Scholarship Essay Contest

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The California Mayflower Society awards three scholarships each year to qualified applicants: one $5000 scholarship, one $3,000 scholarship and one $2,000 scholarship.
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ELIGIBILITY

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A scholarship recipient must be a high school senior during the year he/she applies for the scholarship.
Scholarship applicants must show a lineage connection to the California Mayflower Society:
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• as a current member of the California Mayflower Society; or
• as the child, grandchild, great-grandchild, niece, nephew, grandniece, grandnephew, great-grandniece or great-grandnephew of a living current member of the California Mayflower Society.

There is NO restriction regarding the residence of the California Mayflower Society member or the residence of the scholarship applicant.
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Requirements

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Applicants must submit:
1) a Scholarship Application Form, including a written component exploring their Mayflower heritage, 2) a copy of their high school transcript, 3&4) two letters of recommendation, and 5) the scores from either their ACT or SAT test.
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To apply

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Download and save both the 2019-2020 Scholarship Application Instructions and the 2019-2020 Scholarship Application Form
Everything you will need to prepare, format and submit your application is in these two documents.
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deadline

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All application materials must be received no later than Friday March 1, 2019. No late or incomplete applications will be accepted.
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For More Information

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If you have questions about any aspect of the scholarship program please send an email to Scholarship Secretary Kathy Gire at kabumpo16@aol.com