Common Scholarship Application

2010 Application For Traditional Students (Description & Conflict of Interest Statement) 

• Application checklist

• Requirement 1 - College Cost Estimator

  • College Cost Estimator Information
  • Download College Cost Estimator form (www.collegecosts.com)
  • Download and complete Community Foundation Release form
  • If you already have a College Cost Estimator on file at the National Center for College Costs, please indicate that in your application

• Requirement 2 - Biographical Information

  • Download and complete as an MS Word doc.
  • DO not use the return key on this form, only use the tab key to move from box to box.

• Requirement 3 - Activities and Interests Information

• Review sample résumé
• Create your own résumé
• Requirement 4 - Other Financial Factors
• Answer pertinent questions
• • Use (Font-Arial, Size 10pt; single-spaced).
  • Be sure to title the page with your name and address and restate each question you are answering.

• Requirement 5 - Essay Questions

  • Review essay question(s) that apply to scholarship(s) for which you are applying
  • Respond to the essay question(s) in 250 words or less
  • Type your essays on a separate sheet of paper (Font-Arial; Size 10pt; single spaced).
  • Be sure to title your paper with your name and address and restate each question you are answering.

• Requirement 6 - Student Agreement

  • Download and complete as an MS Word doc.
  • Initial scholarships for which you are applying (Remember to use tab key to move between form fields)
  • Sign and date form

• Requirement 7 - Guidance Counselor Report

  • Download and complete as an MS Word doc.
  • Fill in your name and last four digits of your social security number
  • Print and give form to your guidance counselor (please give them at least two weeks to complete this form

• Requirement 8 - Teacher or Other Adult Recommendation

• Download and complete as an MS Word doc.
• Fill in your name and last four digits of your social security number
• Print and give form to person you have asked to provide a reference (please give him or her at least two weeks to provide an adequate reference)

2010 Application for Non-Traditional Students