Tulsa Rotaract Foundation Scholarship

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The Rotaract Club of Tulsa’s mission is to develop future leaders within the Tulsa community through service, professional development, and a commitment to learning about the global impact of our actions.

Therefore, in 2016 Tulsa Rotaract set out to raise funds to establish a scholarship to be given each year to an Oklahoma high school male and female student, as a way to invest in the future leaders of our community. Recipients of the Tulsa Rotaract Foundation Scholarship will have demonstrated leadership capabilities in the classroom and in the community, through a commitment to excellence in school and through the participation in community service projects and various local charitable efforts.

In addition to wanting to recognize and reward the many accomplishments of outstanding Oklahoma students, the Tulsa Rotaract Foundation Scholarship is inspired in part by the actions and efforts of Rose and Howard Latschar. The Latschars played an integral role in the childhood rearing and support of one of Tulsa Rotaract's past presidents. The Latschars stressed diligence and excellence in the classroom and encouraged giving back to the community as much as possible, which are beliefs also held by Tulsa Rotaract and are indicative of successful recipients of this scholarship.

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Candidate Qualifications

Consideration for any scholarship award is based on a point system including GPA, participation in extracurricular activities, and community service. The candidate must meet the following criteria:

Be attending an Oklahoma high school and must meet conditions to graduate
Achieve a 3.0 cumulative GPA minimum (or the equivalent if grading is based on a weighted GPA scale)
Be accepted and plan to attend a college or university for the upcoming fall term
Demonstrate financial need

Please note: This will be a one-time $500 scholarship.

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Application Instructions

If a student meets the qualifications for the Tulsa Rotaract Foundation Scholarship, as outlined above, they are welcome to fill out the application below.

The deadline to submit your application is May 1 for the fall semester.

Applications must be fully completed, and all required fields must be answered to the best of the candidate's knowledge. Failure in completing all necessary fields or the providing of inaccurate information may subject the candidate to a denial of the scholarship.

Candidates will be notified if they are chosen as finalists. Finalists will then be required to submit an official transcript from your school's Registrar department, as well as a minimum of one letter of recommendation from a non-family member. More information concerning the subsequent steps will be provided to the finalists once they have been notified. The recipients of the scholarship will be announced shortly thereafter.

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Submit Application

When you are ready to start the application, simply click the button below. Please note: you will not be able to save your progress. If needed, you can open the application to get an idea of the information you will need and the essays you'll need to submit, and you can return to the application once you have all of the necessary information.

Tulsa Rotaract Foundation Scholarship

Please complete the application below

Note: * = required field

Personal Information

Name

Legal name in full

By what name do you go by?

Date of Birth

YYYY

Gender

How do you identify?

Citizenship

U.S. Citizen

U.S. National

Resident Alien expecting citizenship by date of award

What is your family's annual household income?

Contact Information

Email Address

Home Phone

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Permanent Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Academic Information

High School Name

High School Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Cumulative GPA

What is the GPA Scale?

E.g., typically a weighted GPA scale is out of 5.00, while the more common unweighted scale is out of 4.00

College Information

Are you currently accepted and enrolled for the Fall 2017 term?

If so, which university?

If not, which universities have you applied?

What is your anticipated undergraduate major?

If you do not know at this time, please enter "Undecided"

If you already know your anticipated major, please explain briefly why you are choosing this field of study

Additional Information

Please list any high school activities and briefly explain your role

E.g., student government, sports, publications, music, arts, student-led committees, et cetera

Please list any community service activities

E.g., homeless services, environmental protection / conservation efforts, advocacy activities, work with religious organizations, et cetera. Please do not repeat items listed above

Please list any full-time or part-time jobs

Please include title, employer's name, start/end dates, and average number of hours per week

Please list any awards, scholarships, publications, or special recognition you have received

Short Essays

Why do you feel you are deserving of this scholarship?

Please limit your response to 500 words. You may copy and paste your essay into the field below

Please describe a situation in which you either (a) demonstrated leadership ability in the classroom or in the community or (b) overcame a personal or scholastic obstacle

Please choose either (a) or (b) to discuss, unless you are able to incorporate both scenarios in your answer. Please limit your response to 500 words

What additional personal information do you wish to share with the scholarship committee?

This is an optional essay and can be answered in a variety of ways; i.e., there isn't a correct answer. Please limit your response to 500 words.

Certification

I certify that the information I have provided in this application is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand failure to provide truthful and complete answers to the questions above may result in denial of the scholarship.

I acknowledge the above statement

Applicant's Signature

Please type in name

Date of Signature

Today's date

YYYY

Please make sure to fill in all of the required fields. When you have completed the entire application, press "Submit" below.

If you have any questions regarding the scholarship and its process, please send us an e-mail, and we'll be sure to get back to you as soon as possible.

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