Scholarship Information

Merritt Island Rotary Club Scholarship Application

Award Amounts: Three (3) $1,000 ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS will be awarded as follows: Applicants must be graduating seniors and will be selected from Merritt Island High School, Edgewood High School, and Merritt Island Christian School.

Eligibility: To be eligible for this scholarship, the student must have been accepted into a four-year, degree-granting program at an accredited college or university or a two-year program at an accredited junior college at the time of the award.

Qualification: To qualify the student should be:

a person with a broad range of interests encompassing a good academic record, participation in a variety of school activities, and involvement in community or charitable service;
an individual who has a knowledge of Rotary and has demonstrated a belief in the work ethic through work experience;
a self-motivated person who has established goals and objectives with the proven ability to meet or exceed those targets.

Requirements: Candidates must complete the application to confirm their eligibility qualifications, highlight the candidate's qualifications, discuss his or her educational and career goals in light of Rotary's motto of "Service Above Self', and describes why he or she should receive this scholarship. Candidates may be interviewed by the Scholarship Committee of the Merritt Island Rotary Club.

Please include the following with your application:

Certified copy of your high school transcript.
Letters of recommendation from two teachers at your high school.
Evidence from your school Guidance Department indicating class rank.
A copy of your SAT/ACT scores.
Please enclose copy of your Student Aid Report (SAR).

Applications are due by February 28

Candidates for a ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP may be interviewed by the Scholarship Committee of the Merritt Island Rotary Club.

Merritt Island Rotary Scholarship Application

First name

Last name

Multi-line address

Country/Region

Address

City

Zip / Postal code

Phone

Current School

Names of Colleges/Universities where you have been accepted:

What is your planned field of academic study and what are your career goals?

Please describe the most significant community or charitable service project that you have participated in during your high school years, including groups connected with religious organizations. Please describe the project and your role in it.

Please describe your involvement with an extra-curricular activity at your high school, your role in this activity, and why it was meaningful to you.

Have you worked for pay, either during the school year or during summer vacation? If so, please explain the job that was the most meaningful to you and why.

Have you received any academic awards or attained any scholastic achievements including honor roll? If so, please list the one that is the most important to you and explain the basis on which you won it.

For your first year of college, please estimate the cost for:

Tuition

Room

Board

Materials

How do you plan to pay for your first year of college?

Contribution from you and your family

Scholarships you have been awarded

Additional

Describe an important program or project that a local Rotary Club and/or Rotary International is involved in and why you feel it is important:

Please include as much of the following as possible with your application:

Certified copy of your high school transcript.
Letters of recommendation from two teachers at your high school.
Evidence from your school Guidance Department indicating class rank.
A copy of your SAT/ACT scores.
Evidence demonstrating financial need. Please enclose copy of your Student Aid Report (SAR).
A copy of your favorite college essay you wrote.

You may add up to 10 documents, images or videos.

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