By Holly Walker
If you need help paying for college, then don’t miss the April 15 deadline to apply for a John Tyler Community College Foundation scholarship. Each year, the Foundation awards scholarships to new and continuing Tyler students, and this year, you could be one of those students if you apply.
To be considered for a Foundation scholarship, you must:
- Complete the JTCC Foundation Scholarship Application for the 2016-17 academic year. A link to this online application may be found at www.jtcc.edu/scholarships. You only have to submit the online scholarship application once to be considered for all Foundation scholarships.
- Have in-state tuition status.
- Have a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA.
- Be enrolled or planning to be enrolled in a certificate and/or degree program at John Tyler for the 2016-17 academic year. You must be officially enrolled in a major before scholarship funds will be disbursed (posted to your student account).
- Have a completed a 2016 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on file at John Tyler before the scholarship deadline. For more information and for the FAFSA application, go to www.FAFSA.ed.gov. Note: When filling out your FAFSA application, enter JTCC’s school code of 004004.
If you have started work on your scholarship application, or even if you haven’t gotten started yet, there’s still time. You have until Friday, April 15 to complete and submit your application.
If you have questions about the Foundation Scholarship program, contact foundation@jtcc.edu.