Scholarships in College Senior

Women of Western Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 5

Applicant must have a minimum 3.5 GPA. Selection is based upon academic ability, financial need, and leadership.

 

American Association of University Women Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must have a minimum 3.5 GPA. Selection is based upon financial need.

 

Western Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: April 5

Applicant must have a minimum 3.5 GPA. Selection is based upon academic achievement and financial need.

 

Talitha E. Carleton Memorial Scholarship

Award: $900, Deadline: April 5

Applicant must have a minimum 3.5 GPA.

 

Patricia Swenson Scholarship

Award: $600, Deadline: April 5

Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Selection is based upon academic achievement and financial need.

 

Kaiser-Borsari Educational Foundation Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 5

Selection is based upon financial need.

 

Winds Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: April 5

Audition required.

 

Arthur Hicks Piano Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: April 5

Audition required.

 

Air Force ROTC Scholarship

Award: $18,600, Deadline: None

Applicant must meet requirements of Crosstown ROTC program through the U of Memphis. Recipients are eligible to receive Rhodes Coll grants.

 

Grace Walsh Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: February 1

 

New England Regional Student Program

Award: $7,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a resident of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont who is enrolled or plans to enroll in a major program at a New England public college or university that is not offered by a public university in applicant's home state.

 

Dean's Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must have a minimum combined SAT I score of 1000 and a minimum 3.0 GPA.

 

Out-of-State Grant

Award: $4,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must reside in a state other than Georgia and have a minimum 3.0 GPA.

 

Piedmont Incentive Grant

Award: $2,200, Deadline: None

Applicant must demonstrate financial need.

 

Search for Excellence Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must rank in top tenth of class or have a minimum combined SAT I score of 1170.

 

Governor's Merit (Governor's School for Excellence) Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must rank in top tenth of class, have a minimum combined SAT I score of 1170, and provide documentation of being a Governor's School for Excellence participant.

 

Hugh O'Brien Youth (HOBY) Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must rank in top tenth of class, have minimum combined SAT I score of 1170, and provide documentation of being a Hugh O'Brien Youth Conference participant.

 

Board of Governor's Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must demonstrate academic excellence. Award is for full in-state tuition costs.

 

Leo Ascher Music Award

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be an undergraduate music major who has developed a musical composition based on one of Leo Ascher's original themes. Selection is based on quality of composition.

 

Transfer Scholarship

Award: $6,000, Deadline: February 1 (Priority)

Applicant must have completed at least 12 college credits after graduating from high school and have a minimum 2.75 GPA.

 

Gene E. Carpenter Football Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must play football and be established as an outstanding player and have maintained a satisfactory academic standing.

 

Transfer Scholarship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be transferring from any accredited college or university with a minimum of 18 semester hours and a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA.

 

Alumni Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 15 (Priority)

Applicant must be recommended by alumni/ae.

 

Boys State/Girls State Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 15 (Priority)

Applicant must have participated in Boys State/Girls State.

 

Board of Trustees Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 15 (Priority)

Applicant must be recommended by a Board of Trustees member.

 

Valedictorian Scholarship

Award: $300, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be the valedictorian of his or her graduating class and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.

 

Ruth Roach Leadership Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must demonstrate academic achievement, civic involvement, extracurricular activities involvement, and talent. Essay, nomination, and letters of recommendation required.

 

District Without Invitation Fine Arts Merit Scholarship

Award: $400, Deadline: September 1

Applicant must receive a superior rating. If the superior rating is achieved at the district level, an audition is required.

 

Fine Arts Departmental Music/Drama Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must plan to minor in music or drama. Audition required.

 

MAPS Scholarship

Award: $400, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must participate in MAPS. Verification from coordinator of length of participation required.