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Instructions and Essays
Please use the following links for review of the particular details of
Villanova's Presidential Scholarships Program.
Instructions
Student Checksheet:
1. Submit the
Villanova Supplement to the Common Application.
2. Be nominated.
3. Receive email with myNOVA details.
4. Submit Villanova Admissions Application materials (Common Application
with essay, official high school transcript, Common Application Secondary School Report Form
and standardized test scores) by December 1, 2009.
5. Fill out the Presidential Scholarship Application available through the
myNOVA portal by January 8th, 2010.
(These instructions are also available as a
PDF.  )
In order to be considered for a Presidential Scholarship, students must have
submitted the Villanova Supplement to the Common Application and must be
nominated by one of the following: the chief academic officer of their high
school (principal, president, headmaster), an official school designee, or a
representative from a home school entity or non-profit educational organization
dedicated to helping disadvantaged high school students with the college search
process. We recommend that each school nominate no more than four students.
If you do not use our preferred method (online nomination), you are limited to
four nominations per school. The Nomination Form must be received by the Center
for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships by December 1, 2009. The student’s
Villanova University Admissions
Application materials must also be received in the Office of University
Admission by December 1, 2009 for
Presidential Scholarship consideration. This includes the Common Application
with essay, the Villanova Supplement to the Common Application with essay,
official high school transcript, Common Application Secondary School Report Form
and standardized test scores.
* If you need assistance filling out the
Villanova Supplement to the Common Application or the Common Application, please
contact the
Admissions Office.
Once the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships has received the
Nomination Form, the student will be notified via email and will be granted
access to the online Presidential Scholarship application materials. This email
will come from presidentialscholarship@villanova.edu.
Please make sure
that all email accounts are set up to receive messages from this email address.
This email will direct them to the myNova Prospective Student Portal and give
them instructions for accessing the Presidential Scholarship Application. In
addition, the nominator will receive an email confirming that the nomination has
been received and processed.
Students will not have access to the
Presidential Scholarship Application until they have submitted the
Villanova Supplement to the Common Application, received the email
notification, and joined the myNOVA Prospective Student Portal.
Application for the Presidential Scholarship in no way ensures acceptance to
Villanova University.
Nomination Form:
- Online nomination is available at
www.villanova.edu/presidentialscholarship.
- Online nomination includes both an information section and a letter of
endorsement.
- Nominators will be able to copy and paste the endorsement letter from a Word
document.
- It is not possible to save and return to the Nomination Form at a later time
to make changes or complete the form. Online submission of the Nomination Form
is final.
- The Nomination Form must be received by the Center for Undergraduate Research
and Fellowships by December 1, 2009.
Once the online nomination is received, along with the submitted
Villanova Supplement and creation of the myNOVA account:
- The nominator will receive an e-mail confirming that the nomination has been
received and processed.
- The nominee will receive an e-mail notifying them that they have been
nominated and giving them access to the Presidential Scholar Application through
the myNOVA Prospective Student Portal.
If the nominator is unable to complete the Nomination Form online, please
contact Jane Morris to receive a hard copy of the form (610.519.5928 or
presidentialscholarship@villanova.edu). If you do not use the online method, the
process may be delayed, and you are limited to four nominations per school.
Nomination for the Presidential Scholarship in no way ensures admission to
Villanova University.
Presidential Scholarship Application:
The Presidential Scholarship application will be available to the student
through the myNOVA Prospective Student Portal once the nomination is received
and the student has joined myNOVA.
- To apply, seven essays need to be completed (word limit is 100 words per
essay).
- Essays can be viewed prior to beginning an online response.
- Essay responses can be prepared in a Word document and then copied and pasted
into the online form.
- On the final question, there are several options:
- “Return to Beginning” allows you to check your work before submission.
- “Finish Later” saves your answers and lets you return at a later time to
revise your application.
- “Submit to Complete and Exit” submits the application when you are finished.
- Online submission is final and you will no longer have access to the
Presidential Scholarship Application.
- The Presidential Scholarship Application must be submitted online through myNOVA by
January 8, 2010.
Please Note: In the Presidential Scholarship Application, students will also be
asked if they would like to be considered for the Presidential Scholarship for
historically underrepresented students (members of a low income family (normally
Pell Grant eligible), African American/Black, Latino/Hispanic, American
Indian/Native Alaskan, Asian/Pacific Islander, and those who are the first in
their family to pursue a college education). Students can be considered for the
Presidential Scholarship for historically underrepresented students in addition
to the Presidential Scholarship for their respective college (Arts, Sciences,
Engineering, Business, or Nursing). Eligibility for the Presidential Scholarship
for historically underrepresented students is limited to U.S. Citizens and
Permanent Residents.
If the student is unable to complete the application
online, please contact Jane
Morris for a hard copy of the application (610.519.5928 or
presidentialscholarship@villanova.edu).
Application for the Presidential Scholarship in no way ensures acceptance to
Villanova University.
Review of Applications:
The Presidential Scholarship Committee will review applications and announce
Presidential Scholarship Finalists by the week of
January 25, 2010. Applicants
can view their status (Finalist, Non-finalist) on myNOVA during the week of
January 25, 2010.
InterviewWeekend:
Presidential Scholarship Finalists are required to attend the interviews on
campus from Wednesday, February 17th through Friday, February 19th. Finalists
are expected to stay on campus for the entire three days.
Notification of Awardees:
Awardees will be notified during the week of February 22nd. Students can view
their status through myNOVA after February 24, 2010.
It will take several days to process before we are
able to confirm that we have received your nomination.
Essay Questions
Essay Questions (for review)
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