Financing Your Education

Fall 2008 Scholarships & Awards

Merit Scholarships
Partnership Awards
ROTC Scholarship
Transfer Awards

Merit Scholarships. The following scholarships are awarded to qualified first-year applicants:

• Presidential Scholarship. To be awarded this $12,000 scholarship, the recipient must have a minimum of 1130 SAT* (or 25 ACT) and a minimum 3.5 GPA.
  
  Trustees' Scholarship. To be awarded this $10,000 scholarship, the recipient must have a minimum of 1050 SAT* (or 23 ACT) and a minimum 3.2 GPA.
  
  Veronica Founder's Scholarship. To be awarded this $6,000 scholarship, the recipient must have a minimum of 970 SAT* (or 21 ACT) and 3.0 GPA.
  
  *SAT scores are calculated using combined critical reading and math scores.

Partnership Awards. The following are awarded to qualified first-year applicants based upon the student's high school. Partnership awards are given to students who enter Alvernia within one year of high school graduation. Students receiving merit scholarships (as listed above) are not eligible for Partnership Awards. Students are only eligible for one Partnership Award.

• PACE (Partners in Catholic Education). This $4,000 award is given to students who graduate from a Catholic high school.
  
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  Community Outreach Award. This $4,000 award is awarded to students who are a resident or a graduate of high school within the following Pennsylvania counties: Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, and Schuylkill.
  

ROTC Scholarship. Alvernia College is in collaboration with Lehigh University's ROTC program. Army ROTC scholarships are merit based and provide money for tuition, books and other expenses. Alvernia College provides free room and board for high school winners of three and four-year advance Tier I scholarship recipients.

Transfer Scholarships. The following are given to qualified full-time undergraduate transfer students working towards their first bachelor's degree:

• ACT (Alvernia Connects with Transfers) Scholarship. This $4,000 scholarship is given to students who have 3.0 or higher grade point average.
  
  ARC (Alvernia and RACC Connection) Scholarship.* This $1,000 scholarship is given to students who have a 3.0 grade point average or higher that transfer from Reading Area Community College.
  
  Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship.* This $1,000 scholarship is awarded to students holding current membership in Phi Theta Kappa.
  
  *Students receiving the ACT Scholarship are also eligible to receive the ARC and/or Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships.