Scholarship Application Deadline is Jan. 15

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 13, 2011) – Time is of the essence for prospective UK students who want to apply for certain academic scholarships. 

The deadline to apply for competitive scholarships scholarships is Saturday, Jan. 15.

Students who have a 31 or higher ACT score or 1360 or above SAT score (M+CR) and a minimum unweighted GPA of 3.75, are encouraged to apply for a competitive scholarship.

“The evaluation of scholarship applicants considers factors such as: an essay, grades, test scores, leadership experiences, extracurricular activities, work experience, awards, recognition and community service,” said Sandy Copher, director of Academic Scholarships at UK.  “Applications for these competitive scholarships are available online.”

Incoming freshmen can also find a complete list of the academic scholarships available to them and the minimum requirements of each online.

For fall 2011, the Flagship and Provost Scholarships are automatically awarded to students with qualifying scores based on their admission application and information. However, those students must be admitted and have their qualifying scores sent to UK by March 1.

As a reminder, the deadline to apply for admission to UK as well as federal need-based financial aid is Feb. 15, 2011. 

Prospective transfer students have until May 16 to turn in their scholarship applications and Aug. 1 to apply for admission.

For more information on scholarships, visit www.uky.edu/AcademicScholarships or call (859) 257-4198.

For more information on financial aid, visit http://www.uky.edu/FinancialAid/ or call (859) 257-3172.

For more information on undergraduate admissions at UK, visit: www.applyuk.com.

To watch videos about the UK experience, visit: www.youtube.com/universityofkentucky.