Hutton Honors College Indiana University Bloomington FORD

Hutton Honors College

Indiana University Bloomington

FORD UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

The Ford Endowed Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis by the Indiana University,

Bloomington Hutton Honors College. These scholarships are designated for minorities and women with

special consideration given to Ford employees, their spouses and children. The Honors College

Scholarship Review Committee selects recipients on the basis of academic performance; the quality of

thinking demonstrated in the personal statement and scholarship essay; unusual circumstances,

challenges, or hardships as described in the essays; content of the letter of recommendation; and

financial need as reflected in their IU financial aid package.

If you are claiming a Ford Motor Company affiliation, you will be required to provide written verification

of the Ford connection.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

-Applicants must be current HHC undergraduates; unless claiming a Ford Motor Company affiliation

-Enrolled full-time on the Bloomington campus

-Cumulative GPA of 3.4 or above; unless claiming a Ford Motor Company affiliation

-Did not receive any type of HHC renewable merit scholarship as incoming freshmen

-Can demonstrate financial need (as reflected in their IU financial aid package)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Read and complete Parts 1-8 below. These include:

1 Personal information

2 Educational goals

3 Undergraduate courses, extracurricular activities, employment, and academic honors

4 Extracurricular statement

5 Scholarship Essay

6 Letter of recommendation

7 Unofficial IU transcript

8 Employment verification letter if claiming a Ford Motor Company connection

You should print out all parts of the application on separate sheets of paper. It is most helpful to our

staff if you assemble everything in consecutive order before placing in the envelope.

Please mail your completed application to:

Ford Scholarship

ATTN: Bryce Campbell

Hutton Honors College

Indiana University

811 E. 7

Street

Bloomington, IN 47405-3937

Please detach these first 2 pages before mailing your application!

FOR YOUR PROTECTION, PLEASE PRINT AND RETAIN A COPY OF YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR

YOUR OWN RECORDS.

Part 1 - Personal Information

Name:___________________________________________________________________________

University ID Number: ______________________________________ Sex: ___________________

Race/ethnicity: ___________________________________________________________________

Are you claiming a Ford Motor Company affiliation? YES NO

Permanent Address: _______________________________________________________________

City: ___________________________ State: ______________________ Zip: _________________

Current Local Address: _____________________________________________________________

City: ___________________________State: ______________________Zip: __________________

Telephone (area code first):_________________________________________________________

IU E-mail address: _________________________________________________________________

Part 2 - Educational Goals

Describe your academic and career plans and any special interests (for example, scientific research) that you are

eager to pursue as an undergraduate at Indiana University. Also, share any unusual circumstances, challenges, or

obstacles you have encountered in pursuit of your education and how you overcame them. (200-400 words)

Part 3 – Undergraduate Courses, Extracurricular Activities, Jobs, and Honors

Please list all undergraduate courses completed if a current IU student, or list AP, ACP, or college courses taken if

you are a prospective student.

Provide a list of the activities in which you have been and/or are currently involved in. Please indicate how many

years you’ve participated in the activity and offices held, if any.

Provide a list of jobs you have had since enrolling at IUB if you a current IU student, or list the jobs you have had

in the past year if you are a prospective student.

List any special honors you have received.

Part 4 – Extracurricular Statement

Indiana University students contribute in many ways to what has long been recognized as a rich community of

diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences. Identify your most significant contribution to one or more of the

communities to which you belong. (Communities, for example, can form around shared experiences in music,

sports, the arts, culture, ethnicity, shared beliefs, or ideas.) Describe your level of achievement or involvement

and reflect on your most important contributions. Briefly describe how these experiences have influenced you.

(200-400 words)

Part 5 – Scholarship Essay

The scholarship review committee considers this analytical essay to be very important and places special

emphasis on your choice of topic, writing style, research ability, critical thinking skills and objectivity. Please

research and write an original essay of approximately 600 words on a topic of special interest or concern to you

about which thoughtful people could disagree. We encourage you to choose a topic which reflects your own

intellectual interests. Consider a topic that has not been explored in your high school courses, and please do not

recycle essays or papers you have written for class. Your thesis should be supported with persuasive and

concrete evidence, and you should cite all sources.

Possible topics might include:

 An ethical, political, economic, philosophical, scientific, or social issue or a creative work (such as a novel,

film, poem, scientific theory, biography, painting, sculpture) that has had a significant impact on the

world at some point in time.

 A recent development in your community, country, or the world, about which there has been

controversy.

 An issue currently being debated in a field you are interested in.

Part 6 – Letter of Recommendation

One letter of recommendation from an IU faculty member is required

if you are a current IU student, or from a

guidance counselor or teacher if you are a high school student.

Hutton Honors College

Ford Scholarship Application

FACULTY RECOMMENDATION FORM

Recommendation for: _______________________________________________

WAIVER

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 opens many student records for the student's

inspection. The law permits the students to sign a waiver relinquishing their rights to inspect letters of

recommendation. The applicant's signature below constitutes a waiver; no signature means that the

student will have the right to read this recommendation.

Student's signature ______________________________ Date ___________________

RECOMMENDER:

Name ______________________________________Dept. _______________________

Campus Address ___________________________________Phone _________________

Title:_______________________________ E-mail address _______________________

The faculty recommendation should point out the applicant’s meritorious academic achievements;

should confirm (if possible) the experiences, activities, contributions, and commitments the student has

identified as the focus of this application; and should explain why they are recommending the applicant

for this award.

Recommendation letters should also include how long, how well, and in what context the recommender

knows the applicant.

Signature ______________________________________ Date _____________

Part 7 – Unofficial IU Transcript

Please include a complete IU unofficial transcript.