Financial Aid...Scholarships

Financial Aid...Scholarships

Tech Prep, Partnership and SUCCESS Scholarships

Columbus State Community College offers scholarship programs to high school seniors: Tech Prep, Partnership and SUCCESS Scholarships. These programs are designed to provide merit-based financial aid to students who begin enrollment Autumn quarter and continue through Spring quarter. Recipients are selected as a result of a competitive process including a review of high school grades, extracurricular activities and personal statements.

The Tech Prep and Partnership scholarships may be renewed for a second year. Renewal is based upon funding availability, and academic performance during the student’s first year at CSCC. These scholarships are not transferable to other institutions.

All three use the same application.

Tech Prep Scholarship Program ($1500 Scholarship)

Applicants must attend a Heart of Ohio Tech Prep Consortium High School or Career Center and have successfully completed the Tech Prep curriculum as prescribed no later than the last day of the 2008-2009 academic year.
Students must be a graduating senior in the class of 2009 and have a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the fall semester of high school senior year.
Students must enroll in an Associate degree program at Columbus State.
Scholarship recipients must enroll fulltime during the 2009-2010 academic year at Columbus State.

Partnership Scholarship Program ($1500 Scholarship)

Attend a high school located in: Franklin, Delaware, Madison or Union counties, and be a graduating senior in the class of 2009.
Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the fall semester of high school senior year.
Scholarship recipients must enroll fulltime during the 2009-2010 academic year at Columbus State.
Applicant must meet CSCC’s in-state residency requirements for 2009-2010

SUCCESS Scholarship Program ($1000 Scholarship)

Must meet CSCC’s in-state residency requirements for 2009-2010.
Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.80 at the conclusion of the fall semester of high school senior year (class of 2009) OR a minimum ACT score of 23.
Scholarship recipients must enroll fulltime during the 2009-2010 academic year at Columbus State.

Application Instructions

Please complete the 2009-2010 High School Scholarship application. To qualify for consideration the following documents must be submitted with the application:

Application form (.pdf)
Personal statement – see application form for instructions
Letter of recommendation from a high school instructor
Official high school transcript (include grade results of 1st semester of senior year)
College transcript (if previously attended)

Application Deadlines

The application submission deadline is March 1, 2009. Applications must be submitted to the CSCC Financial Aid Office in person or by mail to:
        Columbus State Community College
                    ATTN: Scholarship Advisor
                    P.O. Box 1609, 550 East Spring Street
                    Columbus, Ohio 43215

No fax copies will be accepted.

Your guidance counselor’ signature is required on the application. Additionally, if student is applying for a Tech Prep scholarship, they must have their Heart of Ohio Consortium Advisor sign the application.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to insure that the application is completed and submitted on time. Late and/or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Think Again Scholarship for Adult Learners
Think you can't afford to go to college? Think again.

The Think Again Scholarship awards 1,000 $1,000 scholarships to adults aged 25 or older.

Deadlines

Autumn Quarter 2008 classes: September 30
Winter Quarter 2009 classes: January 9
Spring Quarter 2009 classes: April 6

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

In spring 2009, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation will award approximately fifty scholarships of up to $30,000 a year to outstanding students transferring to four-year colleges and universities in fall 2009.

This scholarship can help students with exceptional promise and demonstrated financial need reach their full potential through education. Each award will fund a portion of educational costs, including tuition, fees, and living expenses for two to three years of a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar's undergraduate degree.

To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, a nominee must:

Be a current student at an accredited US community college or two-year institution with sophomore status by December 31, 2008 or a recent graduate (since spring 2004) of an accredited community college or two-year institution in the US.
Have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent)
Plan to enroll full-time in a baccalaureate program full-time at an accredited four-year college or university starting in fall 2009
Be nominated by his or her two-year institution.
Have unmet financial need
Not previously have been nominated for a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Program scholarship.

To learn more about the nomination process, contact Professor
Holly H. Finnegan at 287-5170. For representative contact information and program guidelines, please visit the Foundation’s website www.jackkentcookefoundation.org or call 1-800-498-6478.

The Foundation does not accept applications directly from students.

College Representative:
Professor Holly H. Finnegan hfinnega@cscc.edu
Deadline for Submission: December 8, 2008
Application Submission: Financial Aid Office/ATTN: Regina Harper.

CSCC Development Foundation Scholarship Booklet for Academic Year 08-09 Application period has closed
The next application period will be available in during Winter quarter of 2009, with awards being made for Spring and Summer of 2009

The application deadline was August 1

Outside Scholarships
Many other organizations grant scholarships. Many of them are posted at the Financial Aid office, and the Ohio Board of Regents maintains a list of scholarships. You must notify the Financial Aid office of any external scholarships you receive.