Scholarship Bulletin

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Steps to get established with the Scholarship office 1.  Complete the Common Application Packet, or CAP Common Application Packet (CAP)Includes: General Application Auto Biography (Advice for Autobiography) 2 Letters of Recommendation Unofficial Transcript (Counseling Office)        2.  Bring completed CAP to Mrs. Ozolins in the counseling office during scholarship office hours. Scholarship hours are Thursdays 12:20 - 2:06 Fridays after school. You must meet with Mrs. Ozolins regarding your CAP.        3.  Monitor scholarships, deadlines and application process via email or online.

SCHOLARSHIPS…. THREE LEVELS:  National:  www.fastweb.com University:  Get a printout of important deadline dates; especially scholarship consideration date.  UNR/UNLV:  February 1st WNC:  April 1st Local:  DHS scholarship office.  Senior year.  Some overlap with the above. Preparing for your senior year: Visit www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/dhs.  Go to Scholarship to get started.  All information covered tonight is at this website. Fill out your FAFSA form.  Online federal application for student aid at:  www.fafsa.ed.gov.  Get your pin number at www.pin.ed.gov.   Jan. 1st is the earliest you can submit.  First come first served on need based aid.  Some state funded colleges/universities require the FAFSA be filled out for distribution of funds, (scholarships/aid), regardless of qualification for funds. Financial Aid on NCIS at www.nvcis.intocareers.org.  User Name:  ncis Password:  Nevada The financial aid tab has scholarships associated with a particular field of study. Rigor of course load Grade point average Community service…this is huge!

What every parent should know - Douglas High School does not give scholarship money. Local donors select their recipients. It is their money and their choice. These local organizations use their own selection processes. The Scholarship Office serves only to coordinate applicants and donors. - The DHS Scholarship Committee (when asked by donors) will simply narrow, using the donors’ specified criteria, all of the applicants to a manageable number which will then be forwarded to the donors, who will ultimately review and make their selection. - The Scholarship Committee is comprised of representatives from each department at DHS as well as from Administration. - The scholarship process is an active, competitive one. - There are no guarantees. - Registered students are e-mailed a monthly bulletin; later in the year, there will also be periodic updates, as offerings and deadlines begin coming in more quickly. E-mail is the primary means of communication. If e-mail is unavailable, printed copies of the bulletin are posted in classrooms and are available in the scholarship office. - It is the student’s responsibility to apply, to guarantee accuracy and completeness of his/her scholarship application, to make copies of Common Application Packets and to turn materials in by deadlines. - It never hurts to apply. Nothing ventured; nothing gained.