2018 Community Impact
award Scholarship
Community impact award Scholarship – 2018
$1,000 Scholarship
(up to 5 awarded)
Deadline: October 8, 2018
Format: 500-word essay
Description:
This scholarship awards students who have made or are interested in making a positive impact on a community. Here seniors may practice their essay writing and topic selection skills prior to preparing college applications as well as have the opportunity to earn a $1,000 scholarship toward their first-year college expenses.
Judging:
Assessed for relevance of selected topic and comprehensive response to prompt, content strength, originality, creativity, writing organization, structure, and grammar.
Who May Apply?:
1. high school seniors living or attending school in Oakland, Wayne, or Washtenaw county, Michigan.
2. high school seniors interested in applying to undergraduate business programs (no location req’s).
Directions:
Select one prompt below and responD. Identify your selected prompt at the top of your essay.
Prompt 1:
Identify one of the communities to which you belong and describe a unique and tangible impact you have had on that community. How did you develop personally as you made an impact on the community? Describe a new goal you now have as A Result of this experience.
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Prompt 2:
Describe a business idea that you have already pursued or one that is in the ideation phase.
– If you have already pursued this business idea, describe the business’s mission, impact to date, and plans for community engagement.
– If the business is in the ideation phase, describe your idea and outline your business plan. How do you hope to impact the community through this business?
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Prompt 3:
Select one current event that is impacting a community and propose a business solution. What do you hope to learn by studying business in college?
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All submissions are confidential and will be treated as proprietary.
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