2018B A S I C Scholarship Application

Your Completed Application mustinclude these items in ONE electronic file:

A. Thisapplication form, completed as a word document

Use as much space as needed to complete each item

B. The Essay described in this application on page 2

C. A copy of your official high school transcript if a 2018 BSHS graduate or your most

recent college transcript if you are enrolled in college

Emailthe complete file to y midnight Friday February23, 2018.

Each application will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

  • Economic need
  • Likelihood for academic or vocational success.Applicants must demonstrate success in their studies.
  • Essays that include personal stories that demonstrate sincerity and maturity
  • First time applicants must either be or have been residents or work in the geographic area of the BSUSD

PERSONAL INFORMATION (must be completed for consideration)

Name:

Residential address(must be within the Borrego Springs Unified School District):

Summer Mailing address (where we can send your check):

E-mail addresses (your college email and your personal email addresses):

Telephone Number(s:

Status: ____Graduating BSHS Senior _____other (# yrs post high school______)

Family size in 2018:

Gross family income in 2017:

Educational History

Schools attended (Attach your most recent transcript that includes your SAT or ACT scores)

Accomplishments, awards (Choose the two that you are most proud of)

Unpaid Volunteer work/Community service

Paid employment record (Give Names of Employers and Dates)

Your future/Your goals

Type of school you are planning to attend:

___university ___community college ___vocational or trade school ___ online school

List the schools where you have been accepted, and indicate which school you are planning to attend

Your plan for Financing your Studies

Other resources available to you to finance your studies (other scholarships, etc.):

Are you applying for a Board of Governor’s Fee Waiver to attend Community College? ___yes ___no

Estimate the total costs you will have for the 2018 -2019 school year (include living expenses) $______

Tell us how you are financing your education. Indicate a % for each category used. Note: You need not use every category, but the total must add up to 100%.

______Family/Friends

______Scholarships/Grants

______Work/job/work study

______Loans

______Waivers

______0ther

Names and contact information of two teachers or individuals who have agreed to serve as references if needed(not relatives)

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Essay (to be written on a separate sheet and attached)

TheselectioncommitteeforBASIC Scholarship Awards considers many factors in choosing award recipients. Your personal story isespecially important to us. We ask you to write an autobiographical essay of no more that 500 words in which youdescribe:

  • your goals and who you are as a person
  • As you tell us about your plans and yourself in this essay, remember to give us specific examples about how you have developed as a person and a student
  • If you have faced challenges, tell us how you overcame those challenges, and what school and other life experiences helped you achieve personal growth and success
  • We want to know how you have been involved with this community---who and what are important to you
  • We are eager to learn how those life experiences and lessons have shaped your immediate and long-range plans, and what those plans are

Make your best case for why you should be awarded a BASICScholarship!

email your completed application in one file no later than

Midnight Friday February23, 2018 to:

BASIC SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

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