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Triumphing Over Adversity Scholarship (ID 3181)


Scholarship Description

Start Date:
9/1/2017
Deadline:
1/31/2018
Website:
http://www.preszlerlaw.com/triumphing-over-adversity-scholarship/
Amount:
$500.00
Description:
The Preszler Injury Lawyers Triumphing Over Adversity Scholarship is made available to anyone currently pursuing a course of study at any duly accredited community or junior college, undergraduate or graduate degree program. High school graduates or GED holders who are about to embark on college-level studies, are also eligible.

Particularly attractive candidates for the award will have the ability to show examples of laudable community service undertaken even in the midst of personal, legal, financial or systemic societal difficulties with which they have been confronted.

Contact Information

Email:
[email protected]

Eligibility

Gender:
NA
Min GPA:
3.00
Eligibility:
The Preszler Injury Lawyers Triumphing Over Adversity Scholarship is made available to anyone currently pursuing a course of study at any duly accredited community or junior college, undergraduate or graduate degree program. High school graduates or GED holders who are about to embark on college-level studies, are also eligible.

Particularly attractive candidates for the award will have the ability to show examples of laudable community service undertaken even in the midst of personal, legal, financial or systemic societal difficulties with which they have been confronted.Applicants are required to supply proof that they are in good standing with their current institution of higher learning, a status evidenced by attainment of a cumulative grade point average of no less than 3.0.
Special Criteria:
Those wishing to be considered for the scholarship will be required to submit an application cover page along with:
-An updated resume that includes current contact information and explanation of current educational program level/institution
-An original written statement of roughly 750 words (Times New Roman, 12-point font preferred) in which the candidate outlines a time period or past circumstance which posed a unique hardship and elucidates the ways in which he or she managed to overcome those obstacles
-An up-to-date academic transcript (unofficial transcripts will be accepted) from the applicant’s present educational institution; first-year students will be permitted to submit unofficial documents from the most recent institution attended, together with unofficial documentation from their current school