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Scholarship criteria usually reflect the values and goals of the donor of the award, and while scholarship recipients are not required to repay scholarships, the awards may require that the recipient continue to meet certain requirements during their period of support, such as maintaining a minimum grade point average or engaging in a certain ...
Notoriously complicated and confusing, financial aid award letters are now arriving in students' mailboxes. To read them, students should take advantage of available tools, create a spreadsheet to ...
The NMSC uses the PSAT/NMSQT as the initial screen of over 1.5 million program entrants. In the spring of the junior year, NMSC determines a national Selection Index qualifying score (critical reading + math + writing skills scores all multiplied by two) for "Commended" recognition, which is calculated each year to yield students at about the 96th percentile (top 50,000 highest scorers).
A dean's list is an academic award, or distinction, used to recognize the highest level scholarship demonstrated by students in a college or university.This system is most often used in North America, [1] [2] though institutions in Europe, [3] Asia, [4] and Australia [5] may also employ similar measures.
The federal financial aid form looks different in the 2024-25 school year. Here's what college students and parents need to know about the new FAFSA.
To be eligible, applicants must provide a signed working contract with a domestic host, in addition to other required documents such as diplomas, publication records, and recommendation letters. There will be 50 recipients selected each year, and each recipient will receive a $10,000 cash prize and a certificate.
Candidates are notified of eligibility, and if interested in being considered for the scholarship, must submit an essay, self-assessments, high school reports, and transcripts. They are evaluated on their academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and an analysis of their essay. 500 students are chosen as ...
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", [a] is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are ...