CFCU Community Credit Union
STRINGHAM SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

INSTRUCT IONS

Please type or print your application. Complete PART A of the application in full, then print this form from your browser and sign it. Attach the materials requested in PART B and PART C and return all forms to:

    CFCU Scholarship Committee
    CFCU Community Credit Union
    1030 Craft Road
    Ithaca, NY 14850-1016

The application must be postmarked no later than Monday, March 1, 2010. All information is kept in strict confidence.

Applications will be judged on academic achievement, community involvement, letters of recommendation, financial need, and the full completion of this application, including essay composition.

*PART A

*Name:

*Social Security Number:

*Date of Birth:

*Current Address:

*Current Phone:

*Permanent Address: (if different from current address)

*Permanent Phone: (if different from current phone)

*Your CFCU Account Number (student applicant must have their own account):

* Name of high school:

* Address of high school:

* Cumulative high school G.P.A. (on a 4.0 scale) at end of last term:

* Date of graduation:

(An official transcript must be attached in a sealed envelope or sent to CFCU directly by your school.)

College(s) or University(ies) to which you have applied:
(List name and address; attach extra sheet if necessary. Please indicate whether each is a 2 or 4 year institution.)

*College #1

2 Year   4 Year

*College #2

2 Year   4 Year

*College #3

2 Year   4 Year

*College #4

2 Year   4 Year

*Major you plan to study (if known):

My signature below indicates that all information contained in my application is factually correct and honestly presented. (This application must be signed by the applicant in order to be accepted.)

Signature: _________________________________________   Date: ___________________

PART B

    On a separate page or pages, please type your answers to the following questions so that we may get to know you better. Please type the question first (underlined), followed by your answer. Please write you name at the top of each page.

      1) In what academic and/or extracurricular activities do you participate? Which are most important to you, and why?

      2) In what non-school, community, work (paid or unpaid) or work-study activities are you involved? Which are most important to you, and why?

      3) Please list any honors or awards you have received. Please also list any leadership roles/reponsibilities you have.

      4) Briefly describe your financial need.

      5) Essay: in four hundred words or less, write an essay on one of the following:


        A. Describe your plan for managing your money (budgeting, etc.) during college.
        B. What do you feel you have to offer your new college — and what do you hope it will offer you?
        C. Describe your career goals.

         

PART C

Please include 2 typed letters of recommendation. At least one should be from a school official (teacher, counselor, etc.) or an employer. These items can be included (in sealed envelopes) with your other materials, or mailed separately to:


      CFCU Scholarship Committee
      CFCU Community Credit Union
      1030 Craft Road
      Ithaca, NY 14850-1016

Please take a moment to answer this question, so we can better inform our membership: How did you find out about the CFCU Stringham Scholarship Program? (Check all that apply)

    CFCU Newsletter
    Advertisement/Newspaper
    Word of Mouth
    At a Branch
    Other ___________________________

     

APPLICATION CHECKLIST

Did you remember to include these with your application?

    Transcripts
    Sent Separately
    Attached

    Part B Questions/Answers
    Attached

    Letters of Recommendation
    Sent Separately
    Attached