Financial Education Scholarship Opportunity Now Open
The Center for Smart Financial Choices is offering four different scholarships this year for current high school seniors and adult students pursuing a technical, vocational, associate’s or first bachelor’s degree for the 2017-2018 academic year. Please review the requirements and deadlines on this page and then complete the attached application.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
- Youth Scholarship (high school seniors)
- Two $1,000 awards
- Adult Scholarship
- One $2,000 award
- Hispanic/Latino Scholarship (Youth or Adult)
- One $2,000 award
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Be enrolled or accepted as a full-time student in an accredited college or university
- Have an unweighted GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Attend two financial education classes offered by CFSFC and complete 500-word essay in response to classes
DEADLINE REQUIREMENTS
- NO LATER THAN March 1st, 2017
- Complete the CFSFC 2017 Scholarship Opportunity form and return it with $15 membership fee to the Center for Smart Financial Choices
- NO LATER THAN March 31st, 2017
- Complete two financial education classes offered by CFSFC and submit essay in response to financial education classes (essay topics will be given during the classes)
- Submit official transcript of grades for 2016-2017 school year
- Submit college acceptance letter
- Submit summary of achievements
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
- Scholarship winners will be announced on the evening of April 18th during our annual “Wish I Learned that in School” fundraising event. We invite all applicants and their friends and families to join us at this celebration!
Please direct any further questions to Leslie Moser at [email protected] or .
Help us continue the scholarship program by donating to our scholarship fund!