Are you getting a complete college experience? Scholarships: Part of a Complete College Experience. By Amanda Skorich

1. Are you
getting a
complete college
experience?
Scholarships:
Part of a Complete College Experience

2. Scholarships are part of a
complete college experience!
Work Study
Loans Individual
Contribution
SCHOLARSHIPS
Grants
FAFSA

3. Thanks Dad….

4. What is a Scholarship?
 True:
 A check for college that you don’t have to pay back!
 True:
 A Reward for Excellence!
 True:
 A Scholarship Committee Investing in your Future!
 False:
 To submit an application you must pay.
 False:
 You should be extremely discouraged if you don’t receive every scholarship
you apply for.
 False:
 You should lie to fit the criteria because you will have a better chance at
receiving it.

5. Fresh, better than frozen!
 2 year tuition freeze in MnSCU
 Don’t freeze your chances at a scholarship too!
 Keep your scholarship application skills fresh and
apply, apply, apply!

6. Scholarships are more than
good, they’re great!
 About 20 million Americans attend college
each year
 Close to 12 million borrow money to help
pay
 The average student loan debt for the class
of 2011 was $26,600
 Make your number smaller than $26,600 with
scholarships!!!
Found in the Project on Student Debt and the Chronicle of Higher
Education

7. You don’t need a 4.0 to get
a scholarship!
 Scholarships are based off of all these factors about you:
 Activities/ Clubs you are involved in on your campus and
community
 Occupation you would like to enter
 Subject areas you excel at/favorites
 Honors/Awards/Special Recognitions
 Cumulative GPA
 Your positive qualities and strengths
 People who could write letters of recommendation
 People who could proof your application

8. Imagine Your Favorite Part
of the Pyramid

9. Your Cookbook of
Scholarships
 Who are we?
 LEADERS!
 MSCSA Leadership Scholarship
 McCormick Leadership Scholarship
 Penny Fellowship
 Penny Scholarship
 SFM Foundation Scholarship
 www.fastweb.com
 www.scholarshipamerica.org
 www.mscsa.org/scholarship
 www.msusa.org

10. MSCSA Leadership
Scholarship
 Awards happen twice a year, once a semester
 Available to MnSCU Students only
 Governing Council and Cabinet Cannot Apply
 Platform Committee CAN Apply
 Minimum GPA of 3.0
 MSCSA Scholarship Board makes final decision
 Apply again and again!
 Online Application!
 www.mscsa.org

11. McCormick Leadership
Scholarship
 Was created to honor the work of Chancellor
James and Dr. Maryan McCormick
 MSCSA Scholarship Board makes final decision
based on the top scoring candidate of MSCSA
Leadership Scholarship
 Most qualifications are the same as the MSCSA
Leadership Scholarship
 Graduate students may apply

12. SFM Foundation Scholarship
 Available to Minnesota students
whose parent has been severely
injured or killed on the job
 Each scholarship is for up to $5,000
per year
for up to five years
 For students pursuing a degree
from a two-year or four-year
college, university or technical
school
 Applicants must demonstrate
financial need
 Application deadline – Mar. 31,
2013
 To learn more
 sfm-foundation.org
 facebook.com/sfm.foundation
 twitter.com/sfmfoundation
 Email info@sfm-foundation.org
 Call (800) 937-1181 ext. 4323

13. Scholarship Week
September 23-27 2013
 Table Tents
 Scholarship Guides
 Stickers- Support Heart Healthy Decisions!
 Other ways:
 Advertise!
 Table!
 Class Raps!
 Social Media!

14. Pick up your Guide to a
Complete College
Experience TODAY!
 Scholarship Guides
 Table Tents
 Online Scholarship Application
 You don’t have to hand out paper
applications anymore!
 Scholarship Sign Up Sheets
 Stickers- I <3 SCHOLARSHIPS

15. Questions?
 Amanda Skorich
 Director of Development
 MSCSA
 651-203-9462
 askorich@mscsa.org
 1515 Robert St. So.
West Saint Paul, MN 55118

16. Scholarships are part of a
complete college
experience.