Jenkins Scholarship Application
A Scholarship for Students Who've Overcome the Odds
Each year, the George W. Jenkins Scholarship provides academically talented students with the opportunity to study at Florida Southern College free of financial barriers. It recognizes students who have achieved academic success while facing and overcoming significant adversity, and it opens the door to a college education that might otherwise be out of reach.
Who Qualifies
To be considered, applicants should:
- Apply and be admitted to Florida Southern College
- Complete the FAFSA and demonstrate exceptional financial need, as determined by FSC's Financial Aid Office.
- Be a U.S. citizen (permanent residents, asylee status, and international students are not eligible).
- Be a legal resident of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, or Virginia.
- Be a high school graduate entering Florida Southern College as a first-time freshman.
- Have achieved a High school grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in college preparatory subjects.
While test scores are not required, submission of SAT, ACT, or CLT test scores is welcomed and encouraged.
Participation in school or community activities, a strong work ethic, and a long history of facing and overcoming significant adversity will be considered.
How to Apply
Applications are due January 31.
Submit the following:
- A completed FAFSA. The FAFSA is available online beginning in December.
- Two letters of reference that describe your merit and the adversity you have faced.
- The Jenkins Scholarship essay. In 800 words or fewer, address the following, with the greatest emphasis on the third:
- Why do you want to attend Florida Southern College?
- How would receiving the George W. Jenkins Scholarship impact you?
- What special circumstances have you faced, and how have you overcome significant adversity? Students should share in detail and emphasize the adversity that they have faced including but not limited to economic, physical, personal, and family obstacles, while achieving academic success.
Meet Our Scholars
"Without the scholarship, I would not have been able to afford college and take advantage of all that Florida Southern has to offer. I owe my position as an MFA acting student to the training I had in FSC's theatre studies. The Jenkins Scholarship has been an incredible gift."
"The Jenkins Scholarship is an opportunity not only to pursue a college degree, but to do so without a financial barrier. Beyond the affordability, the fellow scholars and donors I've met have been a learning opportunity I value."
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Questions about the George W. Jenkins Scholarship? Your admissions counselor can help you understand the award and the application.
