Nancy Heleno - College Counseling Scholarship

Please Submit by MAY 30th for consideration.

The College Essay Instructor, Nancy Heleno, is teaming up with The Northern California Epilepsy Foundation to bring nine full College Counseling Scholarships and nine half-scholarships to our community. All current high school juniors, or seniors taking a gap year between high school graduation and college, are eligible to apply.

Please fill out the questionnaire below and submit it, along with the requested short composition by the deadline of May 30th. The 18 recipients will be notified by email. Ms. Heleno will sign and send all recipients a non-disclosure form to ensure confidentiality.

All awards can be redeemed between June 1,2019 and January 15, 2020.

Ms. Heleno’s collaboration with the recipients will conclude January 15, 2020.

Nancy will “meet face-to-face” with recipients via the virtual meeting platform, Zoom, for which you will need a computer with a camera. Document will be shared through google docs.

Student Information - First Name

Last Name

Phone

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Postal Code

Age:

Telephone:

How did you hear about this scholarship program?

At what age were you diagnosed with epilepsy?

Are you currently taking medicine for your seizures?

Do you authorize the Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California to release information about you for promotional purposes for this scholarship program?

YesNo

Name of High School:

Address of High School:

Please list the colleges to which you have applied:

Current grade point average:

Parent/Guardian name:

Parent/Guardian, please describe in a few sentences how your family would benefit from this award:

Types of Awards

Ms. Heleno is donating three different types of awards, outlined below.

Please prioritize your interest in each award by putting a 1, 2, or 3 in the box below of the award.

If you know you would not be interested in one or more of the awards, please leave it blank.

COLLEGE COUNSELING Each college institution is unique in its amalgam of culture, academic opportunities,social environment, location, gender distribution, student-to-faculty ratio, studentpopulation, research opportunities, tuition, financial aid, average test scores, andgraduation rates.After Nancy understands your academic history, extracurricular experiences, budget,entrance test scores, education goals, and other personally desired variables, she will research alternatives and construct a spreadsheet of attainable options.

COMMON APPLICATION ESSAY If you are using The Common App as your long essay portal, you will write a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 650 words to respond to one of the seven prompts. Instructor Nancy has developed a unique, step-by-step essay writing and revising process, tailored to every student's writing style and approach.

2 SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAYS The short essays are specific to each college, and your essay should resonate with unique aspects of the school, which Instructor Nancy will help you craft.

SHORT COMPOSITION

Please attach a composition, no longer than one page, explaining:

~ your academic goals

~ your passion(s)

~ what you feel you would bring to the student body on a college campus

~ questions you have about the college application process

Contact Information