Pamplin Scholars Program for Virginians

The Pamplin Scholars Program at Virginia Tech consists of two scholarships: the Pamplin Leader Award and the Pamplin Scholar Award, both providing scholarship opportunities for outstanding students throughout the Commonwealth.

Pamplin Leader Award

The Pamplin Leader is a one-year merit-based $1,000 tuition scholarship. The scholarship will be presented annually to one student from each public high school in Virginia who has applied to Virginia Tech, is admitted and accepts the offer of admission. The scholarship is open to students applying to all majors. In Pamplin Leaders, we seek students with a record of outstanding academic achievement that is balanced with a commitment to community service and leadership experience.
Scholarship Guidelines

• Must be a senior enrolled at a Virginia public high school who is planning to attend Virginia Tech.
• Must have a 3.75 overall GPA and/or be ranked in the top ten percent of his/her class.
• The Pamplin Leader Award is open to students in all majors.
• Students enrolled in a partial-day Governors or magnet school should apply through the guidance office of their home-base high school. Students enrolled in all-day Governors or magnet schools should apply through the guidance office of that school.
• To be considered, your application must be postmarked by February 12, 2010.
• Announcement of winners for this scholarship will be made no earlier than April 1, 2010.

Pamplin Leader Application Process
Download the application here
Students discover the Pamplin Leader scholarship opportunity through a number of avenues- often receiving information from their high school counselors, the Virginia Tech University Honors website, or friends and family. Students can complete an application individually, but all applications must be collected, signed and certified by the guidance counselor of each high school. We suggest that each school collect all the applications, consider them and then forward their top three choices to us. If a school is unwilling to make a selection, we can review more than 3, but limiting the number of applications we consider is helpful.

Pamplin Scholar Award
Pamplin Scholars are chosen from the pool of Pamplin Leader Awardees. In the fall semester of their first year at Virginia Tech, Pamplin Leaders are invited to submit applications to become Pamplin Scholars. The Scholar Award is a merit-based scholarship equal to tuition and fees for four years at Virginia Tech.

Scholarship Guidelines

• Must be a first year student enrolled at Virginia Tech
• Must have a 3.5 overall GPA after fall semester grades
• The Pamplin Scholar Award is open to students in all majors.
• Students are selected on the basis of academic excellence, community engagement, and leadership.

The Pamplin Scholar Application Process
Download the application here
The rigor of the endeavor to be a Pamplin Scholar begins with a challenging application process.

Pre-Application
Five hard copies should be returned by noon, Monday, January 18th to Mr. Blackwell at 114 Hillcrest Hall. From the pool of qualifying pre-applicants we will choose the finalists who will compete for 3 Pamplin Scholarships.

Final Application
Applicants in the final round will receive guidance from the Scholarship Coordinator with the preparation of the final application. Upon notification of entrance into the final round, applicants will be expected to investigate possibilities and opportunities on campus and in the greater region. The final project will consists of three main elements:

• a personal statement
• a portfolio that attests both to personal qualifications and a vision for the project. The proposals should be well-thought out strategic plans for design,creation, implementation, and evaluation of their projects.
• recruitment of a faculty mentor

The final application is created over the course of six weeks. It will take a few hours a week for the duration of that time period. It cannot be done successfully overnight!

Interviews
Qualifying final applications will be invited for interviews. The Scholarship winners will be selected from among the qualifying final applicants.

Timeline

• Pre-Applications due Noon, January 18th.
• Qualifying pre-applicants notified by January 25th
• Information meetings to final applicants – First week of Feb
• Final Applications due Mid-March (date TBS)
• Interviews – Early April