SWE New Jersey Section Scholarship
Society of Women Engineers
Award: $2750 – $2750
Deadline: January 31.
To support incoming freshman engineering and engineering technology majors whose home state is New Jersey and plan to attend college in New Jersey. Qualifications: Applicants must identify as a woman; must be incoming freshman engineering and engineering technology majors whose home state is New Jersey and plan to attend college in New Jersey; must be studying engineering or computer science full time at the collegiate level in the upcoming academic year or are a re-entry student; have a high school GPA above 3.5 or a university GPA above 3.0; students who are current SWE Collegiate or SWENext members; must be planning to attend a school with ABET-accredited programs. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on committee criteria; reviewers focus on extracurricular activities, work history, volunteerism, and interest and involvement in STEM. How to apply: Applicants must submit online application form; should include general personal information; education information; previous school information, current school information, and intended school for the upcoming year information; transcript (unofficial): transcripts must include applicant name and GPA (preference for unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale); financial details: general questions regarding family circumstances and any additional expected funding; additional information, school and community activities, work experience, honors and awards, essay; short response answer in response to a provided prompt; reference; contact information for one reference must be provided on the application, and then applicants reference must log in to submit their recommendation. Focus: Engineering.