Application Overview
The application for Bootstraps Scholarships and Loans is available from November 1 through January 31 each year and is completed entirely online. The Bootstraps Awards Committee reviews all completed applications from February through mid-March with applicants being notified of the final decision at the end of March. Those lucky enough to receive an award will attend a reception at Evergreen Lake House along with the donors of the Bootstraps awards.
The application can change from year to year, but in general, the application requires the following information.
The application can change from year to year, but in general, the application requires the following information.
- Your high school transcript
- Two teacher recommendations
- Student Aid Report
- Information about extra-curricular and voluntary activities
- Information about work experience
- Responses to essay questions.
- What are your career goals?
- Who are you?
- What piece of writing has influenced your life and how?
- If you had something to tell us about yourself that would convince us to give you a scholarship, what would it be?