Guidance Office

Scholarships

Phone:  540-825-8310                            Fax:  540-829-2150

 

 

Harvard College announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition.  In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough.  We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."

If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition.  The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free… no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard's financial aid website at:  http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/ or call the school's financial aid office at  (617) 495-1581  .


SEND TO SOMEONE WHETHER THEY CAN USE OR NOT.  THEY JUST MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN!!

on Deadline

The Ron Brown Scholar Program currently has two deadlines for applications (students must be current high school seniors at the time of their application):

November 1st - application will be considered for the Ron Brown Scholar Program AND forwarded to a select and limited number of additional scholarship providers.

January 9th - final postmarked deadline in order to be considered for only the Ron Brown Scholar Program ONLY.

Application materials must be mailed in one packet. Transcripts and letters of recommendation should not be sent under separate cover. Incomplete, e-mailed or faxed applications will not be considered.

Due to the volume of applications received, the Ron Brown Scholar Program can only notify semi-finalists and finalists of their status in the competition. This notification will be made in February and March. Winners of the scholarship will be notified by April 1st and names will be posted on the Ron Brown Scholar Program web site in late April/early May.

Military Service Academies

The United States has five federally funded Service Academies: the Naval, Military, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies. Students receive a free education in exchange for a five-year commitment to serve in the military upon graduation. Competition for an appointment to a Service Academy is stiff. Interested applicants should begin the process early.  (Start the application process in the spring of your junior year of high school).  In addition to normal college-entrance requirements, applicants need to pass a physical fitness test, a medical examination and secure a Congressional nomination (except for the Coast Guard Academy, which does not require a nomination).

United States Military Academy  

ATTN:  Public Affairs Office          

Taylor Hall, Bldg. 600     

West Point, NY  10996-1788         

 (845) 938-2006

United States Naval Academy  

ATTN:  Public Affairs Officer  

121 Blake Road   

Annapolis, MD  21402-5000  

(410) 267-2291

United States Air Force Academy     

ATTN:  Public Affairs Officer        

2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 320

U.S. Air Force Academy, CO  80840-5016

(719) 472-2990                                    

United States Coast Guard Academy     

ATTN:  Public Affairs Officer

15 Mohegan Avenue         

New London, CT  06320-4195     

(203) 444-8270

United States Merchant Marine Academy

ATTN:  Public Affairs Officer        

300 Steamboat Road       

Kings Point, NY  11024                    

(516) 773-5000

The United States Senate Youth Program, established in 1962 by U.S. Senate Resolution, is a unique educational experience for outstanding high school students interested in pursuing careers in public service. The 49th annual program will be held in Washington, D.C., from March 5 - 12, 2011. Two student leaders from each state, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity will spend a week in Washington experiencing their national government in action. Student delegates will hear major policy addresses by Senators, cabinet members, officials from the Departments of State and Defense and directors of other federal agencies, as well as participate in a meeting with a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. All transportation, hotel and meal expenses will be provided by The Hearst Foundations. In addition, each delegate will also be awarded a $5,000 College Scholarship for undergraduate studies, with encouragement to pursue coursework in history and political science.

Entering high school juniors and seniors may obtain a USSYP application through their high school principals, guidance counselors and social studies teachers OR they may inquire directly to their state selection contacts using this website (see selection contacts listing on home page). All student delegates to the United States Senate Youth Program are selected by state-level education officials – the United States Senate and The Hearst Foundations do not provide individual states’ applications or choose the delegates and alternates.

 

The First Freedom Student Competition is a first-semester national essay and video contest. It offers high-school students an opportunity to compete

for $2,500 awards as they examine religious freedom, its history, current importance, and relevance in today's world.  The

competition is open to students in the United States and U.S. territories, and to American schools and American home-schooled students worldwide.  We invite 9th - 12th grade students at all levels of academic placement to participate.


The right to religious freedom is set forth in constitutional and international human rights law.  Today’s youth play an important role

in upholding and strengthening this liberty; therefore, the First Freedom Student Competition has been developed to:

 

· Help high-school students better understand religious freedom - its history and current significance;

· Encourage high-school students to explore their individual and civic rights to and responsibilities for religious freedom;

· Engage high-school teachers and students in the study of American history and the First Amendment; and

· Challenge high-school students to strengthen their analytic writing and media skills.

 

The online student registration deadline is Monday, November 15, 2010. The postmark deadline for mailing the entry and its accompanying materials is Saturday, November 27, 2010. Winners will be announced on April 13, 2011, Thomas Jefferson's birthday. (Click on the yellow buttons above for the topic, guidelines, and other important details.)

Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area is pleased to announce the 2010 Junior Achievement Essay Competition, sponsored by David M. Rubenstein. This fall, Junior Achievement will invite students from the Greater Washington Region to compete for $100,000 in scholarships.

The competition will be open to any student in the 9th-12th grade in the Greater Washington Region from August 16 - September 30, 2010, and will ask students to write a 1,000-1,500 word essay on the topic, "What can the Greater Washington business community learn from today's high school students?" Students will be able to submit their essays to Junior Achievement online at www.myJA.org/students/essay/.