Apply For A Scholarship - Competitive Essay | A Stepping Stone Foundation

Are you a former A Stepping Stone Foundation preschooler? Are you now a senior in high school or have graduated high school (or maybe did not?) and are ready for higher learning? Are you ready to enter college, community college, an accredited tech or trade school?

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The 2023 Rev. William O. Smith Memorial Scholarship Application (WOS)

This application is in addition to the BGMS scholarship and is awarded on a competitive basis. A Stepping Stone Foundation awards this scholarship to the winning applicant in addition to their Billie Gannaway scholarship. You may only receive one WOSMS award per lifetime. If A Stepping Stone Foundation awards you the WOSMS, you are no longer eligible to apply for or receive the WOSMS in any following award year.
The completed application must be submitted to A Stepping Stone Foundation no later than:
Friday, January 20, 2023.
Name*
Last First
Date*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Phone*
(best number to contact you)
Email

(Yours, or Parent, or Guardian)
Please answer the following 4 essay questions in detail. Remember, this is a competition and you'll want to do your best!
1. What do you offer that distinguishes you from the other candidates?*
2. How will this scholarship help you accomplish your goals?*
3. Imagine yourself 10 years from today. What goals and ambitions do you have for yourself?*
4. Choose one of the topics in the drop down list to write about.*
Your essay response to your selection from the drop down menu.*
Thank you for your time and considered responses to these questions. The A Stepping Stone Foundation's Rev. William O. Smith Memorial Scholarship Essay committee will carefully review all entries. A spokesperson will contact all applicants with the results. All applicants, except the winner, are encouraged to reapply next school year. The winner may not reapply for this scholarship. Good luck!

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Apply For The Rev. William O. Smith Memorial Scholarship

The 2023 Rev. William O. Smith Memorial Scholarship Application (WOS)

Friday, January 20, 2023.

Please answer the following 4 essay questions in detail. Remember, this is a competition and you'll want to do your best!

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