Berks County Community Foundation-Car Tech Application

The Carpenter Technology Retired Employees Scholarship Fund Application
Children of current non-officer Carpenter Technology employees (Berks County site only) are eligible to apply as long as they are current high school seniors, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in high school, and will be full-time, undergraduate students at an institution of higher education after graduating from high school. The institution of higher education may be a 4-year or 2-year college, university, vocational, technical, computer or trade school. Grandchildren of Carpenter Technology employees are not eligible to apply unless the grandchild's parent is also a current employee at Carpenter's Berks County site.

Please review the Frequently Asked Questions about this fund.

To be considered for this scholarship, complete and submit the following form electronically between January 15 and April 1.

This application and all required attachments must be submitted on-line by the deadline.

If for some reason you are unable to submit this application and all attachments on-line, you may print the application, complete it, and send it and all required attachments in one envelope to the following address with a postmark of no later than the deadline. If you mail in the application, and if all of the required attachments are not included in one envelope along with your application, your application will be marked as incomplete and will not be considered. No exceptions will be made.

The Carpenter Technology Retired Employees Scholarship
Berks County Community Foundation
237 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601

Attachments Required:

A one-page essay that addresses the following topic: What famous person would you like to have lunch with, and what would you discuss? Essay must be double spaced and typed in 12 point font. Your essay will be judged on appearance, content, spelling and grammar.
A copy of your most recent high school transcript. Transcript can be unofficial.
A letter of recommendation from an individual who can provide information in regard to your financial need. This letter should be from a teacher, school official, clergy, employer, advisor, community leader or other person who knows you well.

Applicant Name:

Prefix	First	MI	Last	Suffix

Street Address:

Address 2 (optional):

City:

State: Zip Code: County

Home Phone Number:

Email address:

Birth Date:

Are you Male? Female?

High School Name:

Graduation Date:

About Your Family

Name of parent employed at Carpenter Technology:

Home Address (if different from above):

Job Function and Work Location:

Is your parent a current non-officer employee of Carpenter Technology? Yes No

Number of other children currently attending college, excluding applicant:

Name of parent not employed at Carpenter Technology:

Occupation and Employer of parent not employed at Carpenter Technology:

Post-Secondary Plans

What educational institution are you planning to attend?

Entrance Date:

Will you attend as a full-time student? Yes No

Expected cost of tuition per year:
Expected cost of room and board per year:
Expected cost of books and fees per year:
Total costs per year:

Have you received or do you anticipate receiving any scholarships, loans or financial awards? If yes, please indicate which ones and the amount of each:

Activities, Awards and Honors
List all school activities in which you have participated in the past four years:

List all community activities in which you have participated in the past four years:

Indicate all special awards, honors and offices held:

Please attach a one-page essay - double spaced and typed in 12 point font - that addresses the following topic: What famous person would you like to have lunch with, and what would you discuss?

Please attach your most recent high school transcript. Transcript can be unofficial.

Please attach a letter of recommendation from an individual who can provide information in regard to your financial need. This letter should be from a teacher, school official, clergy, employer, advisor, community leader or other person who knows you well.

How did you hear about the Community Foundation?

Note: Berks County Community Foundation employees, board members and/or committee members are not eligible to apply for or receive a scholarship offered by Berks County Community Foundation, nor are their immediate family members. However, immediate family members are eligible to be nominated and recognized as the recipient of a scholarship, but without the financial award of the scholarship. Immediate families include spouses, children, stepchildren, grandchildren, stepgrandchildren. The ineligibility period for Berks County Community Foundation board members or employees extends five years after board service or employment terminates. The ineligibility period for committee members who are not Berks County Community Foundation staff or board is in effect only during their term of service.