The CRCA Foundation will grant two (2) $5,000 renewable scholarships in 2024. The objective of these scholarship awards is to assist college/university-bound students in obtaining a quality education.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS – All Scholarship Candidates MUST meet all 5 requirements for eligibility:
- Be a graduating high school senior
- Have an ACT composite score of 28 or greater, or SAT composite score of 1300 or greater
- Be a US citizen residing in Cook or other Chicagoland area counties
- In process of or having provisional acceptance as a full-time student into undergraduate degree program(s) from a four-year accredited college/university in Engineering, Architecture, Business or Liberal Arts/Sciences.
- Submit their online application, including all required materials, by the March 27, 2024 deadline
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS – All of the following items will be required as a part of the online application:
- Completion of all application fields
- Official Transcript of the candidate’s high school records.
- Official ACT or SAT test score results. (May come directly from ACT/SAT or may be included in the high school transcript or on a printout/photocopy of the score. Must include the student’s name. If a photocopy, have guidance counselor sign or provide a separate letter to authenticate the document.)
- Two (2) completed, signed Personal Evaluation forms, each with a corresponding one (1) page, SIGNED Letter of Recommendation (see “To Submit Application” for link to Personal Evaluation Form:
- One should come from a high school faculty member/guidance counselor
- The second from a non-related adult outside the high school faculty member
- No other recommendations will be considered
It is highly recommended that all required information be submitted together, and that all digital documents uploaded include the name of the student and the document contacts in the filename.
AWARDS
- The CRCA Foundation will award two (2) $5,000 scholarships yearly.
- The scholarship funding will be sent directly to the Bursar of the college/university where the student will do their undergraduate studies.
- The scholarship can be renewed a maximum of 3 times if a 2.75 GPA (in a 4.0 system) is met.
- For scholarship renewal, recipients are required to provide official grade transcripts following the spring term each year that cover that academic year.
- All scholarship awards will be announced at an official CRCA Foundation function in June
JUDGING
The CRCA Foundation has the sole authority for granting these scholarship awards. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic performance, faculty recommendation, extracurricular activities, employment experience, and a demonstrated interest in a productive career in one of the specified fields of study.
Although the intent of the CRCA Foundation is to recognize the outstanding nominee(s), should two or more candidates rank equally in the judgment of the Foundation Selection Committee, the student’s level of need will then be considered as the final criterion.
Applicants may be asked to attend a virtual interview session prior to final selection.
All selections are considered final. All applications and attachments become the property of the Foundation.