{"id":711,"date":"2018-09-27T15:51:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:37:01","slug":"get-prepared","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/scholarships\/get-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tScholarship Checklist\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 tabindex=\"0\">Items Required for Application<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><b>Official Transcript(s):<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>High school transcript<\/i><\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>must include all high school courses through the\u00a0<b><i>third six-weeks of the senior year<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(applies to graduating seniors).<\/li>\n<li><b><i>College transcripts <\/i><\/b>will need to include concurrent classes<i> (if applicable<\/i>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>ACT, SAT, or TSIA Score Report: \u00a0You may provide the student report received in the mail or from an online service. \u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 tabindex=\"0\">Be Prepared In Advance<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><b>School Activities and Honors: <\/b>\u00a0Be prepared to list your activities and honors in descending order of importance. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><b>Community Service and Work Experience:<\/b> \u00a0Be prepared to describe all community service including organization name(s) and tasks completed. \u00a0If you have work experience, be prepared to provide the business name(s) and job duties. <\/li>\n<li><b>Essay:<\/b>\u00a0 What do you consider to be the best advice you ever received? Who gave you that advice? Did you follow that advice or not? What has been the impact of your decision? The essay is not to exceed 500 words. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><b>Recommendation Request:<\/b> Within the application you will have the opportunity to send an email request to a recommender of your choice. They will receive an electronic request, so we strongly encourage you to make personal contact with your recommender to make them aware of the email. Remember to allow sufficient time for your recommender to receive the email and complete the request before the application&#8217;s deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>\n\t\tHow to Apply for Scholarships\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 tabindex=\"0\">Set Up Your Student Account<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>Once the scholarship cycle has opened on January 1, you may apply for scholarships by visiting the scholarship portal and creating an account. Please click on &#8220;Create New Account&#8221; to complete the registration process and create your login credentials.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 tabindex=\"0\">Complete the Application<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Once you have set up your student account, please complete the online application. <strong>Keep in mind the deadline for submitting your completed application with all supporting documentation is March 31<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To maximize your chances of receiving a Foundation scholarship,\u00a0<strong>answer questions completely<\/strong>. Your responses determine eligibility for additional Foundation scholarships. You MUST answer all questions marked with an asterisk (*).<\/li>\n<li>Applicants may work on the application at their own pace during the open window. To ensure work is saved, click <em><strong>Save Application<\/strong><\/em> at the bottom right side of the application so work may not be lost. Once you complete the application, click <em><strong>Submit Application<\/strong><\/em> at the bottom right side of the application. If you fail to answer all required questions, missed questions will be marked in red, prompting a response.<\/li>\n<li>In some instances, your application responses result in an auto-match; no additional action on your part is required. In other instances, your responses result in supplemental opportunities which additional questions and\/or essays may be required.<\/li>\n<li>At the conclusion of the process when you have submitted your application, an email will be sent to you confirming receipt of your application. If you do not see the email in your inbox, be sure to check your spam folder.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 tabindex=\"0\">Manage Your Student Account<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>Review your student account periodically to check the status of your application. Update your contact information if anything changes after you have submitted your application.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 tabindex=\"0\">Questions?<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>Please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:scholarships@pbaf.org\">scholarships@pbaf.org <\/a>or 432.617.3213.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarship Checklist Items Required for Application Official Transcript(s): High school transcript\u00a0must include all high school courses through the\u00a0third six-weeks of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-with-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions\/2585"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}