Ski Vermont Scholarship
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Award: $2300 – $2300
Deadline: February 12.
To provide financial assistance and encourage students with a passion for skiing, snowboarding, the mountains, and the outdoors to pursue courses of study related to ski area management or related fields. Qualifications: Students must be attending (or planning to attend) a college, university or training program within the United States or Canada who are: United States citizens; must be a current high school senior seeking a certificate or degree in recreation/ski area management, tourism/hospitality, civil and environmental engineering, environmental studies, or related technology field such as lift maintenance or diesel power technology; enroll full time; demonstrate academic achievement (minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale); demonstrate financial need; demonstrate education/work ethic; demonstrate school/community involvement/service; attend an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding (Pell grants, federal Direct loans). Selection criteria: Selection will be based on academic achievement, financial need, essay, and recommendation letter. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; scholarships listed on pages 6-46 require the Unified Scholarship Application (USA); each scholarship usually requires at least one additional required document; Submit required documents online through MyVSAC account; required documents: Unified Scholarship Application, FAFSA, one recommendation letter #1 (non-relative), essay #1 (general essay), and official transcript. Focus: Environmental science; Hotel, institutional, and restaurant management; Technology; Travel and tourism.