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2012 LILLY ENDOWMENT COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP

The Scholarship:

• Tuition and required fees for four years of undergraduate study leading to a baccalaureate degree at any Indiana public or private college or university accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; the total amount of the scholarship is calculated on the basis of the recipient’s chosen college’s tuition and required fees beginning with the 2012-2013 school year
• Special allocation of $900 per year for required books
• Does NOT include room and board

Applicants must meet the following criteria as set by the Martin County Community Foundation: 

• Applicants must have a 3.6 (or higher) GPA
   
• The scholarship recipient must intend to pursue a baccalaureate degree in four continuous years and attend full time.  The applicant also must have been accepted to any Indiana college or university accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.  
   
• Children (including step) grandchildren (including step), siblings and/or spouses of the current Martin County Community Foundation Board, Staff and Selection Committee Members are not eligible to apply for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. 
   
• Siblings (including step/half) and spouses of previous Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipients are not eligible to apply for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship.
   
• Applicants must have graduated and/or have a diploma from an accredited Martin County high school by June, 2012, and not prior to June, 2011.
  
   

  Application Instructions:

   

  • Completed Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Application

  Ø  paper clip one original application (with all original attachments)

  Ø  staple five additional copies
   

  • One Letter of Recommendation must be included with the following suggestions:  teacher, community service sponsor or leader, coach, employer or clergy.  Letter must be no longer than one page, signed by the recommending person and the original submitted with the application.

   

   

  Finalists (No more than five finalists will be chosen from each school):

   

  • Finalists will complete an essay question and will be interviewed.
     
  • Finalists will provide one senior picture (yearbook head/shoulder traditional pose).

   

   

  Applications and all parts thereof, must be received in the High School Guidance Office
  by 3:00 p.m. on November 30^th.
  
  Note:  Late or incomplete applications will not be included in the selection process.

            Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Application

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