VTA SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM

DATE DUE: March 31, 2007

Full name of Applicant __________________________________________________________

Address of Applicant ____________________________________________________________

Age ___ Date of Birth ________ Male ___ Female ___ Phone ___________________________

Name of Parent/Guardian ________________________________________________________

Number of children in Family _____ e-mail _________________________________________

Father’s Occupation _____________________________________________________________

Mother’s Occupation ____________________________________________________________

School You Now Attend _________________________________________________________

Grade Point Average ___________________ Class Rank __________________________

Name and Location of Post Secondary Institution you are Planning to Attend:

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Have you applied: _______________ Have you been accepted: _____________________

Have you applied for financial aid, grants, loans, and/or scholarships through the Financial Aid Director in the Post Secondary School you plan to attend? ______________________________

Grants, loans, and scholarships currently approved (from all sources): _____________________

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Grants, loans, and scholarships applied for and pending: ________________________________

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1. List the school activities in which you have had a significant involvement. Indicate how many hours a week spent, any offices held and, most importantly, the specific contributions you have made in each club/activity.

ACTIVITY HOURS OFFICE CONTRIBUTION

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2. List major out-of-school activities and indicate specific contributions, i.e. scouting, athletics, coaching, music, church, community service.

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3. Detail your most significant involvement in the above out-of-school activities.

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4. List any special awards and/or accomplishments, in- or out-of-school, you have earned.

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5. List your work/volunteer experience, including length of employment and hour-per-week worked/volunteered.

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6. How has this experience made you a better person?

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7. What are your academic and personal strengths? Give at least one specific example supporting each strength.

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8. What are your academic and personal weaknesses? How are you working (or have you worked) to improve yourself?

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9. List any hobbies, special travel experiences, or other personal attributes that have contributed to your personal growth.

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10. Do you have a career goal in mind now? (If yes, state goal)

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11. What influenced you to consider this career?

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12. What makes your application so special? What distinguishes you so much that you alone should be chosen above all other applicants?

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Attach to this application your essay. This essay will provide the committee with an example of your writing skills, your academic commitment to your chosen profession, and what you see as your contribution your chosen field of study.

Attached to this application should be:

Transcript for your last two years of school including current semester

SAT and/or ACT scores

College acceptance letter(s) if available

Two (2) personal recommendations attesting to moral character from different sources

One (1) academic recommendation attesting to academic character and fitness

Please send your application and/or related material, as follows:

Virginia Trappers Association

Scholarship Committee

c/o Winston C. Marshall

348 White Rd.

Columbia, VA 23038

Click here for the Financial Aid Application page

Click here for the Memorial Scholarship Program page

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