Scholarship Requirements and Criteria

Jefferson and Lewis County Students

Freshman Applicants: High School Seniors for the Freshman Year

Selection Criteria

• Regents scores, SAT or ACT scores, cumulative GPA, rank in class, personal data and essay scores, and applicant appraisals are entered into a database to produce a numerical ranking of all freshman applicants.
• 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.

Non-Traditional Students: For any year in college or technical school, full or part-time

• 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.

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.

St. Lawrence County Applicants: High School Seniors for the Freshman Year

• Applicants must be students in the following school districts:
  Canton, Colton-Pierrepont, Edwards-Knox, Gouverneur, Hammond, Harrisville, Hermon-DeKalb, Heuvelton, Lisbon, Madrid-Waddington, Massena, Morristown, Norwood-Norfolk, Ogdensburg, Parishville-Hopkinton, Potsdam or St. Lawrence Central.
• 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).