School of Nursing (SON) - Online Scholarship Application

Instructions

Depending on your preparation, you should expect to invest from 30 minutes to a few hours to complete the scholarship application. Before you start, carefully read the scholarship instructions.

The major sections of the application will make the following inquiries:

• Personal Information.  This section will ask you to review your contact information and academic record and to verify its accuracy.
• Academic Information.  This section will ask you to share your education information, including your expected graduation date.
• Personal Checklist.  This section will ask you to share your demographic information and your career interests. The questions in this section were derived from the criteria of available scholarships; responses to them are used to match applicants with the appropriate scholarships.
• Leadership.  This section will require a resume upload detailing leadership experiences and accomplishments achieved in roles held in any organizations, clubs, or extracurricular activities that you were involved in during your nursing student journey and/or college career.
  
  Resume Excerpt Sample:
  
  FIG Mentor, August 20XX and August 20XX
  First Year Interest Group Leader
  School of Nursing | University of Texas at Austin
  • Served as a leader/mentor for a group of first year School of Nursing students
  • Facilitated discussions and group activities
  • Mentored 20-30 students, and advised them on their transition to college life
• Financial Information.  This section will ask you for your marital status; your dependents; and your annual income (including your spouse’s and your parent’s income if applicable).
• Essay.  This section will require you to submit a personal statement on why you believe that you deserve a scholarship. Your statement should not be the same as your personal statement for admission into the SON.

The system on which the UT application form resides will expire and log the user out if the statement is not submitted in a certain period of time. This will result in the loss of your statement before you are able to submit the full application. Prior to submitting your personal statement, we highly recommend you write it using your word processing software. After completing your writing and editing, you should then transfer your statement to the UT application form.