Presidential Scholarship Application Fall 2025

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Presidential Scholarship Essay Form 2024-25

The essay form of the Presidential Scholarship Application serves to collect more in-depth information about you and your educational achievements and aspirations. All application components must be submitted by 11:59 PM on December 13, 2024. In addition, students must meet all eligibility criteria by that date to be considered for the scholarship. Please review the eligibility requirements here.

Be sure to complete the required questions below. Make sure that each of your responses conforms to the word limit specified. This document cannot be saved before submission. We recommend completing your answers in a separate document (i.e., google Docs) before pasting them below.

Please Note: Students must submit all required materials and complete their official campus visit before 11:59 PM on December 13, 2024. No exceptions will be made. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Admissions at visit.emu@emich.edu. In the interest of fairness to all applicants, we cannot respond to questions about the prompts below or help interpret the questions.

Selected Finalists will be notified by January 15, 2025. We look forward to learning more about you. Congratulations on your accomplishments to date!

First Name

Last Name

Preferred Name

Email Address

Birth Date

Intended Major

If you have received an EID, please list your EID

Essay Questions

Describe yourself 10 years from now. What degree(s) will you hold? What will you be doing? Why have you chosen this path? [150-200 words]

What achievement or accomplishment in your life to date has made you most proud and why? [150 - 200 words]

Tell us a story about ONE time you demonstrated your leadership skills. What impact did you make? [250-400 words]

Tell us about an activity that you have engaged in outside of a classroom setting that has had a significant impact on your intellectual development or growth. [250-400 words]

Describe the community service activity that you found most meaningful or personally satisfying. Why was that activity so meaningful or rewarding for you? [250-400 words]

Describe how your development has been shaped either by a significant opportunity offered to you or a significant challenge or barrier you have surmounted. [250 - 400 words]

List up to 5 activities (inside or outside of school) that have been most meaningful for you and provide a sentence or two explaining how each experience impacted you.

List your activities in a list format (ex., 1, 2, 3, etc.)

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