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Hi everyone. My name is Leslie Lloyd

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and I'm the assistant director in the financial aid office

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at Western Oregon University. 

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In this video, I'll walk you through Steps to Take,

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 the Presidential Scholarships.

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and other WOU Scholarships we have at WOU 

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and how to qualify for those. 

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The first thing that's important for you to do is file the FAFSA or ORSAA 

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by February 1st each year. The FAFSA is the 

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free application for Federal student aid and is your main gateway to 

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federal, state and institutional aid.

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You can complete this at studentaid.gov.

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The ORSAA is the Oregon student aid application 

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and is for our DACA students 

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who are not eligible to file the FAFSA.

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Applying with ORSAA will allow you to qualify for state & institutional aid.

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This can be found at oregonstudentaid.gov.

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While these applications generally help you qualify for grants and loans

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we also use this information to help determine your scholarship eligibility.

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In order to be considered for the Provost and Presidential Scholarships, 

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you'll need to complete the General Scholarship Application by Feb 15th. 

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It's important that you are admitted at least 2 weeks prior to these due dates,

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to give you plenty of time to access the application.

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This one application allows you to apply for most of our scholarships 

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here at WOU and should be completed each year.

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When these application are reviewed, we look at your GPA,

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activties, awards and achievements, and an essay. 

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The essay portion is heavily weighted.

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It's extremely important that you put a great deal of effort into it,

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making sure that there are no punctuation or spelling errors.

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That you answer all of the questions fully and in a unique way

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in order to standout amongst the other candidates. 

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You can find a step-by-step guide on how to complete the general 

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scholarship application on our webpage

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at wou.edu/finaid/scholarships.

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After completing the general scholarship application, 

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you'll be prompted to complete additional applications 

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based on information that was given on your general application. 

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You'll want to complete those by the specified deadlines on each application. 

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Those generally have May 1 deadlines 

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but can vary depending on the scholarship. 

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If you're an Oregon resident you may qualify for other scholarships. 

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Go to OregonStudentAid.gov and complete OSAC Application

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by March 1st at the latest 

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or February 15th for their early bird deadline.

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If you submit your application by the early bird deadline, 

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you'll be entered into a drawing for one of 

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several $1000 early bird scholarships. 

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Similar to the general scholarship application, this one application 

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can qualify you for a number of scholarships. 

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You'll also want to make sure to complete any local 

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scholarship applications through your high school or community. 

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These will have varying deadlines. 

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So, it's important to research these and manage all due dates.

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One of our biggest scholarship opportunities is the

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 Presidential Scholarship program. 

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This scholarship is for our incoming first year students only

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and is a 4-year renewable award. This year we will look at 

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both your high school GPA and your general scholarship application 

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to determine who our top applicants are.

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There are three different levels to this scholarship. 

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The Deans level is $1000

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and you must have a 3.5 high school GPA to qualify.

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This is the only level that does not require a general scholarship application 

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and is solely based on having at least a 3.5 high school GPA. 

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The Provost level scholarship is $2,500 and you'll be considered 

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if you have a 3.7 or higher high school GPA

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and you complete the general scholarship application by February 15th. 

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The Presidential level is $5,500 

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and you'll be considered if you have at least a 3.8 high school GPA

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and you complete the general scholarship application by February 15th. 

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Besides our Presidential Scholarships there are other scholarship 

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at WOU you need to be made aware of. 

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As I mentioned earlier, you will need to complete 

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the general scholarship application by March 1st 

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to be considered for our WOU general scholarships. 

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These are generally 1-year, $1000 awards.

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They can be as much as $5000 

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and some are renewable for 4-years at Western.

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These scholarships are for both new and continuing students. 

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You'll also want to review any departmental scholarships 

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that are recommended to apply for following the 

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completion of the general scholarship application. 

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These generally have a May 1st deadline.

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But you will wan to review each deadline individually 

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as due dates may vary. 

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These are also generally $1000, 1-year awards. 

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But awards may vary.

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These scholarships are also for both new and continuing students. 

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One of our best opportunities for incoming transfer students 

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is our transfer scholarship. This is a 2-year renewable award 

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for $2,500 that is given to transfer students

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with at least a 3.5 transfer GPA.

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This scholarship does not require an application.

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If you have any questions about any of this information 

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or about financial aid in general please contact our office.

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If you are already admitted, the easiest way to schedule an appointment 

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with us is by clicking the WCS icon in your WOU portal. 

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You can also schedule an appointment 

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or ask any financial aid related questions 

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by emailing us at finaid@wou.edu or calling us at 503-838-8475.

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Thank you for listening and we look forward to having you at WOU.  

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