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The Emerging Scholars Award $1000
The Emerging Scholars Program will award $1,000 scholarships to high-achieving high school seniors who plan to enroll at an accredited university or community college.
Key Dates:
- Application Opens: December 20, 2011
- Application Closes: April 8, 2012
- Notification Date: April 23, 2012
Eligibility
- Students must be a current high school senior and have a 3.5 or higher GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
- Students must also have scored in the top 20 percent for ACT and/orSAT (a score of 25 or higher for ACT and 1780 or higher for SAT)
- All applications must be accompanied by one letter of recommendation
Please Note
- Providing additional information outside of what is asked will not help in the selection process for the scholarship
- All checks will be disbursed directly to your school
- Essay responses may be used by NSCS for various purposes
- If selected, necessary information must be received by NSCS within two weeks of notification date or scholarship will be forfeited
Apply for The Emerging Scholars Award:
To apply for The Emerging Scholars Award you will need to submit the following items in a single email:
- Application
- Recommendation form
- Copy of transcript
- Copy of ACT and/or SAT score
Please send all items to EmergingScholars@nscs.org no later than April 8, 2012.
- Please click here to download the application form
- Please click here to download the recommendation form
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