SCHOLARSHIPS
Deadlines rapidly approaching to apply for 2019-2020
Priority deadlines for scholarships for the 2019 to 2020 academic year are approaching rapidly at many institutions of higher education, and in some cases the priority deadline is also the final deadline. High school seniors planning to attend a university next year should find their schools’ application forms and apply. Most can easily be found by an online search of your institution’s name and the word “scholarships.”
At Fort Hays State University, the priority deadline is Nov. 15, but the final deadline is Feb. 15, 2019. Different institutions have different requirements, but students who have not yet applied for admission to FHSU must do so before applying for scholarships. To apply for admission to FHSU, the link is the “Apply Now” button on the page at www.fhsu.edu/admissions/index.
Once the student has a TigerTracks ID, the scholarship application website is at https://fhsu.academicworks.com/users/sign_in. The online scholarship application automatically matches and recommends scholarships for which students are eligible, and the application also allows students to search for and select scholarships.
Many scholarships are based on ACT or SAT scores. For Fort Hays State’s ACT scholarships, scores can be self-reported on the application, but official copies must be received by June 1, 2019.
FHSU’s four primary ACT scholarships are the $3,500 Presidential Award of Distinction; the $2,000 University Scholar Award; the $1,500 Hays City Scholar Award; and the $1,000 Traditions Scholar Award. Only one can be accepted. All four are renewable for three years if a student remains enrolled full time and maintains at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA.
Again, the specifics of qualifications, amounts, deadlines and processes vary from one institution to the next, but one thing is common to all of them, especially if you haven’t applied yet: The time to move is now.
