East St. Louis Alumni Scholarship

"The East St. Louis Alumni Scholarship will annually award scholarships to high school seniors who are graduating from East St. Louis Senior High School. Eligibility To be eligible, the applicant must: • be a graduating senior at East St. Louis Senior High School • plan to enroll full-time at an accredited, nonprofit, trade/technical school, two-year college, or four-year college or university in the United States. • demonstrate unmet financial need as determined by standard methods of need analysis in practice at the time of selection. In general, unmet financial need will be defined as the difference between the cost of attendance and the sum of the student’s grant aid from other sources plus the family’s expected contribution (as determined by the student’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Selection & Evaluation Applicants will be evaluated based on: essays that articulate academic and career goals and what they have done to prepare themselves to achieve those goals. transcript that demonstrates past success and potential degree completion. extracurricular and community involvement, including work experience. financial need. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please answer all questions that apply to you, even if they are not marked “required.” Renewal Recipients may reapply for award consideration for a maximum of four years of undergraduate funding, provided they continue to make satisfactory progress toward a degree and continue to meet the eligibility criteria. Please note that because the award amounts are based on available funding and financial need, which can change from year to year, the amount of this scholarship award may change if a recipient applies for renewal awards in years to come Notification Application status will change from submitted to offered or denied in June. Applicants can view their status by logging in to their Scholarship Central account. Questions? Contact Ellen Vietor, Scholarship Manager at the St. Louis Comm"