THV Scholarship
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Award: $1000 – $1000
Deadline: February 12.
To encourage Windham county residents to seek education after high school and to contribute fully to freedom, peace, and social understanding throughout the world, beginning in their own homes and communities. Qualifications: Applicants must be reside in Windham County or in the towns of Readsboro or Searsburg in Bennington County (preference given to residents of the Deerfield Valley towns of Dover, Halifax, Readsboro, Searsburg, Whitingham, and Wilmington who are first-generation college-bound, and/or nontraditional students); seek a certificate or undergraduate degree; demonstrate financial need; demonstrate school/community involvement; students attending (or planning to attend) a college, university or training program within the United States or Canada who are: - United States citizens; must - Vermont residents. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on financial need, essay, and recommendation letter. How to apply: Applicants must submit online application form; should include: federal Student Aid (FAFSA); transcript; other required documents: should be submitted on a separate sheet of paper; recommendation letters: recommendation letter must be written by the individual designated by the applicant, be on official letterhead (school, business, college, organization, etc.), and/or be physically signed by the individual who wrote the letter; letters not signed or not on official letterhead cannot be authenticated; non-relative: letter must be from someone who is not related to the applicant for example, a counselor, guidance director, academic advisor, teacher, professor, principal, academic dean, employer, business leader, neighbor, or family friend; letter must address the applicant’s: achievements/strengths, talent/potential for success, community/school involvement, character/initiative/leadership, commitment to completing their education beyond high school, commitment to their chosen career/field of study, education/work ethic; essays: each essay must be written by the applicant and should include the applicant’s name and last four digits of their social security number at the top; general essay: commitment/goals; financial need; community service; uniqueness (minimum 250 words). Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.