Scholarship Application Scoring Rubric
How We Score Applications
Scoring Rubric
See the criteria our Scoring Committee uses to assess each application.
| 4-5 points | 2-3 points | 0-1 points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | The applicant has provided a full picture of their personality, interest, and values. They have richly demonstrated what is important to them by sharing their hobbies, passions, and/or hopes for the future. The selection committee is able to gain a clear vision of the applicant’s life, individuality, and what makes them unique. | The applicant has provided information about their personality, interests, and values. They have shared hobbies, passions, and/or hopes for the future that give the selection committee a general sense of the applicant’s life, individuality, and what makes them unique. | The applicant has provided little to no information about their personality, interests, or values. They did not share hobbies, passions, or hopes for the future that would enable the selection committee to gain a sense of their life, individuality, or what makes them unique. |
| Accomplishments | The applicant shared several accomplishments, including but not limited to personal, academic, sports, advocacy, or work-related efforts and achievements. The selection committee gained a clear impression of their drive, initiative, or committed effort. | The applicant shared one or more accomplishments, including but not limited to personal, academic, sports, advocacy, or work-related efforts and achievements. The selection committee gained a general sense of their drive, initiative, or committed effort. | The applicant shared few or no accomplishments that would allow the selection committee to gain a sense of their drive, initiative, or committed effort. |
| Goals | The applicant clearly states and describes their educational and personal goals for the future. They demonstrate obvious ambition, drive, and/or passion, clarify how their post-secondary program supports their path, describe a personal quality that will help them reach their goals, and show genuine commitment to achieving them. | The applicant generally states and describes their educational and personal goals for the future. They demonstrate some ambition, drive, and/or passion but may not indicate how their post-secondary program or personal qualities support their path. Their commitment to achieving their goals may also be somewhat unclear. | The applicant does not clearly state their educational and personal goals for the future. Their ambition, drive, passion, and commitment are unclear to the selection committee, in part because they do not indicate how their post-secondary program or personal qualities support their path. |
| Community Impact | The applicant has made a clear and significant impact on their school, work, religious, local, or other community. This could include extensive volunteer history, ongoing or multiple instances of serving in their community, or ongoing advocacy/awareness efforts. The applicant has clearly demonstrated their community impact by listing specific related programs, persons, or experiences. | The applicant has made an impact on their school, work, religious, local, or other community but did not include many specific or ongoing examples of volunteer work, advocacy/awareness efforts, or times they served in their community. | The applicant did not include sufficient examples of volunteer work, advocacy/awareness efforts, or times they served in their community to demonstrate their community impact to the selection committee. |
| Extras | The applicant has submitted multiple “Extras” in an above-and-beyond effort to help the selection committee get to know them better. These items might include (but are not limited to) up to 10 videos, drawings, poems, paintings, photographs, articles, etc. The materials they shared gave the selection committee a clear vision of their life, interests, and personality. | The applicant has submitted at least one “Extra” in an effort to help the selection committee get to know them better, such as (but not limited to) a video, drawing, poem, painting, photograph, article, etc. The item/s they shared gave the selection committee some insight into their life, interests, and personality. | The applicant included few to no “Extras” (photos, videos, artwork, etc.) that would help the selection committee get to know them better. |
