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Scholarships for Doing What You Love

Scholarships for Doing What You Love. Nancy McIntyre FIRST Senior Mentor. Make this Poster Visible to Students. Post in Math Room Post in Science Classrooms Post in Team Workspace Post in Guidance Office Post in Cafeteria Post in Activities Office Post in Computer Lab .

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Scholarships for Doing What You Love

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  1. Scholarships for Doing What You Love Nancy McIntyre FIRST Senior Mentor

  2. Make this Poster Visible to Students • Post in Math Room • Postin Science Classrooms • Postin Team Workspace • Postin Guidance Office • Postin Cafeteria • Postin Activities Office • Post in Computer Lab

  3. Welcome to the FIRSTScholarship Program • Many colleges and universities, professional associations, and corporations offer college scholarships to high school students on FIRST teams. This is official recognition of the knowledge and technical and life skills these students have gained from participating in a FIRST competition.  For 2011, over 128 scholarship providers are making available over 853 individual scholarship opportunities with a total value of over $14 Million!

  4. FIRST Scholarships: • Vary from one-time awards of $1,000 to full four-year tuition (estimated at $153,000)
  Are typically merit-based and cover a broad range of scholastic abilities
  May be for STEM majors (60%); or for any course of study (40%)
  Are usually for use at a specific college/university, but a few can be used at any school
  Each have their own eligibility requirements, deadline dates, and application procedures

  5. What types of scholarships are available? There are scholarships specifically for engineering, computer science, technology, science, or math, and many others that can be applied to any course of study.  Most scholarships are for academic achievements, but some are for financial need and others simply for participation on a FIRST team.  There are plenty of scholarship opportunities for all students to consider.

  6. New Scholarships for 2011: • Clemson University (Clemson, SC) – four scholarships of $2,500/year renewable up to $10,000 for any major in the College of Engineering and Science.  (Due 3/1/11) • College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME) – four scholarships of $10,000/year renewable up to $40,000 for any enrolled FIRST participant majoring in any course of study. (Due 2/15/11) • Eastern Washington University (Cheney, WA) – fifteen scholarships of $2,000/year up to $4,000 for Washington state residents studying engineering, technology, math, or computer science. (Due 8/31/11) • Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) – one non-renewable scholarship of $1,500 for the study of Computer Science or Computer Engineering.  (Due 1/15/11) • American Petroleum Institute – Delta Chapter (LA) – one non-renewable scholarship for $1,500 to a student participating in the FIRST Bayou Regional who will be studying any degree pertaining to oil and gas industry at any college.  (Due 3/15/11)

  7. Approaching Deadlines • Seniors:Note that the following schools have deadlines coming up soon: • University of Southern California (Dec 1) • University of Texas-Austin (Dec 1) • Teradata Corporation (Dec 10)

  8. Juniors:Note that the following schools offer scholarships to Juniors: • College of Southern Maryland • Eastern Washington University • ITT Technical Institute • Lawrence Technological University • Polytechnic University • QuestBridge • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/BAE Systems • Virginia Tech/BAE Systems  (***only for Junior women***)

  9. For Girls Only

  10. What to ask at the college fair • All Students:  When talking to school representatives at colleges or college fairs, ask if they offer a FIRST Scholarship.  If they don’t, tell them about FIRST and why they should be trying to attract FIRST students by offering a FIRST Scholarship!

  11. Team Main Contact: • Please help get FIRST Scholarship information into the hands of students, parents and guidance counselors.  There are additional materials to help you do this on the FIRST Scholarship Resources webpage at: 
http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=15411.  Check it out! • Please use the FRC TIMS system to enter contact information for a Scholarship Contact (team member who will help promote college and scholarship awareness to students) and/or Guidance Counselor.  FIRST will periodically send them special information about FIRST Scholarships.

  12. 20 California Scholarships

  13. More Scholarships

  14. More CA Scholarships

  15. More CA Scholarships

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  17. More CA Scholarships

  18. More Local Scholarships

  19. For Additional Information Visit the FIRST Website at www.usfirst.org You are also welcome to ask me any questions; Nancy McIntyre nmcintyre@chaminade.org

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