Scholarship Information

Awesome 2-Day experience at USC for any student at NHS who is a past participant in the Duke TIP Talent Search/ Scholars Program or the Summer Scholar Adventure Series. Registration is Open NOW! Go to: http://saeu.sc.edu/adventures/duketip/index.html

·        Program Dates: November 5 and 6, 2011 or February 11 and 12, 2012 for two days of intensive academic study on the University's Columbia Campus.

  • Scholar Weekends are open to all students in grades 8 to 12 who have participated in the Duke TIP Talent Search or the summer 2011 Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series.

 

Deadline:  September 30, 2011 Smart Mouth Pizza Scholarship

 

Go to www.smartmouthpizza.com for more information and for the online application form.

 

Deadline:  October 2, 2011.   Wendy’s HS Heisman.

Do you play one or more sports and consider yourself involved and a leader in school and community?  Go to following website and see how to apply: www.wendysheisman.com.  Check out more eligibility details and apply online.

Deadline:  October 7, 2011.   AES Engineers scholarship

Go to following website and see how to apply: http://www.aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm.  Don’t have to major in engineering to apply.  Anyone can apply who will write a short essay response to one question on the site. 

 

Deadline:  October 30, 2011  Horatio Alger Scholarship.

$20,000! Eligibility: Senior with financial need AND who has worked through or overcome some adversity (struggle) like illness, death of parent, seriously negative situation. Willing to write about adversity.  Don’t delay.  Visit website to apply:  https://www.horatioalger.org//scholarships

The Teaching Fellows Application

Application window September 1 - December 1, 2011

Who should apply?  Any South Carolina high school senior interested in becoming a teacher

 How?  Apply online at www.cerra.org

Why?  Up to $24,000 in fellowship funds for college

Please review the attached information sheet.

Reference Form

Application Process

 

Deadline:  January 10, 2012  Gates Millennium Scholarship  

 

Big money and all four years! Don’t Wait!  It is a simple, but long application. 

Eligibility:  Financial Need; African American, Native American, Hispanic, or Asian ; citizen or legal permanent resident; GPA of 3.3 or above on 4.0 unweighted scale. Requires a recommender form and Dixon does Nominator form.  Get started soon! Go to online site: www.gmsp.org

 

Attention Juniors & Seniors,  are you Interested in Clemson, College of Charleston, or USC? Attend a free “Student Information Session” and hear about all three schools and talk with their admissions staff!  Visit the following website to register one week prior to the event you plan to attend.  www.sc.edu/admissions/sis.phph

ADVICE

Go to your Prospective College's Website, Click on their "Financial Aid" link and you'll see what institutional scholarships are offered at that college once you are accepted.

DEADLINE: N/A

For thousands of dollars in scholarship, fill out the student profile on the fastweb website.  Must have a working email address so that the Fastweb scholarship-search company can alert you about what scholarships you are eligible to apply for.

Apply online at www.fastweb.com

Palmetto LIFE 

(For a 4 yr. college) $5,000/yr.

 

·Graduate with cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale and be in the Top 30% of your class.

OR

·Graduate with cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale and have either 1180 on M/V section of SAT or 24 on ACT. 

·Renewable each year as long as you maintain an overall B average (the 3.0 avg. each year)

 

(For a 2 yr. college) $3,300/yr.

You must graduate with a cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale —that's all!

http://www.schomeeducatorsassociation.org/scholarship.php

See guidance for qualifications

Palmetto HOPE

(For a 4 yr. college only) $2,800 for First Year ONLY.

 

· Graduate with cumulative 3.0 GPA on 4.0 scale

· Awarded for the first year of attendance only, but if you maintain the 3.0

    GPA that first year and earn 30 credit hours, you will be eligible to

    receive LIFE

 http://www.schomeeducatorsassociation.org/scholarship.php

See guidance for qualifications

Palmetto FELLOWS

(For 4 yr. college only)  Up to $6,700 freshman year and up to $7,500 in sophomore, junior and senior year, not to exceed eight terms of full-time study (i.e. clock starts ticking when you begin and you have 4 years to complete a degree!)

 

· By December 15th  deadline, score at least a 1200 on the m/v sections of the SAT or 27 on the ACT by the November test administration.

· Earn a cumulative 3.5 GPA on the Uniform Grading Scale at the end of the junior year (may not be rounded).

· Rank in the top six percent of the class at the end of either the sophomore or junior year.

 

OR—Alternative Criteria (if you don't make top 6 % rank) Score at least 1400 on m/v sections of SAT or 32 on ACT by the November test administration; earn a cumulative 4.00 GPA at end of the junior year.

http://www.schomeeducatorsassociation.org/scholarship.php

See guidance for qualifications

Win a Scholarship!! Seniors, simply log onto www.discovercolleges.com to request information and be automatically entered in the in the $2,500 Scholarship drawing!! It's that simple to have a chance at $2,500 for college. 

ATTENTION!!! Senior Girls: Columbia College is a great school with terrific financial aid. Checkout the website for information about their $7500 grant you can apply for. Criteria: Combined SAT score of 1100 or Composite ACT of 24; GPA of 3.0 and rank in the top 30% of your class.

Washington Youth Tour

If your parents are an active member of Newberry Electric Coop, please see guidance for the paper application.

You could be eligible for a tour of Washington and a possible $2,500 scholarship for college sponsored by Newberry Electric Coop.

Ronald McDonald Charities Scholarship

Visit the following website for eligibility on the scholarship: www.rhmc.org

See details and apply NOW!!!

 

James F. Byrnes Scholarships of $3,250

Criteria- Seniors who has one or both parents decreased; SC resident and US Citizen; attending a 4 year college; SAT/ACT score; character and worth ethic; financial need.

Go to www.byrnesscholars.org to get application.

 


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