AOWCGWA

 HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

2007-2008  Check back later for the 2009 forms

The ARMY OFFICERS’ WIVES’ CLUB of the Greater Washington Area will award academic scholarships to graduating seniors who are sons or daughters of active-duty, retired, or deceased U.S. ARMY personnel.  The applicant will be enrolled in a full or part-time post-secondary program for the 2007-2008 academic school year.  The award will be made on the basis of scholastic merit and community involvement.  The sponsor and applicant must reside in the Greater Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Those students accepting a service academy appointment, or any other full scholarship may not accept the AOWCGWA award.  Also, an applicant who receives an AOWCGWA scholarship and later becomes eligible for and accepts a scholarship in the aforementioned categories must forego the AOWCGWA award. And I understand that I may not defer this award to a future academic year, but I may reapply in the future for a new scholarship. In either case, the award will then be granted to the leading alternate.

COMPLETE AND RETURN ALL PARTS OF THE APPLICATION IN ONE ENVELOPE.  THE AOWCGWA SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE WILL NOT CONSIDER INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS.   ALL INFORMATION MUST BE COMPLETE AND MUST INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS.  THIS MAY BE A PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS, A SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS, OR A PARENT’S OR GUARDIAN’S EMAIL ADDRESS.  PLEASE PUT YOUR APPLICATION IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

PART A:

        1.        Name: _______________________________________Social Security No.: ________________________

2.             Address: _____________________________________________________________________________

3.             Home Phone Number: (_____)___________________ County of Residency: ____________________

4.             Sponsor’s name, rank, and status (active or retired): ___________________________________________

5.             Name and address of High School: _________________________________________________________

School Phone Number: (_____)_______________Guidance Counselor: ___________________________

*6.      APPLICANT’S Email address: ____________________________________________________________

*If you are using an email address other than your own, PLEASE notify that person.

7.         The applicant and applicant’s sponsor must sign this COMPLETED application form on the lines indicated below.

 PART B:

Attach an OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT of your grades covering the first six  (6) semesters of high school (through the last semester of your junior year), and SAT or ACT scores.

PART C:

        On a separate sheet of paper with only your social security number for identification, list the following:

1.        Your extracurricular activities, honors, church activities, community service, and employment and the time frame for each activity (i.e. freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, senior year)

2.        List the three (3) most important activities to you and briefly explain why.

3.        List every high school (and location of school) that you have attended.

PART D:

       On a second sheet of paper with only your social security number for identification, answer the question:  How has your experience as a military family member prepared you for challenges as a college student? Aapproximately 200-300 words or 2-3 typed double-spaced pages.

PART E:

        On a third sheet of paper with only your social security number for identification, list the following:

1.              Colleges to which you have applied.

2.              Colleges to which you have been accepted.

PART F:

        One (1) letter of recommendation from a school official, counselor, teacher, present or former employer, minister, or community leader.  The Letter of Recommendation must be INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION in a sealed envelope marked PART F and must include a telephone number and address where the person writing the Letter of Recommendation can be reached.  After identifying the applicant by name ONE time in the introduction, the writer should then use “he” or “she” throughout the recommendation.

PART G:

       READABLE Photocopy (front and back) of military dependent ID Card

PART H:

       COMPLETED AOWCGWA Scholarship Agreement

I UNDERSTAND THAT BY SIGNING THE ENCLOSED ARMY OFFICERS’ WIVES’ CLUB OF THE GREATER WASHINGTON AREA SCHOLARSHIP AGREEMENT, IF I AM AWARDED THIS SCHOLARSHIP I WILL ABIDE BY THE TERMS STIPULATED.

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Signature of Applicant                                                                                    Signature of Sponsor

APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE 31 March 2008. All information requested must be postmarked by the deadline or the application will be disqualified. Mail completed application packet to:
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******REGRETS WILL BE MAILED AFTER 15 June 2008**********

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