APPLICATION GUIDELINES

The Fort Bend County A&M Club will award scholarships to outstanding students representing Fort Bend County at Texas A&M University. To contend for this scholarship, an applicant must meet criteria of academic standing and university enrollment, demonstrate of leadership, character, citizenship and economic need, and possess the fraternal spirit of Aggieland.
Applications should be typewritten or printed, completed in full and accompanied by required documentation.  Incomplete applications are not considered.

Application Criteria:

1. Academic Standing: The applicant must be a graduating senior ranked in the upper half (½) of his/her graduating class at the completion of his/her first semester of the senior year or at the time of the applicant’s mid-term graduation.  This ranking is to be verified as part of the transcript or by an accompanying certification from an appropriate school official.

2. Graduation: The applicant must graduate at the end of the spring semester immediately following the awarding of the scholarship or have been a mid-term graduate at the conclusion of the semester immediately preceding the awarding of the scholarship.

3. Collegiate Acceptance/Enrollment: The applicant must enroll in Texas A&M University and participate in a curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree.  A copy of the acceptance letter for enrollment must be included with the application.  The applicant must indicate a choice of major and career planned.

4. Activities: Leadership potential and character of the applicant should be demonstrated through an applicant’s response to the categories of the application detailing school, extracurricular and community activities and achievements.  Personal references should provide additional information as well.
 

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Required Attachments:
The list below includes additional attachments that must be included with the application for consideration. Incomplete applications are not reviewed by the selection committee.
1. Narrative: Each applicant must include a typed narrative of no more than two, 8 ½” x 11" sheets, double spaced.  In this narrative, the applicant may supply any information, which he/she feels is pertinent to the application receiving proper consideration.  The applicant’s name, address and high school should be typed as a heading to the narrative in the upper right hand corner of page one.

2. References: Each applicant must submit two letters of personal reference.  References may be either typed or handwritten and should include the name, address and daytime phone number of the person making the recommendation, as well as an indication of the person’s relationship to the applicant (teacher, minister, employer, etc.) - no relatives please.  References should indicate knowledge of the applicant’s character, determination to pursue a college education and any other factors that will assist in the evaluation.  No more than two letters may be submitted per applicant and no letter should exceed one page in length.

3. Transcript: Each application must be accompanied by a transcript showing academic average and grading scale through three and a half years of high school, class size and ranking of the applicant. If the transcript does not list the school’s grading scale, a letter with this information must be included from the registrar or counselor.

4. Letter of Acceptance:  As previously stated, the applicant must enroll in Texas A&M University and participate in a curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree.  A copy of the acceptance letter for enrollment must be included with the application.

Application Deadline:

Applications must be postmarked on or before Monday, February 28, 2005.  There will be no exceptions to the postmark date.  The completed application should be mailed to Scholarship Chair, Fort Bend County A&M Club, PO Box 16684, Sugar Land, TX 77496.
 

For more information please contact the Fort Bend A&M Club Scholarship Chair
Donna Clement ’97, at 281-980-5433 or dmc097@hotmail.com.
 

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