in going into business in college. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must complete an application and essay, be a senior in high school applying to college, and interested in business. The winner will receive a $500 scholarship to be put towards their college career. The first and second runner-ups will receive a $100 and $50 gift card to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. The application and essay must be received by December 11. For any questions or to find out more information on SIFE, please visit www.qusife.org or contact Laura Vander Veer, President of Students in Free Enterprise, at (201) 280-6550. |
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| Wal-Mart/Sam's
Club Foundation Each operating Wal-Mart Store and SAM'S CLUB is eligible to award two $1,000 scholarships to qualifying local high school seniors. Students must be graduating high school seniors and must not be an Associate of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., or be the child/dependent of an Associate of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. This award is used for the student's freshman year tuition, books, fees and on-campus room and board at an approved, accredited U.S. college or university. As many as 6,000 of these awards may be given during the upcoming year to graduating high school seniors and is limited to those students with no affiliation to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. All local winners will automatically be entered into a state competition for a chance to win an additional $4,000 scholarship, for a total award of $5,000. All state winners will then be automatically entered into a national competition for a chance to win an additional $20,000 scholarship, for a total scholarship award of $25,000! Additional information, requirements and application, is listed on-line at www.scholarshipadministrators.net.
APPLICATIONS: Send cover page and all required documents to: Students must obtain the local Wal-Mart/SAM'S CLUB 4-digit location number to access this site. That number may be obtained from any Associate at that location. (Example: Store # 0001)
Only one application per person will be accepted. Persons applying with the location number of more than one Wal-Mart Store or SAM'S CLUB location will be disqualified. |
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Hitachi
Yoshiyama Award This Award recognizes exemplary service and community involvement rather
than academic achievement. It is NOT a scholarship program. Award selection is based upon the significance and extent of the nominee's
service to the community. The panel considers the relevance of these
activities to addressing profound community and societal problems.
Grade point averages, SAT scores, and school club memberships are not considered in the selection process. Hitachi Foundation: |
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| AFS Awards for Excellence and Congress-Bundestag Scholarships! AFS Mission
AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE Scholarship Awards for Excellence is AFS-USA’s premier merit-based scholarship program. More than $200,000 in full and partial scholarships will be awarded to students who best exhibit academic excellence (minimum 3.5 GPA on 4.0 scale or equivalent), leadership, and community service. The judging panel will be especially interested in applicants who not only meet the scholarship criteria, but best exhibit, through their activities, actions, or essays, what it means to be an ambassador. The next scholarships to be awarded can be applied toward any AFS program departing in the summer or fall of 2007 or winter of 2008. Students must be nominated by a high school teacher, principal, guidance counselor, or National Honor Society Advisor to be eligible. Nominations must be received by December 5, 2006. In total, we will award 120 scholarships for programs that take place in the summer or fall of 2007 or winter of 2008. Ten full-tuition scholarships will be awarded. The remaining scholarships will be either $2500 or $1000. This scholarship program is competitive. Last year AFS received over 1,400 nominations for the 120 scholarships. Interested in nominating a student? After discussing this opportunity with your outstanding student(s), print, complete, and submit this simple nomination form. Schools with 1,000 or fewer students are invited to nominate up to five students; schools with over 1,000 students may nominate up to 10. Click here to learn more Awards for Excellence Nominator Form Interested in being nominated? Print this nomination form and ask your high school teacher, principal, guidance counselor, or National Honor Society Advisor to complete and submit it. When we receive your valid nomination, we’ll send you all the information you need to complete the application process. Questions? Please contact an AFS Awards for Excellence Advisor at 1-800-AFS-INFO (select option 2) or email awardsforexcellence@afs.org. Congress-Bundestag Scholars Congress-Bundestag scholars experience German life firsthand. Living abroad, they will be immersed in a new culture and new surroundings every day. They will have an unequaled opportunity to develop new interests, explore new directions, and build self-confidence and self reliance. What is the selection process for CB students? 1. To participate in the 2007-2008 academic year program to Germany,
you must: If you are an educator or community leader, and you know of an outstanding student who meets the above prerequisites, please nominate the student by completing and mailing/faxing the Congress-Bundestag Nomination Form. Nomination forms are not required, but are highly encouraged. Though there is no deadline for the nomination forms, please do allow enough time for your nominees to complete the CB application by the December 16 postmark deadline. 2. If you meet these prerequisites, please mail a completed Congress-Bundestag application to us by the December 16, 2006 postmark deadline. You may request an application and return the completed forms to: AFS Sponsored Programs Advisor 3. Your written application will be reviewed. If you are selected as a semi-finalist, you will be asked to participate in group and individual interviews at a regional selection committee. 4. AFS-USA Winners will be selected in approximately mid-March. Applications
of winners will be forwarded to AFS Germany for approval and final confirmation.
Winners are selected based on: Please note: Applicants from all racial, economic, ethnic, religious, and social backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as are students with disabilities. |
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| The
National Television Academy THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY is committed to education as part of its larger mission of promoting excellence in broadcasting. Through scholarships programs and National Student Television, the Foundation of the National Television Academy is committed to inspiring the next generation of broadcast journalists, educating television viewers, and advancing television best practices. The Foundation of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
will award one $40,000 college scholarship to a high school student
planning to pursue a career in television or a related field. The
John Cannon Memorial Scholarship (PDF) (http://www.emmyonline.org/Applications/johncannonapp2006.pdf)
is open to any graduating high school senior planning to major in communications
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Rider University Categories:
All finalists will receive a Certificate of Honorable Mention. All winners will be considered for publication in Venture, Rider’s Literary magazine. Entries cannot be returned. Winners will be announced in April, 2008. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish to receive a list of winners. |
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Toyota Community Scholars
Program The Toyota Community
Scholars program awards 100 renewable scholarships valued at $10,000
and $20,000 over four years to outstanding high school seniors for
excellence in academics and for making meaningful service contributions
to their schools and their communities. The student identified as the nominee must:
Montville High School has been
invited to identify ONE student from the senior class as your nominee
in this year's competition. Any senior wishing to be nominated MUST see Dr. Phillips in the School Counseling Office by Friday, 12/14. |
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| AXA Achievement
Scholarship The AXA Achievement Scholarship in association with U.S. News & World Report provides $670,000 in annual scholarships to young people throughout the nation. Winners on the State and National levels State Winners National Winners Our scholarships winners are known as AXA Achievers. They are ethnically and economically diverse, but they share these qualities:
Some of the remarkable accomplishments of our AXA Achievers
include: setting up a food bank in their community; designing a curriculum
to get kids interested in science; founding a nonprofit organization
for young people that encourages community service and civic involvement.
Note: Employees, financial professionals or immediate family members of employees and financial professionals of AXA Group, U.S. News & World Report and Scholarship America or their affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible. AXA has joined with two outstanding organizations –Scholarship America and U.S. News & World Report – chosen because they represent the best in their fields. The AXA
Achievementsm Community Scholarship brings advice and access
to higher education into every community in which AXA has a presence.
Every AXA Advisors branch office nationwide will distribute up to ten
$2,000 scholarships to high school seniors who live and attend high
school in their area.
Selection of winners, known as AXA Achievers, will be made by our nonprofit partner, Scholarship America. AXA Achievers share these qualities: ambition and drive; determination to set and achieve goals; respect for themselves, family and community; and the ability to succeed in college. Local scholarships with a local impact The AXA Achievementsm
Community Scholarship Program brings advice and access to higher
education into every community in which AXA has a presence. Every AXA
Advisors' branch office nationwide distributes up to ten $2,000 scholarships
to high school seniors who live and attend high school in their area.
Selection of winners, known as AXA Achievers, is made
by our nonprofit partner, Scholarship America. An AXA Achiever must
demonstrate:
AXA Advisors, LLC | 100 First Stamford Place, 4th Floor,
Stamford, CT 06902
Phone: (203) 348-1000 | Branch Manager: Joseph Colombo Branch Web Site : http://www.stamford.axa-advisors.com/ Our Associates The AXA Foundation is the philanthropic arm of AXA Financial, directing the company's philanthropic and volunteer activities and working to improve the quality of life in communities across the country where AXA has a presence. AXA Achievement is a multi-faceted scholarship program, awarding more than $1.3 million a year in scholarships on the national and local levels. It includes: AXA Achievement Scholarship in association with U.S. News & World Report provides $670,000 in annual scholarships to youth throughout the nation. Fifty-two scholarship recipients, known as AXA Achievers, are selected — one from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. AXA Achievement Community Scholarship Program provides advice and access to young people and their parents, right in the local communities where AXA people live and work. National Scholarship Month takes place each May to celebrate the current level of scholarship support from the private sector, while at the same time calling for broader participation and renewed commitment. AXA is the Presenting Sponsor of National Scholarship Month. AXA Day of Service. Our annual, nationwide volunteer event involving AXA people in projects at nonprofit organizations that help youth achieve. Families of Freedom 2: Building Futures through Education. AXA Foundation funding is providing scholarships for financially impacted families in lower Manhattan who have lost businesses, jobs or income as a result of the September 11 attacks. AXA Family Scholarship provides scholarships for children of AXA employees and financial professionals. AXA Achievement FAQs. See the most frequently asked questions about AXA Achievement. Download Detailed information: Microsoft Document |
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| Hispanic
Scholarship Fund Various Scholarships Available - Check web site for details.
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Scholarship Fund
Download Application Now! (http://www.hsf.net/scholarship/programs/hs.php) High School Scholarship Program |
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| New London County Farm and Home Bureau, Inc. Scholarship Eligibility Requirements and Guidelines:
The completed application with all required materials
must be returned by December 15, 2001 to Secretary, New London County
Farm and Home Bureau, Inc., 160 Hebron Turnpike, Lebanon, CT 06354.
The winner will be notified in January. A check in the name of the winning candidate will be
sent directly to the college of choice to apply to second semester charges.
Criteria:
The following, not necessarily in order stated, will be taken into consideration in determining final selection.
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Historically
Black College Alumni, Inc. Bus departs New London HS The purpose of the tour is to promote higher education with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges & Universities. This program helps to inform students on the various options available to them after high school. Students must submit an application, school transcript and two letters of recommendation from a school administrator and complete an interview. The interview will be scheduled after all required documentation is received. Any high school student completing the application process is eligible. The college tour includes 3 mandatory workshops. Students who fail to attend these workshops may be disqualified from the tour.
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star Hotel accommodations Bus Application: http://www.geocities.com/hbca_nl/tourapplication2006.doc
Mail application and payment to HBCA, PO Box 1385, New
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| America's Connecticut Junior Miss Scholarship Program High school girls are eligible if they have never been married and are U.S. citizens. They are also required to be legal residents of the district or state they represent when participating in local and state finals. The young women must also be high school seniors for the school year in which the national finals are held. Contact your CT Jr. Miss Program State Chairman : |
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| All-Ink.com
College Scholarship Program Lending a hand.... for your future. Students who apply must be a United States citizen or permanent resident with a minimum 2.5 Grade Point Average. In addition, students applying are required to write a 50 to 200 word essay on who has had the greatest impact on your life, and a 50 to 200 word essay on what you hope to achieve in your personal and professional life after completing college. You can complete your application on-line. Just follow the steps below. Apply On-line: All applications must be submitted online at http://www.all-ink.com/scholarship.html
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| The
Anne Ford Scholarship
Deadline: 12/31 Annually The Anne Ford Scholarship is a $10,000 award given to a high school senior with an identified learning disability (LD) who is pursuing an undergraduate degree. The ideal candidate is a high school senior who has faced the challenges of having a learning disability; is committed to completing a college degree and setting career goals; has demonstrated perseverance; embraces new opportunities; has a well-rounded perspective shaped by experiences in school, in the community, and with family and friends; understands how LD affects his/her life and recognizes the importance of self-advocacy; believes in contributing to society in a way that increases the opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities; and will feel comfortable serving as a role model for others who struggle with LD. Eligibility and Selection Criteria The National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc. (NCLD) is seeking applicants for the Anne Ford Scholarship, which is available to students of high merit with an identified learning disability (LD) in public or private secondary schools. To be eligible for the Anne Ford Scholarship, an applicant must:
Students of minority background are encouraged to apply. Completed application
packet (including ALL application materials) should be sent to: Anne Ford Scholarship For further information contact: AFScholarship@ncld.org Please note, any materials submitted as part of the application process will not be returned. |
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| VFW
Military Family Scholarship The VFW's Military Family Scholarship program provides 25 $3,000 scholarships annually to VFW members who are currently serving in uniform or have been discharged within the 12 months before the December 31 deadline. The scholarships will be awarded to five members from each branch of service (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard) during the first quarter of the year following the deadline. Download the VFW Military Scholarship Program brochure for additional information. http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.leveld&did=3561 Questions regarding this program may be directed by e-mail to Swilson@vfw.org
or by calling VFW Military Family Scholarship | VFW National Headquarters For information on this and other VFW scholarship programs, visit the VFW National Website at: www.vfw.org |
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