Unit 6 Paying for College

Scholarship Search
Directions: Complete the following to identify potential scholarships you could apply for to fund your higher education.
1. Identify at least 5 characteristics about you or your family, extra-curricular activities and higher education plans that may be
eligibility factors when you research scholarships.
-GPA
-ACT
-Soccer
-NHS
-Volleyball
2. Identify at least 5 scholarships that you are eligible to apply for and complete the table below. Use a variety of resources to find
the scholarships.

Possible
Scholarships

Who
Sponsors
It

Website or Contact
Information

Burger King
Scholars
Program

Burger King Contact the BURGER KING

Scholars portal administrator
by email or by phone at 1507-931-1682.

Eligibility

Amount

Application
Deadline

Recipients are selected based on

their grade point average, work
experience, extracurricular
activities and/or community
service.

Scholarship
grants range
from $1,000
to $50,000

December 10,
2014

WORLD
Mediacom
CLASS
MEDIACOM
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM

Questions may be sent to

scholarship@mediacomcc.c
om

Academic : (GPA) and class

ranking.
Leadership:self-reliance, initiative
and creative ability in school and
out, as reflected in the applicants
personal essay.

1,000

February 16, 2015

Ascentra Credit
Union
Scholarship

https://www.ascentra.org/res
ources/ascentra-scholarshipcompetition

Entrants are required to write an

essay of approximately 500 words
on the topic:

Five $1,000
scholarships
for high
school

March 2, 2015

Ascentra
Credit
Union

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B. DAVIS
B.Davis
SCHOLARSHIP

Ronald
McDonald
McDonalds
House Charities
Scholarships

awards@studentawardsearc
h.com

http://www.rmhc.org/rmhcus-scholarships

How do you plan on using your

education to improve your
community?
This scholarship is available to all
high school junior and seniors.
Application Procedure: To apply
for this scholarship you will need to
write an essay of less than 1000
words on the topic: Discuss, in
less than 1000 words, what you
consider to be the single most
important societal problem of our
day? Why?
Be a high school senior
Be younger than 21 years old
Be eligible to attend a two- or fouryear college, university or technical
school with a full course of study
Be a legal U.S. resident
Live in a participating RMHC
Chapter's geographic area
Submit a complete application and
all required documentation by the
deadline of the application
Meet any additional eligibility
requirements outlined by each
scholarship program
Provide verification of enrollment
each year at respective accredited
post-secondary institution

students
planning to
enter college
$1,000

May 25, 2015

$1,000

January 20, 2015

3. After completing the table, what are three things you can do to be eligible for as many scholarships as possible?
-Volunteer more
-Take the ACT again
-Bump up my GPA