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Scholarship Application for First-Year Students

Valparaiso University Foreign Language Scholarships


Deadline: January 31, 2013 postmark -- early applications encouraged

Valparaiso University announces its annual competition for $1000 scholarships for freshman students who will major in Classics, French, German, or Spanish. These merit awards are renewable three times for a total of $4,000 if the student remains a foreign language major and makes satisfactory academic progress. Scholarship holders may have two majors.

Scholarship winners are selected on the basis of this application, an essay of 200 words, a teacher's letter or recommendation, and a foreign language exam which must be taken before January 31, 2013. French, German and Spanish students will take the exam on-line (step 4 after you submit your application). Latin students may take the exam during a campus visit; if that is not convenient the exam will be mailed to the applicant's high school teacher for administration at the high school. The exam is approximately one hour in length.

We invite you to be considered for one of these scholarships.

Step 1: Please complete the form below.


Name

Language

Street Address

City, State, Zip

Telephone

E-mail Address


SAT scores:
Verbal

Mathematics


ACT composite score


Number of years (and which years) enrolled in language courses

Experience Abroad

Have you taken a second or third foreign language?
Which one(s) and for how long?

Overall grade average

Have you taken an AP course in your language?
yes no
If so, when?

Academic Awards


Have you applied for admission to Valparaiso University? yes no
Do you plan to visit campus before January 31, 2013? yes no

To be eligible to receive a scholarship you must have applied to VU by February 8th, 2013.


Step 2: Please have your high school foreign language teacher write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. Your teacher should mail or e-mail the letter to:


Professor Timothy Tomasik
1400 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Timothy.Tomasik@valpo.edu

Foreign Language Teacher's Name

Teacher's E-mail Address

Teacher's Telephone

High School Name

High School Address

High School City, State, Zip


Step 3: Please describe in about 200 words your academic and career goals (how did you become interested in foreign languages and what would you like to do with your language skills in the future?). A successful essay will be well-organized and thoughtful; you may wish to compose and edit it before entering it here.






Deadline: January 31, 2013 postmark
Early applications are encouraged.

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