Posse scholarship – Details and How to Apply

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The Posse scholarship is a fully financed academic scholarship award given on the basis of merit to students who meet the requirements to attend Posse’s partner colleges and universities in the United States. The scholarship foundation was founded in 1898, and in 2010, it was chosen as one of the 10 NGOs to receive a portion of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize money.

Posse has been identifying and training young individuals with outstanding talent who could be overlooked by elite schools for more than 30 years. The initiative groups Scholars into Posses, or 10-student supportive, multicultural groups. Posse Scholars graduate with a 90 percent success rate thanks to mentoring and full-tuition leadership scholarships from affiliated universities. They are well-equipped and well-positioned for success as alumni.

To identify and pick only brilliant and deserving recipients, Posse collaborates with a network of public high schools and community-based organizations in more than 20 cities.

Nominees participate in Posse’s distinctive recruitment process, The Dynamic Assessment Process, for three months.

Host Schools

The following are Posse partner schools which recipients of the scholarship award may attend:

  1. Agnes Scott College
  2. Babson College
  3. Bard College
  4. Boston University
  5. Brandeis University
  6. Bryn Mawr College
  7. Bucknell University
  8. California Institute of the Arts
  9. Carleton College
  10. Case Western Reserve University
  11. Centre College
  12. Colby College
  13. Connecticut College
  14. Cornell College
  15. Cornell University
  16. Davidson College
  17. Denison University
  18. DePauw University
  19. Dickinson College
  20. Franklin & Marshall College
  21. Hamilton College
  22. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  23. Illinois Wesleyan University
  24. Kalamazoo College
  25. Lafayette College
  26. Lawrence University
  27. Lehigh University
  28. Lewis & Clark College
  29. Macalester College
  30. Middlebury College
  31. Mount Holyoke College
  32. Northwestern University
  33. Oberlin College
  34. Pepperdine University
  35. Pomona College
  36. Purdue University
  37. Rhodes College
  38. Rutgers University-New Brunswick
  39. Sewanee: The University of the South
  40. Smith College
  41. Olaf College
  42. Syracuse University
  43. Texas A&M University
  44. The College of Wooster
  45. The George Washington University
  46. Trinity College
  47. Tulane University
  48. Union College
  49. University of California, Berkeley
  50. University of Michigan
  51. University of North Carolina School of the Arts
  52. University of Notre Dame
  53. University of Puget Sound
  54. University of Rochester
  55. University of Virginia
  56. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  57. Vanderbilt University
  58. Vassar College
  59. Villanova University
  60. Wellesley College
  61. Wesleyan University
  62. Wheaton College
  63. William & Mary

Value/Inclusions

  • For the period of your studies, the program will pay all of your tuition (Provided you attend one of the Posse partner colleges and universities)
  • The program will cover the cost of your lodging, food, and meal.
  • The program will pay for your medical expenses.

Requirements

To be qualified or considered for the Posse scholarship award you must be a high school senior and must meet the following criteria:

  1. Be nominated by your high school or a local non-profit organization.
  2. Display leadership qualities within your high school, community, or family.
  3. Be in your first term of senior year in high school.
  4. Be academically sound or promising.
  5. Submit your application on time.
  6. Possess ambition, drive, talent, and optimism.
  7. Have a GPA of at least 2.5.

How to Apply

First Step: Be nominated and thereafter (1) obtain an application form and (2) write an essay.

Your essay must showcase the following:

  • 3 reference letters
  • Details on your family’s financial support for your schooling
  • References Or Recommendations

Second Step: Undergo a dynamic assessment after you receive the nomination.

Third Step: Submit a Transcript

Acceptance Rate

Annually, thousands of students/applicants compete for a Posse Scholarship.  That said, the Posse Scholarship has a fairly high entrance rate because it is neither a need nor a minority-based award. Students from various backgrounds are welcome.

Deadline

Between the end of the fall semester of your junior high school year and the summer before you turn 18, nominations are accepted.

Contacts

  • Address:

Posse National Office

14 Wall Street, Suite 8A-60

New York, NY 10005

  • Tel: (212) 405-1691
  • Fax: (212) 405-1697
  • Email: info@possefoundation.org

 

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