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THE MERIT AWARD SCHOLARSHIP 2011

Each year NSCS awards $1,000 scholarships to 52 outstanding new members across the country to help defray the costs of education. Merit Award recipients are selected based on how they exemplify the NSCS mission to “Honor and inspire academic excellence and engaged citizenship for a lifetime” on their campus throughout their undergraduate experience New NSCS members are eligible to apply provided that they first join the Society between January 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011. All applications must be completed by June 30, 2010.

Personal Questions

1. Please state your name as you would like it to appear in publications and on the NSCS Web site.

2. What is your cumulative GPA? Please state your current, cumulative GPA in the following format: ______ out of ______.

Scholarship Questions

1. Why is it important to join an honor society like the National Society of Collegiate Scholars? Please give three specific reasons or examples. (Min 300, Max 500 words)

2. The saying is that “the journey is more important than the destination” – Apply this to your undergraduate journey and explain to us the most important part of this journey (Min 300, Max 500 words)

3. To be considered for the Merit Award, you must submit one letter of recommendation to be postmarked NO LATER THAN June 30, 2011. The letter of recommendation must include an NSCS recommendation form which can be downloaded from Merit Award page on the Merit Award Page at NSCS’s website. (Please note that in case of a tie break recommendations are used as tiebreaker. Please select your recommender wisely)

NSCS has launched a long-term initiative around the issue of academic integrity. As part of the initiative, all applications will contain a written version of our oath of academic integrity. As citizens of a universal academic community, have you completed this application according to the values of honesty and individual thought and...