WREN College Planning Resources - 2015 Scholarship
Purpose: To support graduating high school seniors at designated schools who have been accepted at an
accredited two or four-year institution.
Award:
The typical award is a one-time scholarship valued at $500.00 to be paid directly to the student.
Who can apply?
Must be a graduating high school senior in the year the scholarship is offered and at a designated school.
The student must be seeking to obtain a professional or trade certification accepted by the scholarship
board from an accredited institution, or an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.
WREN College Planning Resources (WREN CPR) reserves the right to amend these requirements or
discontinue the scholarship at any time.
Students and their families do not have to be clients of WREN CPR to be eligible to win.
Deadline:
Applications must be submitted by April 30, 2015.
Guidelines and Other Important Information:
Applications/Essays will be assessed by a Board made up of employees of WREN CPR and/or individuals
chosen by WREN CPR.
Should a Board member have a relative applying as an active candidate for the scholarship they must
recuse themselves from voting or participating in any of the interviews for that year. Should a Board
member feel for any reason that they would not be able to be objective then they should recuse
themselves from the process. Familiarity with a candidate such as being a neighbor, Scoutmaster,
teacher or other similar relationship shall not disqualify the Board member from their duties unless they
feel that they cannot be objective.
The scholarship applicants will be judged on the merits of their essay alone. The written results of the
evaluations and any notes of discussions leading to the Board’s decision to award the scholarship shall be
maintained for one year by the President of WREN CPR and may upon request be reviewed by any
member of the high school administration at the time of the scholarship award.
By participating in the scholarship process, candidates and their parents agree to the release of their
pictures and names in any WREN CPR publication or advertisement unless they apply for and are granted
an exemption for special circumstances. All submitted essays are the property of WREN CPR; the
candidates and their parents agree to the release of all or part of the essay in any WREN CPR publication
or advertisement. The students also agree to attend a presentation ceremony given by their respective
school.
Any personal information provided to the WREN CPR and the Scholarship Board will be treated with
confidentiality and will not be shared with anyone other than the Board. This information should be
destroyed or redacted as soon as possible. This information may include grades, test scores or student
identification numbers but will not include the essays, which shall be retained for at least one year.
WREN College Planning Resources - 2015 Scholarship
Please submit the following information typed (not written) in the order below:
1. Basic Information
a. Student’s Name:
b. Names of Student’s Parents:
c. I am a senior graduating this year from the following high school:
d. Please list the school you intend to attend and the proposed major or course of study.
e. Please describe why you chose this educational institution and course of study.
2. An essay of 500 – 700 words based on the following theme for the Class of 2015:
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to College”
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Essays will be judged on originality, humor, grammar and spelling.
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Applications should be completed in a legible format and maybe returned if they are
unreadable. All essays should be typed. If typing is an issue, please contact your school prior
to submitting the application.
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Scholarship applications and essays should be submitted to your respective schools.
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Student’s and Parent’s names will be redacted by the school and student’s status and college
information will be verified by the school prior to submission to WREN CPR.
For School Use Only:
Cross Reference Number Unique to Student: _______________________________________________
Student’s information has been verified: ___________________________________________________
Date submitted to WREN College Planning Resources: ___________________________________
For WREN CPR Use Only:
Date Received by WREN College Planning Resources: ___________________________________
Date Submitted to Scholarship Board: ______________________________________________________