Young Scholars 2016
Application Form and Essay
Enrollment is capped at 40 students.
The PRIORITY application deadline is April 1, 2016
and the REGULAR deadline is May 15, 2016.
Website: http://www.clarkson.edu/youngscholars/index.html
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Name: ____________________________________________________________
Age: ________ Date of Birth: _________
Grade in School: (circle one)
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Home Address:
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Street/PO Box
City
State
Zip
Home Phone:
(____)_______________________________________________________________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________________
High School:
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Guidance Counselor’s Name, School Phone Number & Email address:
____________________________________________________________________________
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NOTE: Each applicant must include a non-refundable $35.00 application fee along with the
application form. If the applicant is accepted to the program, this deposit will be applied to the
total cost of the program. The balance of the cost ($840) must be fully paid by June 15, 2016.
 My application fee in the amount of $35.00 is included, payable to
Clarkson University. I have also included my most recent high school
transcript, letter of recommendation, and a one-page essay (see next page) to:
The Clarkson School
CU Box 5650
Potsdam, New York 13699-5650
Young Scholars 2016
Application Essay and Scholarship Information
Essay
The Clarkson University Young Scholars Program is seeking qualified candidates for a
weeklong summer residential program focused on integrating engineering, business and
moral/ethical principles to solve an assigned group problem. We will accept up to 40
students for this year’s program.
YSP challenges students to make full use of their intellectual gifts and to develop their
creative, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills. The program
requires that students tackle a topic that has no defined answer. Our format allows
students to be creative and to look at the assigned problem from a variety of perspectives
before deciding on a course of action.
We seek students who:
 Love learning
 Are intellectually curious
 Can work collaboratively with others
 Are highly motivated
 Can handle risk and uncertainty
 Have a good work ethic
 Or have other outstanding qualities that qualify them for the program
Write an essay of approximately 250-300 words that demonstrates in what ways you
possess one or more of these qualities. We prefer essays that deal with a few qualities to
those that try to cover all of the above-mentioned qualities.
Scholarship: If you are interested in being considered for a 50% tuition scholarship
toward the cost of the program, please write an additional essay supporting the reason(s) of
why you should be considered along with a copy of your parent/guardian tax return. We
typically award this scholarship to at least two students based on family income eligibility
guidelines posted at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/incomelevels.html We
will notify those students who are accepted and eligible for this scholarship by June 15.