• Essays should be as complete as possible and provide as many details as necessary to address the questions. You may be asked to explain your financial need, academic success or potential, educational and career goals, commitment, and service to the wider community. Please share only that which you are comfortable with.
• Feel free to add information such as: challenges and opportunities you face as a nontraditional student; what receiving this scholarship would mean to you and/or your family; academic, vocational, or life experiences; and any financial challenges you may encounter as a single parent, returning, or other nontraditional student.
• Your application is confidential (except your 100-word biographical statement which will be used for our reception program booklet if you are selected). Your application is reviewed by only:
  • The Adult Career and Special Student Services (ACSSS) Scholarship Committee
  • Scholarship donors (if required by the review process)
  • UW–Madison employees who require access for processing or review

• These statements should be written in a third-person point-of-view. See examples from the "Reception Program" booklet located on our reception web page. 
  • You might write about:
    • What means the most to you about obtaining an education.
    • Challenges you have faced as a returning or single parent student.
    • Educational or career goals.
    • Sources of inspiration.

• You can save your application and come back to make changes. Submit only after you have reviewed it, are completely satisfied with how you answered the questions, and have uploaded all the necessary documents. Once you hit submit you cannot go back to make changes.

Deadline:

• The application opens in mid-November and closes in early February. Check out our web page for specific dates.