2010 AzCB SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please read instructions before proceeding. Complete the scholarship application. Submit it by email and in hard copy along with all documentation as a paper packet.
Send all materials to:
Email Address: mrsmcdee@q.com
Hard Copy: Arizona Council of the Blind Scholarship Program
Attn. Barbara McDonald
3124 East Roosevelt Street, Suite 4
Phoenix, AZ 85008
The completed application and supporting documents must be marked no later than March 20, 2010. Online applications must be submitted by March 15, 2010 with the subject as "AzCB Scholarship Application". The hard copy application and documents MUST BE TYPE written. Handwritten applications WILL NOT be accepted.
Include the following with your completed application:
1. Autobiographical sketch: No more than two (2) pages containing information about you. Tell us about your personal goals, strengths, weaknesses, hobbies, honors, achievements, etc. Be sure to list the field or courses of study you are pursuing and explain why you have chosen it.
2. Certification of legal blindness from an ophthalmologist, optometrist, physician, agency executive serving the blind or other competent authority.
3. Certified transcripts from the school you are currently attending. Entering freshman and sophomores, please include high school transcripts; graduate students, please include undergraduate transcripts. Unless extenuating circumstances exist, a 3.0 cumulative grade point average is required.
4. A recommendation letter from a current or recent instructor.
5. Proof of acceptance from a post-secondary school. Entering and transferring students must submit a notice or letter from the admissions office certifying acceptance or consideration for admission. Students continuing at the same school attended during 2009/2010 do not need to submit this document. If acceptance letter has not been received by due date of application, please submit application noting that letter to follow upon receipt. Applications will be considered complete only upon receipt of supporting documents. Please note: in some instances, the Internal Revenue Service may consider scholarship awards taxable income.
Thank you for your interest and if you have any questions or need help please email tom@azcb.org.