S-STEM Application - Central |
The Ready Set Transfer! Academy is pleased to announce the S-STEM scholarship, an award of up to $2,500 per quarter for eligible STEM students at the Seattle Colleges.
Important notes: You cannot save this application and return to it. You must answer all questions and upload your personal statement and FAFSA page in a single session.
Important notes: You cannot save this application and return to it. You must answer all questions and upload your personal statement and FAFSA page in a single session.
Scholarships are awarded on a rolling basis each quarter, until funding is exhausted; so you are more likely to receive an award if you apply ASAP.
Eligibility
Have at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA as a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics major.
- Be a US citizen or permanent resident.
- Demonstrate financial need, as verified by FAFSA.
- Demonstrate interest in one of the following STEM fields:
- Biological sciences (except medicine and other clinical fields);
- Physical sciences (including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and materials science);
- Mathematical sciences;
- Computer and information sciences;
- Geosciences;
- Engineering; and
- Technology areas associated with the preceding disciplines (for example, biotechnology, chemical technology, engineering technology, information technology, etc.
Materials
- Two letters of reference describing your demonstrated qualities and behaviors that make you likely to succeed in a STEM career: Referees should be former or current instructors, at least one of whom should be a STEM instructor. Please ask your referees to submit their letters here.
- Copy of the first two pages of the Student Aid Report (SAR) from your completed FAFSA.
- A personal statement of no more than 750 words that does the following:
- Describes an experience or set of experiences that stimulated your interest in STEM.
- Describes an academic challenge you faced and how you overcame it.
- Explains how the scholarship award would advance your studies in STEM.