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Scholarships
Attention High School Seniors: SVEC offers Scholarship
Opportunities
"An investment in Knowledge always pays the best interest" -
Benjamin Franklin.
Furthering one's education is the best bet for success in the
future. The problem is, costs for education are rising,
making it more difficult for some to take advantage of the
opportunities higher education offers. Costs at our local
state-supported, four-year university for an in-state student
are in excess of $9,500 per year for tuition, room and board.
For a student living at home, the cost of tuition alone would
be over $4,000 per year. Books for individual classes can
exceed $75.
The goal of SVEC's scholarship program is to make a student's
dream of higher education become a reality. The only
requirements for a student to apply for the scholarship are
that their parents, or guardians, must be customers of
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative and the student must
attend a local high school.
Students will be judged for the scholarship based on a number
of criteria. The three most important criteria will be the
quality of the essay provided by the student, participation in
school/community activities, and the quality of their high
school course load. Other information used to judge the
applicants will be letters of reference and grade point average.
It is important to note that the first step in the judging
process is a "blind review" of the essays. The judges have no
information (including name, high school, gender) regarding
who wrote the essays at this point. Based on the essays the
judges will narrow the applicant pool before reviewing all
other information submitted with the application.
The eligibility requirements and judging criteria are outlined
in the application form that will be available at any SVEC office
or the student's school guidance department beginning in
December of each year. It can also be accessed below as a PDF.
If you should have any questions concerning this scholarship
opportunity, please contact you local high school guidance
department or Shenandoah Valley Electric.
Information and Application for 2008 Scholarships
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Application and Essay Deadline:
February 29, 2008
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