2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Application-CTE

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2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Application
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Note: Students will need to submit answers for portions of Section C to the nominator. Application must be completed by authorized school personnel.

Name of nominator completing application (should be authorized school personnel)*

First NameLast Name

Email of nominator completing application (should be authorized school personnel)*

Confirmation Emailexample@example.com

Why are you nominating this student?*

A. Contact Information

Student Name*

First NameLast Name

Student Email Address*

Confirmation Emailexample@example.com

Student Mailing Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

School Name*

School Number*

School EEB Code*

School Mailing Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

B. Mandatory Requirements

Students must meet the mandatory requirements to be considered. Please review the following requirements and the Career and Technical Education rubric before proceeding with the application.

Indicate that the nominee meets the mandatory requirements below by checking the corresponding boxes:*

Are or will be U.S. citizens or Legal Permanent U.S. Residents by the application deadlineGraduate or receive a diploma between January and June of 2025, the current program yearDemonstrate academic achievement in career and technical programsOn track to be a Perkins V or Next Level Programs of Study (NLPS) concentrator

C. Academic

a. Career and Technical Education Pathway*

b. Sector*

b. SAT Score

b. ACT Score

c. Cumulative GPA*

d. Pathway GPA*

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D. Technical and Work-Related

The selection process for Career and Technical Education Presidential Scholars is based on the following four categories:

Academic Rigor – students will demonstrate high proficiency on their State’s academic standards, based in part on their high achievement reflected on their State’s academic assessments in the core academic subjects.

Technical Competence – students will demonstrate mastery of technical skills demanded by industry.

Employability Skills – students will demonstrate such professional skills as teamwork, decision-making, and problem-solving.

Ingenuity and creativity – students will have solved a real-world problem through the application of technical skills they developed in their career area.

a. Work-Based or community-based learning experience (description of experience, employer or community organization, dates of participation, hours per week, special awards or related-recognition).*

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b. Have you placed in a State and/or national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) skills competition in your career area (CTSO name, competition area, award or medal, leadership role).*

0/250

c. Earning an industry-recognized certification/credential (industry-recognized certification, certifying agency/body).*

0/250

d. Have you completed a community service project or other student leadership activity in your career area of interest? (description of activity, organization or agency, dates of Participation, hours per week).*

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e. Have you scored at the Gold Level in each of the three core areas of the National Career Readiness Certificate (i.e., Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information), which means that the student has the foundations skills for approximately 90% of jobs examined?*

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f. Have you developed a solution to a real-world problem in the context of your career pathway? (describe in detail).*

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g. Have you developed a new product/good or service (e.g., development of an app) in the context of your career pathway? (describe in detail).*

0/250

E. Free Response

a. Describe any characteristics of your family or your community that have been important to your personal development. (250 words).*

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b. Discuss some creative work that illustrates the way you see the world and the way you see yourself in the world. The work may be a scientific theory, novel, film, poem, song, or other art form. (250 words).*

0/250

c. What is the most significant contribution that you feel you have made to your community’s well-being or the well-being of an individual or individuals in your community? Why were you motivated to do this? What effect do you think it has had on that person or the community? (250 words).*

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d. Describe a mistake you made or a challenge you faced. How did you respond to that mistake or challenge, and what did you learn from your experience? (250 words).*

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