Scholarship Tips & Tricks

 SLCC Scholarship Tips & Tricks

1.  Register to be a student at SLCC by visiting www.SLCC.edu/apply

Only SLCC students may apply for SLCC scholarships.

 

2.  Once you have your student number, please visit https://slcc.awardspring.com/ to fill out the General Scholarship Application.

 

The SLCC Scholarship application process is designed to be easy and convenient for students. To be paired to opportunities you are uniquely qualified for, simply fill out the General Application and answer “Yes” or “No” to the questions. This is helpful because it saves students from searching through 200+ opportunities to figure out which ones you qualify for.  

 

Tip for Success: Make sure your information in MySLCC is correct and that you have a declared major. There are many program-specific scholarships that you will only be paired to if you have a declared major.

 

3.  The General Scholarship Application has five essay questions. Please take your time with your responses, ensuring you have fully answered each specific question:

a.    What prompted you to pursue an education at Salt Lake Community College?

b.   What are your educational goals?

c.    Talk about a personal accomplishment that is unrelated to academics, but that means a lot to you.

d.   Describe a challenge you have overcome and what you learned from that challenge.

e.    What impact would receiving a scholarship have on your ability to complete your education?

 

Tip for Success: Pre-write your essay responses in Microsoft Word so you can ask an advisor or friend to proofread your responses. The Salt Lake Community Writing Center is always happy to help students with their essay questions. Visit their website for more information: http://www.slcc.edu/swc/

 

Tip for Success: Make sure you answer each specific question asked – and only that question. For example, don’t write about your financial need if the question is about your educational goals. There is a specific question about financial need where you can include that information.

 

Tip for Success: Don’t use copy/paste text from papers you have written for school. They often don’t fully answer the essay question asked and may result in a lower essay score. 

 

4.  Request a Letter of Recommendation from a non-family member such as a teacher, mentor, supervisors, etc. 

 

Tip for Success: Make sure you check AwardSpring on a regular basis to see if the person you asked for a letter of recommendation has actually submitted it. If they do not submit one, you may not qualify for some scholarships. If the deadline is approaching quickly, you may want to take back the request and ask someone else for a letter of recommendation. This is your responsibility to manage. 

 

5.  When you complete the General Scholarship Application, check your AwardSpring Dashboard for follow up opportunities you qualify for.

 

Tip for success: You might qualify for multiple scholarships! Please apply to all the scholarships that show up on your Dashboard as additional opportunities. Scholarships that have additional requirements generally have fewer applicants, which means you have a higher likelihood of being awarded.

 

6.  So you submitted your applications and now you are waiting to hear back? For Fall 2021, you can expect to hear back from Financial Aid sometime during October. If you have questions, you can email Scholarships@slcc.edu anytime. 

Tip for success: The SLCC Financial Aid team will email your award details to your BruinMail email account. If you don’t check this on a regular basis, you may miss out on a scholarship! We recommend you forward your BruinMail email to an email account you check every day. If you receive an award notification, you must read the instructions carefully and make sure you follow all the steps, including submitting a Thank You letter.

Hundreds of students miss out on scholarships each year because they don’t reply to their award emails and we don’t want you to be included in that number!