Applying for Scholarships – applications due March 14, 2025

Please attach a typed resume that includes the following: honors and awards, performing arts, athletics, Pike High School extracurricular activities, community or church-related service, and employment/work experience.

As a prospective student pursuing a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) or business, you stand at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurship. This scholarship aims to support individuals who demonstrate a commitment to making a positive impact in their chosen field. Please describe your journey toward choosing a career in STEM or business. What experiences, challenges, or inspirations have shaped your aspirations? Discuss how you plan to utilize your education and skills in STEM or business to address a current problem or need within your community or the world. Be specific about the areas you are passionate about and how you intend to contribute to meaningful change. Outline your short-term and long-term career goals. How will this scholarship help you achieve these objectives and further your professional development? Your essay should showcase your unique perspective, passion, and commitment to your chosen field, as well as your understanding of the broader implications of your chosen major. Be sure to provide clear examples and personal anecdotes to illustrate your points.

Describe what your challenging life experiences have taught you and explain how those experiences will impact your college career.

Upon completion of a two-year or four-year degree, describe your dream job (please be specific). Describe how your Pike High School education will help you pursue that dream.

1. How would being awarded this four-year scholarship affect your ability to attend the college of your choice?
2. What is your planned field of study? Why did you choose this? If you’re undecided, what are your plans to determine what you’d like to study?

1. Please describe your extracurricular activities. (e.g. job, sports, clubs, performing arts, volunteer/service work)
2. If you are able to give back to your community or an organization in the future, what type of organization would you give back to and why?
3. Why did you choose the school that you chose, and what do you want to do as a career? (if you don't know yet, that is okay. Just explain what you are leaning towards)
4. Have you personally saved any money for college? (Tell us about it)
5. How will being the first person in your family to go to college make you feel?

Describe your major educational and career goals. Include in your response your most meaningful achievements in community service and leadership, both in and out of school. Discuss a special attribute or accomplishment that sets you apart.

1. How have you made improvements in your own life and the lives of the people around you? Give examples of this impact.
2. How do you incorporate creativity into your life? Demonstrate or explain how creativity has impacted your life as well as others.
3. How have you made an impact in the world beyond your immediate surroundings? Please include programs or other community impact projects.

1. How have you been an active participant of Pike Township? Describe your participation in extracurricular activities, athletics, or service activities, and how they have impacted your community.
2. Give examples of how you are hardworking, honest, and demonstrate high character. Describe how your life choices have impacted your family in a positive manner.
3. What are your plans for studies in college? What are your professional and personal aspirations for your future?

Describe why you plan to pursue a career in culinary arts and how your coursework and other experiences (job shadow, employment, volunteer experiences, etc.) have influenced this decision, as well as how those factors have prepared you for a career in culinary arts.

Describe what you will accomplish over the next 10 years that will make you an outstanding candidate for the Pike Hall of Fame.

1. How has your education in Pike Township fostered or encouraged your desire to obtain a degree in education?
2. Tell us about an educator who has had an impact on your life and describe that impact.

1. How have you achieved your goal of attending an institution of higher learning? In what ways did your Pike education facilitate reaching that goal?
2. How will your experience at Pike impact your college career?

Include in your response your most meaningful achievements in serving the needs of others, both in and out of school. Discuss a special attribute or accomplishment that sets you apart. Or, tell us about a class or experience (extracurricular activity, community service, or employment opportunity) that has inspired you to seek a career serving the needs of others.

What the most important issue in your intended major and how does your study contribute to resolving the issue?

How has your service to your church, your school, and your community impacted your life and your future plans?

Describe your planned career pathway and how your coursework and other experiences (job shadow, employment, volunteer experiences, etc) have influenced this decision, as well as how those factors have prepared you for this career.

1. What has your experience in the IB DP taught you, and how will you apply this knowledge when you get to college?
2. Based on the 10 IB Learner Profile Attributes, identify what are your strength attributes, and which attributes do you feel that you need to work on? Explain your answer.
IB Learner Profile Attributes:

• Inquirers
• Knowledgeable
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Principled
• Open-Minded
• Caring
• Risk-Takers
• Balanced
• Reflective

On a separate page, please explain how Pike Preparatory Academy has played a role in you reaching your post-secondary and career goals. Your answers must be two pages, typewritten and double-spaced.