Scholarship Requirements and Criteria
Jefferson and Lewis County Students
Freshman
Applicants: High
School Seniors for the Freshman Year
Selection Criteria
Selection
is based on Scholarship America criteria.
Regents
Scores |
SAT
or
ACT Scores |
Rank
in
Class |
Personal
Data
& Essay |
Applicant
Appraisals |
30% |
30% |
10% |
20% |
10% |
- Regents scores,
SAT or ACT scores, rank in class, applicant appraisals, personal
data and the essay are combined by computer to produce
a numerical ranking for each freshman scholarship program.
- Scholarship
selections are made on the basis of this ranking.
- Interviews
may be required when there is no appreciable difference in scores.
- Students who
will be attending technical schools are eligible to apply.
- Amount
of award is based on unmet financial need as
determined by your
college.
- Students
selected for a freshman scholarship who have no unmet financial
need will receive a one-time merit award of $500.
Junior
Applicants: College
Sophomores for the Junior Year
- Must have a
3.00 GPA or better to apply (Transcript required).
- Selection
will be based on GPA, personal data, applicant appraisal and
essay.
- Interviews
may be required.
- Amount
of award is based on unmet financial need as determined by your college.
- Students
selected for a junior scholarship who have no unmet financial
need will receive a one-time merit award of $500.
Non-Traditional
Students: For any year in
college or technical school
- High school
or college transcripts will be required.
- Interviews
will be required.
- Selection will
be based on educational objectives, ability to meet them and
financial need.
- Amount of award
is based on financial need.
All of the
above applicants
must be full time undergraduate students (12 credits per semester) and residents of Jefferson or Lewis
Counties.
North Pleasant Street, Watertown
Scholarship Applicants:
- The applicant
must currently reside on North Pleasant Street, Watertown and the applicant's
family must have resided on North Pleasant Street for at least five
years.
- Applicants can
be entering any year of full-time undergraduate study (12 credits per
semester).
St. Lawrence County Applicants: High
School Seniors for the Freshman Year
- Applicants must
be students in the following school districts:
Canton, Clifton-Fine, Colton-Pierrepont, Edwards-Knox, Gouverneur,
Hammond, Harrisville, Hermon-DeKalb, Heuvelton, Lisbon, Morristown,
Ogdensburg, Potsdam.
- Applications
will be accepted from high school seniors who will be full-time
college freshmen (12 credits per semester).
- Students who
will be attending technical schools are eligible to apply.
- Selection is
based on academic criteria and personal data as listed above.
- Amount
of one-year award (up to $2,000) is based on unmet financial need
as determined by your college.
- Students
selected for a freshman scholarship who have no unmet financial
need will receive a one-time merit award of $500.
Rotary Purple Heart Scholarship
Applicants:
- Applicants (or
their dependents - spouse or child) must provide documentation of a
Purple Heart Award.
- Applicants must
be residents of Jefferson, Lewis or St. Lawrence County.
- Applicants can
be entering any year of full-time undergraduate study (12 credits per
semester).
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