Info Scholarship - Elks National Foundation's 2008 Most Valuable Student Contest

Most Valuable Student Competition

Applications for the Elks National Foundation's 2008 Most Valuable Student contest will be available beginning September 1, 2007 at your local Elks Lodge, online or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Foundation. Applications for the 2008 contest have to be submitted to your local Elks Lodge by January 11, 2008.

The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2008 competition.

• Any high school senior who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to apply.
• Applicants need not be related to a member of the Elks.
• College students are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date their applications are signed; resident alien status does not qualify.
• Male and female students compete separately.

Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need.

All scholarships are in the form of certificates of award conditional upon the full-time enrollment of the winner in an accredited U.S. college or university.

Applications must advance through local, district and state competition to reach the national competition. The Chicago office of the Elks National Foundation will announce the 500 national winners, and notify them in writing, around May 15, 2008. (Many local Lodges, districts and state Elks associations award their own scholarships through this program. These scholarships are not to be confused with the 500 Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarships.)

To locate an Elks Lodge near you, try your phone book or
http://www.elks.org/lodges.

Ranging from $1,000 per year to $15,000 per year, Most Valuable Student scholarships are for students pursuing a four-year degree, on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester hours), in a U.S. American college or university.

Requests for additional information should be addressed to the scholarship chairman of the local Lodge or of the Elks association of the state in which the applicant is a resident.

2008 Most Valuable Student Award Offers 500 Four-Year Awards for the 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-2012 Academic Years
	Four-Year Total Award	No. of Awards	Total
First Place	$60,000	2	$120,000
Second Place	$40,000	2	$80,000
Third Place	$20,000	2	$40,000
Fourth Place	$16,000	2	$32,000
Fifth Place	$12,000	2	$24,000
Sixth Place	$10,000	4	$40,000
Seventh Place	$8,000	4	$32,000
Runners Up	$4,000	482	$1,928,000
Total:			$2,296,000

Click here to download MVS Scholarship Application

Info from www.elks.org