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CROSBY SCHOLARSHIPS

The final Crosby Scholarship deadline is

APRIL 15, 2024

This edition of Smart Money Moves highlights all scholarships with a April 15 deadline.

Please note that all eligibility requirements are not listed below. Please visit the Crosby Scholarship Handbook for full eligibility criteria and to submit your scholarship applications!

ACADEMIC BASED SCHOLARSHIPS

While many of our academic based scholarships are also essay based, they also have a specific GPA requirement that you must meet to be eligible. These requirements range from a 2.0 to 3.5 cumulative weighted GPA.

SCHOOL BASED SCHOLARSHIPS

These scholarships require your enrollment at either UNC-Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina A&T University, Wingate University, Wake Forest University, or a Historically Black College or University (HBCU)!

Wingate University Scholarship for Crosby Scholars

Essay not required.

$2,000 | Renewable

FIRST-GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS

Are you a First-Generation College Student? You are considered a First-Generation College Student if neither of your parents have a four-year Bachelor's Degree from a college or university. If this sounds like you, then you can apply for one of these scholarships!

OUTSIDE SCHOLARSHIPS

The Winston-Salem Chapter of the National Women of Achievement, Inc. (NWOA) is offering two scholarships for graduating seniors!

NWOA is a service-oriented organization based in Houston, Texas that “encourages youth to maintain high moral, ethical, and educational standards, as well as, to strive for excellence in the career fields of their choice.” Students at Atkins Academic and Technology High School and Mt. Tabor High School won the 2023 scholarships. The W-S Chapter is again, offering two scholarships in 2024; applicants may apply for one.

• The Achiever Attorney Willie Kennedy Achievement Scholarship ($500) is for a student planning to attend an accredited 4-year college or university.
• The Achiever Dr. Manderline Scales HBCU Scholarship ($500) is for a student planning to attend an accredited 4-year Historically Black College or University (HBCU.)

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT

In order to be considered for a scholarship from the Winston-Salem Chapter, the applicant must be a Class of 2024 graduating high school senior from Forsyth County who plans to be enrolled in an accredited 4 - year college or university or an accredited 4 - year HBCU in the fall semester immediately following application or immediately upon graduation from high school.

CRITERIA

The Winston-Salem Chapter Scholarship Committee members will use the following criteria for selection of scholarship recipients:

• Completion of the NWOA, Inc. application form
• GPA
• Community service, extracurricular activities, honors and awards
• Inclusion of a jpeg photo
• Student essay
• Recommendation letters
• Video of themselves reading/reciting/presenting their essay using the format of their choice (zoom, mp4, mov., etc.).

To be eligible for consideration a completed scholarship application and all criteria must be electronically submitted by 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 31st.

The Winston-Salem Alumni Chapter of Fayetteville State University is providing at least two $1,000 scholarships to applications who exhibit excellence in involvement, participation, achievement, motivation, and goals!

Click here to download the scholarship application with information about how to submit your application. Applications must be submitted by April 19, 2024.

QUESTIONS?

Crosby Scholars is here for you! Schedule a virtual Financial Aid Advising session with Ashly Wilson, Assistant Director of Financial Aid + Scholarships!

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