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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full-tuition scholarship
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Named for University Regent Al Self and his wife, Lila, the M. A. and Lila Self Leadership Academy Scholarship is a distinguished and prestigious award given to the top applicants to the university that demonstrate exceptional leadership potential.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Full-tuition scholarship in the initial year of admittance to the academy. For each year following the first, students are only required to cover any annual increase to tuition. Students are eligible for up to four years of undergraduate tuition; five years if the student is in the architecture program.
Exclusive leadership opportunities on-campus and in the Chicago area, networking luncheons and dinners, experiential leadership development and training, and social cohesion with fellow Leadership Academy Scholars
Certificate in Leadership Studies upon successful completion of the Academy’s programs and activities
Eligibility
- Applies only to full-time undergraduate students at Illinois Tech.
- Satisfactory academic progress (defined in the Illinois Tech Student Handbook as a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 in each semester) is required.
- Annual renewal of the scholarship is contingent upon satisfactory academic progress and attendance at all Leadership Academy-sponsored programs, including but not limited to Saturday leadership seminars, regular scholar meetings, and sophomore leadership retreats.
- Scholars are required to actively participate in a committee of their choosing to support the development of the Leadership Academy program.
- Scholars are required to contribute 10 hours of service per semester to community service projects that are officially sponsored by the Leadership Academy.
- All scholars must also adhere to university-wide codes of conduct; students who are accused and found guilty of conduct not in keeping with the code of conduct are subject to dismissal from the academy.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
15 Nov 2024
Leadership Academy scholarship candidates must apply to Illinois Tech and must submit the following to the Office of Undergraduate Admission no later than November 15:
Apply via the Early Decision I (binding) or Early Action I (non-binding) application deadline
Complete and submit an application for regular admission through the Common Application
Complete and submit the Leadership Academy Scholarship Application
Students who are selected as finalists for the Leadership Academy Scholarship will be required to participate in a final interview, which takes place on campus the Saturday of Scholarship Symposium in early February.
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