Missouri Valley College Scholarships for English Majors
MVC offers two 4-year scholarships for incoming English majors with a composite ACT score of 21 or higher (and/or SAT Critical Reading and Math score of 976 or higher) and a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher. Selection of scholarship recipients is based on essay, test scores and high school GPA and is contingent on majoring in English.
The Virginia Zank Scholarship (Writing Studies) $10,000 The Loren Gruber Scholarship (Literary Studies) $10,000
To apply:
The Virginia Zank Scholarship: Submit a 500-word essay describing your relationship to writing. What do you write? Why do you write? What are your writing goals for college? What are your writing goals after college? How will the Virginia Zank Scholarship help you achieve your goals?
The Loren Gruber Scholarship: Submit a 500-word essay about your favorite book, blog, poem, play, essay, or film. Explain how this text has influenced your goals for life before, during, and after college. How will the Loren Gruber Scholarship help you achieve your goals?
Submit your essay to Dr. Claire Schmidt (schmidtc@moval.edu) in .pdf format. Scholarship applications are due by May 15th.