Apply for Fully Funded Scholarship at Simmons University in the USA. The deadline for this application is 1st December 2021.

Scholarship Description:

The Gilbert and Marcia Kotzen Scholars Program is a competitive merit award that recognizes the best and brightest students interested in a transformative education at Simmons University.

Recognizing Excellence

This is the most prestigious award offered at Simmons, and acknowledges excellence through focus on study abroad, scholarly research, and intellectual curiosity.

Additionally, the Kotzen Scholarship provides full tuition, room & board, plus an additional $3,000 for academic pursuits such as study abroad, research support, and more. Likewise, this scholarship is for the duration of a four-year period of full-time undergraduate study, and supersedes any previously awarded merit scholarship.

Criteria:

The incumbent must meet the following for Fully Funded Scholarship in the USA:

• Apply as a freshman for the fall semester
• Similarly, students applying for the Fall 2021 will not be required to submit standardized test scores. For those choosing to submit test scores, a 28 or higher on the ACT is recommended and a 1300 or higher on the SAT.
• Also, non-native English speakers must submit TOEFL and SAT or ACT scores
• GPA of 3.3 or higher, unweighted
• Furthermore, College preparatory curriculum including an advanced level math course during, or prior to, your senior year of high school
• Also, a record of taking honors, advanced placement (AP) and international baccalaureate (IB) courses, as available in their high school systems

Application process

The application consists of a short answer and a formal essay in response to the prompts below; as well as a resume including activities and involvements. Similarly, students should submit their essays and; resume in PDF or Word Doc via email with the subject line “Kotzen Application,” by December 1. Each page of the document should include the student’s full name and date of birth.

Please note: it is the student’s responsibility to submit a working file in the proper format; (PDF or Word) as we will not convert or accept incompatible files (i.e. Google Docs, Pages, etc.)

Essay prompts

• Short Answer (of no more than 250 words): How would you use your additional annual award of $3,000 (for study abroad, short-term courses, summer internship tuition, and/or research support)?
• Likewise, use a specific example of a leader, either from history or from your own personal experience, to support your argument.

Application deadline

Applicants must complete and submit both their scholarship application and their admission application to the University by December 1.