Scholarships in Maryland

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Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 12

Applicant must be a high school senior planning to attend college or a current college student who will be continuing their undergraduate studies this fall. Applicant must live in one of the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia.

 

Out of State Reduced Tuition Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must have a minimum 3.5 GPA or rank in the top fifth of his/her class, and must have a minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1100 (composite ACT score of 24). Transfer applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.

 

BB&T Endowed Scholarship

Award: $4,000, Deadline: April 30

Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be a resident of District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, or West Virginia.

 

Wachovia Scholars

Award: $2,500, Deadline: April 30

Awarded to undergraduate or graduate students based on academic standing and financial need. Applicant must be from the Wachovia service area.

 

Regional Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 15

Applicant must be a full-time, matriculated freshmen who is a graduate from a high school outside of New York State.

 

Cook Scholarship

Award: $7,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must reside in a state other than New York and must graduate from a private or parochial school. Applicant must have a minimum "85" average and a minimum combined SAT I score of 1000.

 

Atlantic Region Grant

Award: $2,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and be a resident of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, or Washington DC.

 

Scholar Recognition Award for Out-of-Sate Students

Award: $2,000, Deadline: None

Selection is based upon superior academic achievement.

 

President's Out of State Scholar Award

Award: $3,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be an incoming non-New York state resident admitted as an undergraduate freshman in Group I or Group II of the SUNY admissions matrix. Applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student, maintain residence outside of New York state, and live in a university residence hall. The Director of Admissions will choose the award recipients based on their admissions application, SAT scores, and high school grades.

 

President's International Scholar Award

Award: $3,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student, maintain a residence outside of New York and international student status, maintain normal academic progress, live in a university residence hall, and maintain a 3.0 GPA. The Director of International Education will choose the award recipients based on their admissions application and transcript.

 

Larkin Family Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: None

Selection is based upon financial need.

 

Akron Advantage Blue Award

Award: $5,900, Deadline: None

Applicant must be an out-of-state student. Minimum 3.0 GPA and minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1000 (composite ACT score of 21) required.

 

Akron Advantage Gold Award

Award: $9,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be an out-of-state resident who is a first-time, full-time freshman or transfer student who meets two of the following criteria: minimum 3.5 GPA (3.25 transfer GPA); rank in top 10% of secondary school class; or minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 1200 (composite ACT score of 27).

 

Out-of-State Resident Grant

Award: $1,500, Deadline: None

Applicant must demonstrate residency in a state other than Illinois and live on campus during the academic year; parents may not be residents of Illinois.

 

Out-of-State Choice Grant

Award: $660, Deadline: None

 

Out-of-State Grant

Award: $1,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must rank in the top half of class and have a minimum 3.0 GPA and a minimum composite ACT score of 20.

 

Emma and Paul Dailey Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must have a minimum SAT score of 1100 or a 3.5 GPA. Preference will be given to residents of Frostburg first, then Allegany County and then all of Maryland.

 

JSSA Educational Scholarship Fund

Award: $6,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be a high school senior at a Montgomery County public high school who has been accepted into an accredited four-year undergraduate program, vocational school, or community college. Recipient is eligible for one to two years of funding. Awards may not be used for a student attending private, parochial, graduate, or post-graduate schools.

 

Marion Burk Knott Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: January 15

Applicant must be a member of a parish in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

 

Maryland Awards Program

Award: $6,000, Deadline: February 1 (Priority)

 

Marion I. and Henry J. Knott Scholarship Program

Award: $3,000, Deadline: February 1 (Priority)

Applicant must be an outstanding Catholic high school student who attends a school within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

 

Irving and Lois Blum Foundation Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 1 (Priority)

Applicant must be an outstanding student

 

S.A.M.E. Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: November 1 (Priority)

Applicant must be in need of financial aid and show academic excellence

 

Maryland Distinguished Scholars

Award: $3,000, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must have been a Maryland Distinguished Scholar.

 

Maryland Community College Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: June 1 (fall and academic year); November 1 (spring semester only)

Applicant must have earned an associate degree at a Maryland community college and must submit a FAFSA application.

 

Arizona Excellence Award

Award: $10,000, Deadline: Open

Non-Arizona resident full-time undergrad student

 

Fort Lewis Merit Scholarship for Non-Colorado Students

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 14

Applicant must have an Eligibility Index of 92 or higher and live outside of Colorado and the Western Undergraduate Exchange states.

 

International Student Scholarship

Award: $100, Deadline: March 31

Applicant must be a Hispanic student considered a non-resident of Arizona who has completed 12 or more College credits, with at least nine units in ESL. A 350- to 500-word letter stating reasons for deserving scholarship is required.

 

Presidential Scholars with Disabilities Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be an incoming freshman or transfer student, with a minimum high school or college GPA of 3.0, who is a Maryland resident with a documented disability and planning to pursue a bachelor's degree full-time. Essay and documentation of disability are required.

 

Success Scholarship

Award: $3,100, Deadline: June 1

Applicant must not be a resident of Michigan. Minimum 3.2 GPA required.