Alejandro Antonio "Tony" Balboa Memorial Scholarship
Coastal Bend Community Foundation
Deadline: March 1.
To assist Alice High School graduating seniors planning to pursue degrees in medical fields. Qualifications: Applicants must be a senior enrolled in Alice High School; reside in Jim Wells County; have a minimum GPA of 90% on 100% scale; plan to pursue a degree in the medical field; be from a family with at least one parent employed; demonstrate financial need and community service; enroll full-time at an accredited college or university in the United States; maintain a college GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale to continue receiving the award; only to students who graduated from a high school in one of the counties in the CBCF Service Area: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee criteria; selected based on the availability of funds and the competitiveness of the applicant pool for each scholarship. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; the following documents into applicants scholarship application: current official transcript from applicants school registrar; school will not provide applicants with an official transcript (CCISD) applicants must an unofficial transcript from the registrar; do not mail applicants transcript to the CBCF office; it will not be accepted and applicants application will not be considered; applicants will need to applicants transcript from the registrar, scan it into a computer, as a pdf, and it directly into the scholarship application; do not submit the transcript applicants see on applicants student portal; this is not an official transcript. applicants must request one from applicants registrar; ACT/SAT Score reports (encouraged but not required); most recent FAFSA Student Aid Report (all pages) if applicants wish to be considered for need-based scholarships; one letter of recommendation; two essays. Focus: Health sciences; Medicine; Nursing.