Greatland Investment Scholarship

I. Purpose To assist and encourage students of Vietnamese descent to excel in scholastic achievement, leadership qualities, and community involvement, especially to those who have significant financial need. II. Outlines Greatland Investment Scholarship Foundation will award $500.00 scholarship to graduating high school students who maintain a minimum of 3.0 GPA, and have significant financial need. Applicants will be evaluated by their scholastic achievements, leader ship qualities, community involvement, writing proficiency, and a personal interview for semi-finalists. III. Qualification 1. Student of Vietnamese descent who is residing in the Greater Houston Metropolitan area, and is graduating from an accredited high school or secondary school in June 2013. 2. Enroll as full time undergraduate studies in an accredited college, university, or an institution of higher learning in the United States in the Fall of 2013. 3. Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria: Financial Aid Award Scholastic 30% Leadership 10% Essay 10% Financial need 50% Semi-finalists will be selected from the pool of applicants for a mandatory personal interview with Greatland Investment, Inc., and SCL Realty Investment Group. Criteria for granting the awards will be 70% from the written application, and 30% from interview. Winners will be notified by mail, and the awards will be presented in the 17th Annual Vietnamese-American Youth Excellence Recognition Program on August 4th, 2013. The grading scale for uniformity would be as follows, and should be holistic: Scholastic GPA AP Courses SAT/ACT scores *** note: consider also non-school associations/org. Leadership Organization participate Essay Cohesiveness of ideas Command of language Deadline: July 19th, 2013 Please submit your essay and the Greatland Invesment scholarship application (attached below) to either scholarship@vcsa.org or the below address: VCSA ATTN: 2013 VVDV Scholarship Committee 4615 Belle Park Dr., Houston, TX 77072