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Elizabethtown College merit-based scholarships

A view from the High Library Elizabethtown College is committed to recognizing the significant achievements of its strongest applicants by awarding merit-based scholarships. Students improve their candidacy for these awards by completing the application process in a timely manner and enhancing the content of their application with additional supporting documentation and an on-campus interview.

Presidential Scholarships
These merit-based scholarships, valued at up to $17,000 each, are offered to academically superior entering first-year students. Strong candidates for this award rank in the top percentages of their high school class, have taken a very challenging curriculum, have a combined Critical Reading and Mathematics SAT score of 1300 or an ACT composite score of 29, and display leadership, citizenship and extracurricular achievement.

Provost Scholarships
These merit-based scholarships, valued at up to $14,000 each, are offered to academically superior students. Strong candidates for this award rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class, have taken a very challenging curriculum, have a combined Critical Reading and Mathematics SAT score of 1150 or an ACT composite score of 27, and display leadership, citizenship and extracurricular achievement.

Dean's Scholarships
These merit-based awards, valued up to $11,000 each, are offered to a select group of incoming student whose high school curriculum is challenging, whose academic record is excellent, who have demonstrated leadership and service backgrounds, and who are likely to contribute to the Elizabethtown College community in significant ways.

SAT Waiver

Elizabethtown College values a strong high school record, complete with a challenging curriculum and consistently strong grades relative to your peers. For students who have demonstrated excellence during their four years of high school, Elizabethtown offers the opportunity to waive standardized testing from the application and scholarships review process.

Students who waive their scores, particularly if the scores do not reflect the same level of achievement or aptitude as the rest of their application, generally help their chances for both admissions and for scholarship. When a score is waived for a student's application, admissions and scholarship reviews place greater emphasis on the relative strength of the student's curriculum, their submitted writing samples and teacher recommendations (as they relate to preparedness and communication skills).

Terms and Conditions
• Financial need is not a factor when considering students for these scholarships.

• Merit-based awards are competitive. Receipt of a scholarship is not automatic, even if requirements are met.

•  The awards are offered to students in the same amount for each of their four years, regardless of any change in comprehensive fee.

•  Elizabethtown students must each year maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA and good citizenship to maintain a merit-based scholarship.

•  To be eligible for scholarship consideration, students must complete the Elizabethtown College Application for Admissions by March 1.

•  Students who receive tuition exchange or tuition remission may earn the designation of a merit-based scholarship recipient, but their tuition benefit supercedes the award.

Elizabethtown College is an independent, privately supported, co-educational institution committed to providing an education to qualified students regardless of sex, race, religion, creed, color, age, or handicap. Its policies comply with requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, and all other applicable federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, and regulations.