Scholarship Application Seminar

SACRED HEART MEMBERS ONLY

Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar

Seminar Purpose– Preview scholarship application– Know how to prepare any application

Information provided must allow reader to evaluate the  applicant’s financial needacademic promise and community involvement

PLEASE NOTE: INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS

WILL NOT BE PROCESSED DUE TO

MISSING REQUIRED INFORMATION

AND / OR DOCUMENTS

SACRED HEART MEMBERS ONLY

ONLY COMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. PLEASE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE ENCLOSED DOUCUMENTATION BEFORE SUBMISSION.

PLACE A CHECKMARK BY EACH ENCLOSED DOCUMENT THREE (3) Reference letters DATED and SIGNED –No More Than Two (2) Years Old

Verification of all income information (e.g. a copy of YOUR / FAMILY HOUSEHOLD W-2)Provide copies of official documentation of family financial income

Proof of enrollment or acceptance at the school you will attend.

Provide copy as proof

A letter about your personal goals

Fully completed application form

___________________Sacred Heart ChurchParticipation/ Involvement / Volunteer

Transcripts

Provide copy as proof

CHECKLIST

Helpful Information can be found in Questions & Answers (Q & A) section on the Education Commission Website

Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar

• Strategies– Read application thoroughly– Follow directions– Answer all questions– Submit by deadline date– Clean, legible– Integrity– Recheck/proofread– Make copies of all forms for your personal records – Write an essay that answers to the theme

Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar

• Remember, your application should say to the evaluator– The applicant has followed instructions,

the application is complete, documentation has been provided and the applicant can be supported

• We will examine KEY points of the application

Personal Information

Legal NameDate of Birth

email address Telephone Number(s)

Address (Number Street)

City or Town State Zip Code

Please attach a letter about your current educational and personal goals. Include any information you believe would help us evaluate your application.

References (current within the last two (2) years)Please submit three (3) letters of recommendation DATED AND SIGNED with this application. The letters can be included with your application, faxed to (313) 831-8603, or mailed to Sacred Heart Church, 1000 Eliot, Detroit, MI 48207. You should verify all three letters arrive before the application deadline.

John Francis Rae

Detroit

JFRae4152@ aol.com

MI

05/12/88

313 222-55554520 West Northend Ave.

48201

Hot Mama@Yahoo.Com

Email Addresses

reflect positively /

negatively on YOU

Past Academic InformationInclude information about the last three years. Include earlier information if it will help us evaluate your application. Attach a list if you need more room.

School NameAddress Dates Attended Grade

Point Average

Current Academic InformationPlease include proof of acceptance or current enrollment at this institution, such as a copy of your student identification card or a copy of your letter of acceptance. If you are currently enrolled, send a transcript of your grades. If you are just starting at this school, send a transcript from the last school you attended. For example, if you are a college freshman, please send a high school transcript.

Michigan State University 3.5009/2004 – 06/2007123 Main Campus Drive

East Michigan 48923

Name of College, University or Vocational School where you plan to use the scholarship

Address (Number Street) Field of Study (Major)

City or Town State Zip Code Student Status (e.g. freshman)

Sacred Heart Church Community ServiceContributions to your community can include extra-curricular activities or volunteer work. Sacred Heart Organizations involvement/ participation will be given the highest weight. If you need more room, please attach a list of your additional services to the community.

Sacred Heart Organization / Participation /InvolvementList Dates

Other Community Service

Name of activity or organizationList Dates

Youth Choir 2007 to present

What type of Sacred Heart Community Services activities should be listed?

Community Services should include your participation in Sacred Heart Church Organizations such as: Administration Commission, African American Focus Play, Altar Servers, Arts

Committee, Bazaar Volunteer, Body & Spirit Dance Adult Ministry, Cancer Support Team, Choir (Youth / Adult), Christmas Program, Community Affairs, Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance,

Economic Development Commission, Education Commission, Employment Resource Committee, Faithful Few, Friends of the Bereaved, Friends of the Sick & Shut In, Haiti Committee,

Health Task Force, Inter Faith Golden Circle, Intonjane, Junior Daughters, Junior Knights, Knights of Peter Claver, Inc., Ladies Auxiliary of St. Peter Claver, Men of Isuthu, Ministers of Faith,

Ministers of Service, Sacred Heart Herald, Social Affairs Commission, St. Vincent DePaul, Usher Board, Worship Commission, Youth Council, Youth Liturgical Dancers

Note: Other outside community services may be listed but a higher weight will be given to your participation at Sacred Heart Church.

Immediate Family InformationPlease indicate the head of the household with an asterisk ‘*’. Family information here is similar to the way it is reported on a W-4. If you are financially independent, you should report only your income. If you are married, have children, or if you are a dependent child you should include income information for your household. If you need more room, please attach the information.

Family Address (Number Street) Family Size

City or Town State Zip Code Home Telephone Number

Applicant Name Age

Family Member Names Relation to applicant Age

Head (s) of Household

Do Not Use Nicknames

Sister 14

Anna L. Smith Mother 38

Barbara Smith

John Smith Father 40

Financial InformationPlease furnish official substantiation for the income information provided, e.g. copies of a W-2, Social Security statement, Other Statements of Income, Financial Aid applications. Please send copies of your important documents.

Applicant’s Employer

Employer’s Address (Number Street)

City or Town State Zip Code

Names of Other Grants, Scholarships or Loans Awarded to Applicant Amount

Annual Incomes in the Past Year:

Combined Head of HouseholdIncome

ApplicantIncome

Total HouseholdIncome

PELL Grant $1,000.00

$38,00.00 $8,000.00 $46,000.00

Signature Today’s Date

Applications, including all supporting documentation, for the scholarships must be returned to Father Thomas by June 30th. If you have any questions about how to fill out this application, please contact Frieda Thorne at (313) 863-4687 or Bonnie Walker at (248) 543-2698. You may email Bonnie Walker at bjwalk@msn.com.

Helen J. Jones 05/20/10

As with all official documents remember to Sign and Date

Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar

We will examine a Good and Bad Essay

Bad Personal Statement

Sample

Bad Personal Statement

• My name is Zhane Fullerton. I am applying for the Scared Hart Scholarship. I need this money in order to become a industrial engine. I have been accepted to Oakland County Community College in the fall of 2007. I am 18. I need this money because I am in a household with three other siblings planning to go to college. This money will help me to pay for tuition, a new car, gas money, and room and board at the university. I believe if you give me this money I will try my hardest to prove to you that I can make it .

Bad Personal Statement

• Industrial engines make lots of money and I am ready to do what I have to do in order to earn a lot of money and provide for my parents as my parents have provided for me.

Bad Personal Statement

• I am struggling with being on my own. The fee for going to OCCC is thousands of dollars. I know that giving me this scholarship will help me with paying the costs of the tuition and them some. With the assistance of my parish family, my mother, and other scholarships, I will be one step closer to achieving my dream.

Good Personal Statement

Sample

Good Personal Statement

• People are often told that education is important. People are told that a person must strive for an education. It is a recent occurrence that people have been told that there is money out there for them. Therefore, I shall seek it. My dream is to become an industrial engineer. Industrial engineers help to shape the future of our society. It is commonly defined that industrial engineers are people that help to make society run more efficiently; they work to eliminate wastes of time, energy, money, resources, and other materials.

Good Personal Statement

• Our society is bogged down with the ‘red tape’ of government, the ‘red tape’ of policies, and the old standards of doing things. For instance, the oil industry is inefficient. The use of oil from the Middle East is hurting our country. As an industrial engineer, it would be my job to find out how to develop an energy source that can replace oil, is safer than oil, and is more accessible to the country, without depending on foreign suppliers.

Good Personal Statement cont.

• It is necessary that someone change the status quo to make things better and efficient for the future generations of our society. Being eighteen years old, graduating from high school and going to college I will be on the road to achieve this possible reality.

Good Personal Statement

• The engineering program at Oakland County Community College is a great program that I am scheduled to be apart of in the fall of 2010. With the assistance of my parish family, my mother, and other scholarships, I will be one step closer to achieving my dream.

Thank you for taking the time in reading my application.

Zhane Fullerton

What not to Do

• Do not complete in pencil

• No stained papers

• Do not staple anything

• Do not wait until the last minute to fill out the application, IT SHOWS with omitted information and errors

• Plan ahead

• Place papers in a large envelope

• Have neat papers

• Typed or in black/blue ink

• When in doubt ask questions

SACRED HEART MEMBERS ONLY