Senior Scholarship Instructions

From the Senior Scholarship Meeting

Below are instructions for the General Scholarship Application Process, if you have additional questions please reach out to your counselor or Ms. Kiamie in the guidance office.

There are TWO types of scholarships: General and Community. You will find links to both on the Scholarship Database.

The General Scholarships are held by the school and decided upon by a school-appointed committee. These are the ONLY ones you bring to the guidance office by the due date, April 27th! There is one application for these. Two General Scholarships (Miriam Congdon and Evelyn Maglathlin) require additional details and separate packets of info.
The Community Scholarships are offered by different local organizations with varying deadlines and submission requirements. We publicize these but are not affiliated with them. All have either links that will bring you to their scholarship portal to apply online, or a PDF attachment of the application that you can download.

READ THE CRITERIA CAREFULLY! While some organizations may have general criteria others will be very specific. It doesn’t hurt to apply to one that you may not exactly fit because there may not be anyone in your year that does! While some organizations may choose NOT to make awards if no one fits, others will look at other qualities and award a “closest fit” applicant.
Be sure your application includes ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS or include a note explaining WHY documents are missing. Some colleges do not release financial aid letters by the time your applications are due so you can’t include them. You MUST send them to the committee as soon as they do arrive!
FAFSAs must be included when requested. Include ONLY pages 1 & 2 containing the SAI, Student Aid Index! When applications ask for your Student Aid Index, don’t guess at this number. It is on your FAFSA Student Aid Report.
Download your COST OF ATTENDANCE from the school’s website and total the amount. Don’t make the scholarship committee do the math.
BE ORGANIZED. Submit your applications in a neat and professional manner making sure that everything is included and signed where needed.
DEADLINES!! Pay very close attention to these dates. Some will say “postmarked by . . .” which means exactly that, the postmark on the envelope MUST be that date or before, and others will say “received by . . .” which means IN THEIR HANDS BY! There are NO exceptions to these due dates.

We are all very fortunate to live on such a generous island that gives SO MUCH to our students. If you receive a gift of one of these scholarships, please take the time to let the organization know how much you appreciate it! Send a THANK YOU note! GOOD LUCK!

General Scholarship Application Checklist

YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE SEPARATE PACKETS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

In this order, please have the following documents....

Student Aid Report with SAI from FAFSA. Page 1 & 2 ONLY!
Financial Aid Letter from College (or prior year’s financial aid letter if current year is not available)
Cost of Attendance. (Downloaded from college website AND totaled)
Most recent transcript with GPA.

EVELYN MAGLATHLIN SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

In this order, please have the following documents...

General Scholarship Application Cover Sheet.
Cover letter specific to scholarship.
Student Aid Report with SAI from FAFSA. Page 1 & 2 ONLY!
Financial Aid Letter from College (or prior year’s financial aid letter if current year is not available).
Cost of attendance (downloaded from college website AND totaled).
Most recent transcript with GPA.
Resume.
2 Letters of recommendation from teachers/employers.
OPTIONAL: Letter of extenuating circumstances if there is a financial situation that is not accurately reflected in the other documents.

MIRIAM CONGDON SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION