LINK Unlimited Scholars Class of 2027 Application

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Personal Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Suffix

Pronouns

Gender

Birthdate

Birthplace (City and State)

Home Address

City

State

Zip Code

Do you reside in any of these Chicago neighborhoods?

Cell Phone

Home Phone

Email Address

Email Type

Do you identify as Black/African-American?

YesNo

With what other race/ethnicity do you identify, if any? (Choose all that apply)

In addition to Black/African American, with what other race/ethnicity do you identify, if any? (Choose all that apply)

What elementary school do you currently attend?

Is anyone else in your immediate family applying for LINK Unlimited Scholars Class of 2027?

YesNo

Has anyone in your family completed the LINK Unlimited Scholars program?

YesNo

If you answered yes, please type their full name(s), high school graduation year, and relationship to you here.

Would you be a first generation college student? (This means that no one in your family has attended college before you.)

YesNo

Please upload a recent photo (headshot) of the scholar applicant.

More About You

What academic awards, honors, or prizes have you received during middle school?

What hobbies do you have?

What is your favorite academic subject?

What is your favorite book?

What strength(s) do you have (academic subjects, activities, etc.)?

At what do you want to improve?

What four words would your friends use to describe you?

Select one of the three prompts below. Be as creative as possible in your response. You may use any form of media to express yourself.

90 second performance video (TikTok, YouTube, etc.)
Visual art (photography, paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc. with 120 word written description
Voice notes
Essay (250 word limit)
Poetry, or
Coding application

Please choose one of the essay prompts below.

Think of an issue or challenge in your life or in the world that you would like to solve with a simple invention. What would that invention be and how would it work? Please include the name of the invention, a description of how it works, and how it solves the problem. If you could be given any two superpowers, what would they be and why? How would you use them?Imagine Chicago 20 years from now. You will be in your early-mid 30’s. What kind of changes would you like to see? What does the city look like? What kind of problems do you think the city might have to deal with? What things do you hope will be solved?

Please upload your submissions as a file attachment (word document, video file, image file, audio file) or working web link. File submissions must be less than 25MB. If you have a video file, we strongly encourage you to upload to YouTube and provide the link instead. For any essays, PDFs are strongly encouraged.

How would you like to submit your response?

File UploadLink to publicly accessible website

Please upload your response to the prompt here. All files must be less than 25MB.

Website link

Short Response

Please use this section to upload a writing sample that you are proud of from your 7th or 8th grade year.

Please only upload Microsoft Word documents or PDFs.

Academic Performance

If you would like, please provide your most recent standardized test scores. This is entirely optional, but may provide more context on your academic capabilities.

Upload an official copy of your 7th grade end-of-the-year report card. The full page must be visible.

Parent Questionnaire

This page must be completed by a parent/guardian only.

First Name

Last Name

Does the student receive free or reduced lunch?

YesNo

What four words best describe your student? Please explain why you chose those words.

Why should your student be chosen as a LINK scholar? Feel free to reflect on the strengths your child would bring to the cohort, as well as why they would benefit from the LINK program.

If your student does not receive a financial scholarship from LINK, would you still encourage them to participate in the LINK Unlimited Scholars program? Why or why not?

Is there any further information/context about your family situation that you would like LINK to have? If so, please feel free to describe below.

Recommendations (OPTIONAL!)

I would like to request a letter of recommendation from my child's 7th Grade English/Language Arts Teacher

7th Grade English/Language Arts Teacher

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Confirm Email Address

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I would like to request a letter of recommendation from my child's 7th Grade Math Teacher

7th Grade Mathematics Teacher

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Confirm Email Address

I would like to request a letter of recommendation from my child's School Administrator (Counselor/Principal)

School Administrator (Counselor/Principal)

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Confirm Email Address