Making It Count
Article Tools
  • Email thisPrint this


Winning Characteristics Scholarship

General Information
For the 2010-2011 academic year, Making It Count will award one first-place, $2,500 and two runner-up, $500 one-time award scholarships to high school seniors who participated in the Making College & Career Count presentation and who exhibited excellence based on the "Winning Characteristics" highlighted in the program.

The 2010-2011 Winning Characteristics Scholarship begins August 2, 2010. Applications submitted or post-marked prior to the scheduled date of the student?s high school?s Making College & Career Count presentation will not be accepted, and will be made null and void. Deadline is FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2011. Winners will be selected and notified after August 31, 2011.

Application Process
The application includes general information, as well as a 450-600-word essay (to write a great essay, read "Essay Tips") on how well the student has demonstrated the "Winning Characteristics" discussed in the Making College & Career Count program in his or her high school career.

Download the application for the 2010-2011 “Winning Characteristics” Scholarship.

“Winning Characteristics Scholarship” Requirements
View the complete list of the “Winning Characteristics” Scholarship rules and requirements.