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□ You are enrolling in the upcoming year as a sophomore, junior or senior at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus, or

□ You are enrolling in your final year at Pikes Peak Community College and your course of study will allow transfer to UCCS.

• There is no preference given based on which campus you enroll at, or for being enrolled as a sophomore versus a junior or senior at UCCS or as a final year student at PPCC.

□ You are a single parent with primary responsibility for raising your children and you qualify for financial aid.

• Preference is given to parents with pre-teenage children.

□ You are committed to going to school fulltime (defined as 24 semester hours minimum per year, including fall, spring and summer classes).

□ You have a current cumulative GPA that is 2.5 or higher, if attending CU, or

□ You have a current GPA, that is equivalent to the GPA necessary to transfer to UCCS upon completion of your PPCC / UCCS transfer program.

□ Your advisor or financial aid officer should be able to give you a sense of whether it is worth your effort to pursue this scholarship.

□ The financial aid department at each campus will review all of the applications it receives and select applications (including renewing applicants) that will be further reviewed.  The number of applications that each campus will submit for further review may change annually depending on our level of funding.  Your financial aid officer will be able to tell you how many applicants your campus will be submitting for further review each year.  In the past there have been as many as two to three applicants for every scholarship granted and the selection process is competitive.

□ An Independent Selection Committee will review all applications forwarded by the various participating campuses. For the 2012 - 2013 school year, a minimum of forty $5,000 scholarships (including renewals) will be available.

□ We do not restrict you as to how the funds are used.

□ If selected, your scholarship is renewable annually, if you meet all of the renewal criteria set out on the renewing applicant portion of this website.

□ Print and sign the Student Certification and Release Form. This form and your reference letter are the only items you have to physically submit in writing to your financial aid office.

□ Print and retain for your records a copy of this New Applicant Overview & Check List

□ By the last day of May make sure that you have submitted your online application and that the campus where you plan to enroll for the following school year has physically received your signed Student Certification and Release Form.  While not a requirement, you are encouraged to enclose a letter of recommendation, from someone who is not a family member, with your Certification and Release Form.