NATURE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICANT
Evaluation Criteria for Awarding the Sanlahi, Inc. Scholarship
The Sanlahi Scholarship Award is given to a candidate who performs well academically AND who demonstrates need for the scholarship funds. The scholarship is awarded based upon the following criteria:
academic performance
creativity, mission mindedness, or acts of kindness
heart for learning
activities and interests
financial need
As for your submission itself, we are also looking at your overall presentation. In this regard, we review and evaluate:
Your spelling
Your grammar
Your enthusiasm and your passion for your career
Your neatness
We evaluate your submission fully in all of these areas.
1. Academic Achievement/Performance: Submit your standardized test scores from the SAT, ACT, or other standardized test or other measures of your academic performance. We are particularly interested in your overall academic performance, however best measured.
2. Contribution to Society:
(1) Submit a list of your Extracurricular Activities. We are not looking for the number of activities, but the variety, balance, depth, and overall significance of these activities.
(2) Submit NO MORE THAN three (3) reference letters with NO MORE THAN 2 pages, single-spaced, 12 point type (may be less, such as double-spaced, etc.) from parents (who best know the applicant!), teachers, leaders in programs you’ve been involved in. These letters must confirm your involvement in the activities you’ve listed and that, to the extent possible, attest to your unique contributions in these areas.
NOTES:
These letters ought not to be mere “character reference” letters. They should attest to specific contributions you have made, specific activities you have engaged in, specific achievements that have benefited you and the community you served. In other words, these letters are primarily for the sake of acquiring outside confirmation that you have really done or achieved what you claim to have done or achieved in your scholarship application.
3. Future Plans: Submit a personal essay with NO MORE THAN 2 pages, single-spaced, 12 point type (may be less, such as double-spaced, etc.) along these lines:
a. What I want to do with my life
b. Why I want to go to college
c. Why I want to go to the college chosen
4. Other Requirements:
a. Scholarship Photograph: Submit a photograph with your application (optional).
b. Assignment of Rights & Consent to Publish Scholarship Information: Sign and submit the Assignment of Rights and Consent to Publish Scholarship Information form included with the application. By signing this form, you give us the right to publish your photograph (if provided) and basic information regarding your past accomplishments and future plans in the event you are awarded the scholarship.
Deadline: All submissions listed above must be received by email at ttaft2@live.com info@sanlahi.org or by mail at Sanlahi Inc, Attn: Scholarship Committee PO BOX 411433 Melbourne, FL 32940 by March 3, 2023.
Questions: If you have any questions regarding your submission or criteria, please email info@sanlahi.org
Please read the Mission Statement and Scholarship Criteria before filling out the application. NOTE: offspring of Sanlahi members can compete for our scholarship, however, offspring of Sanlahi board members are disqualified.
Mable Mutumwa
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Pursuing a degree in the medical field.
(Due to Covid our 2022 winner was not awarded till 2023.We apologize and will be back on track this year)
Eilish Fuller
Satellite High School
Biology with pre-med track
Megan Mullen
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Savannah College of Art and Design
Videography
Carson Chavez
Melbourne Catholic Central High School
University of Florida
Psychology-Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
Briana Bellamy
4 year scholar
Astronaut High School
Eastern Florida State College
Finance Major
Victoria Pappaademetriou
4 year scholar
Palm Bay Magnet High School
University of South Florida
Premedical Services Major
Devon Madden
4 year scholar
Bayside High School
Florida Institute of Technology
Aerospace Engineering Major
Alexis Navarroza
4 year scholar
Melbourne High School
University of Florida
Biomedical Engineering Major
Michael Dwayne Catacutan
4 year scholar
Melbourne High School
Finished Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the University of San Carlos, Philippines
Plans to attend Medical School
Recent College Grads from our Scholarship Program...
Maria Rhea B. Luay
Pulo Ni Sara National High school
Cavite State University