National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc.
NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE
EXTENDS 2016 SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE
Applications now accepted through Monday, February 15th
January 14th, 2016, New York City - The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) has extended the deadline to apply for its 2016 Scholarship Awards Program, toMonday, February 15th.
The extension is meant to allow qualified candidates extra time to gather documents for the application package, while ensuring that the largest possible amount of students, will get to apply for the program that in 2016 is tripling the dollar figure and number of scholarships to be awarded, since 2014.
The organization will grant 60 scholarship awards, up from 15 awarded in 2014 and 30 in 2015. In total, NPRDP will provide $120,000 for scholarships in 2016, up from $30,000 in 2014 and $60,000 this year.
NPRDP established the Scholarship Awards Program to help promote the pursuit of higher education within the community.
To be eligible to participate in the 2016 Scholarship Awards Program, applicants must:
* Be of Puerto Rican descent;
* Have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better
* Participate in an interview with a member(s) of the Selection Committee;
* Be between the ages of 17 and 25 and enrolled in a 4-year institution, for applicants already in college;
* Be in their senior year, for high school applicants.
Application packages must include: a completed application form; an essay; a written biography; a volunteer community service statement; two letters of recommendation, of which one letter of recommendation must be from the site where the student performs his/her volunteer work; official academic transcripts and head shot photo. Letters of recommendation should be requested from teachers, professors, counselors, mentors, clergy, community leaders, etc. The letters should highlight the applicant's volunteer community service, length of the relationship with the candidate, and the specific contributions the applicant has made to the community.
To download the application package, the public can visitwww.nprdpinc.org. Packages must be submitted electronically to NPRDP.Scholars@gmail.com by Monday, February 15, 2016. Letters of recommendation and sealed transcripts should be mailed together to National Puerto Rican Day Parade, P.O Box 975, New York, NY 10272 by Monday, February 15, 2016. Materials received after this date will result in the applicant's disqualification. Applicants selected for an interview will be notified by email, and interviews will take place the week of February 29, 2016. The original application deadline was Friday, January 15th, 2016.
