High School Senior Scholarship Application
ThankyouforapplyingfortheCompeerFinancialHighSchoolSeniorScholarshipofferedbyCompeerFinancial
FundforRuralAmerica!Compeerisproudtoinvest$184,500towardstudents’continuededucation.
PROGRAM:Provides123individual$1,500scholarshipstostudentswithinthe144‐countyserviceterritoryin
Illinois,MinnesotaandWisconsinofCompeerFinancial.Thescholarshipisforgraduatinghighschoolseniors
whohavebeenacceptedorwillenrollatauniversity,collegeorcommunity/technicalcollege.Eligible
applicantswillhavea3.0GPA(ona4.0scale),resideinCompeer’sserviceterritory,andhaveadesignated
agriculturemajororinterestin
anagriculture‐relatedfield,orhaveanagriculturalorruralbackground.
*DependentsofCompeerFinancialteammembersandBoardMembersare noteligible.
SELECTIONCRITERIA:Selectionwillbebasedonacombination ofacademicachievement,agriculturaland
communityyouthorganizationinvolvement,goalsandessay.Threescholarships areintendedtosupport
student
sfromthemetropolitanregionsofCompeer’sterritory,whichincludes:CookCounty,IL;Hennepinand
Ramseycounties,MN;andMilwaukeeCounty,WI.Specialconsiderationwillbegiventoapplicantswhoare
dependentsofCompeerFinancialclients.AllapplicantswillbeselectedbyareviewcommitteeofCompeer
teammembers.
DEA
DLINE:March15,2022(Mustbereceivedby).Allapplicantswillbenotifiedoftheirstatus4to6weeks
afterthedeadline.
APPLICATIONINFORMATION:Qualifyingstudentsmayobtainanapplicationonline(www.compeer.com)orat
alocalCompeerFinancialoffice.
Pleasereviewthefollowinginformationforsubmittingyourapplication:
AschoolofficialneedstoenterandverifyACT/SATscore(iftaken),ClassRank,GPA(convertedtoa4.0
scale)andGraduationdate.
PrepareInvolvementList:Describeyourinvolvementinagricultural,community,volunteer,andwork
activitiesandschoolandextracurricularactivities.(Theseshouldbeuniqueandnotrepeatedacross
thethreecategories.)
PrepareGoals:Describeyourcareerandpersonalgoalsandrespondtoanessayquestionrelatedto
yourimpactonruralAmerica.
PrepareEssay:Chooseoneessayquestionfromthetwopromptslistedontheapplication.Writea
though
tfulanduniqueresponse,withpropergrammarandspelling.
Studentmustcomplete,signanddatetheapplicationforittobeconsideredcomplete.
ParentorLegalGuardianmustsignanddatetheapplicationforittobeconsideredcomplete.
Theapplicationmustbetyped.Onlysignaturesandschoolofficialinformationcanbehandwritten
.
TOSUBMIT:Applicationscanbeemailed,mailedordroppedoffatalocaloffice.
Emailto:
Scholarships@compeer.com
Mailto:
CompeerFinancial
Attn:MelanieOlson
POBox1219
Lakeville,MN55044
Dropoff:Fortheaddressof
thenearestCompeerFinancial
office,call(844)
426‐6733or
visitwww.co
mpeer.com.
QUESTIONS:Ifyouhaveanyquestions,contactMelanieOlsonat(844)426‐6733or
Melanie.Olson@compeer.com.