Scholarship Instructions for Tennessee Students

Scholarship Instructions for Tennessee Students

1. The R.J. Hill Consulting Scholarship is an award of $500.00. This scholarship is intended for award to a student who intends on pursuing a career in (1) mechanical engineering or (2) any engineering discipline. These instructions apply to any Tennessee high school student desiring to attend any Tennessee public university where a course of study in engineering is available. These instructions also apply to students who are residents of Tennessee and are already enrolled in an engineering curriculum, in a Tennessee public university, and desiring to obtain additional financial aid by applying for this scholarship.

 

2. High school students must graduate from high school no later than May 31, 2018.

 

3. The student must also make application to their university of choice by the school’s deadline date in time to be enrolled for the fall semester beginning in August of 2018.

 

4. Acceptance by the university will be verified. It will be the student’s responsibility to make sure that the registrar at the university has all the information it needs in order to identify the student when verification is attempted.

 

5. All students will be required to submit an essay of not more than 500 words in length. The essay will describe what the student’s area of concentration will be and what they intend to do with their degree. Students are encouraged to write in as much detail as they can within the 500 word limit. Warning: writing one or a few lines is not enough information for any consideration and will be immediately rejected.

 

6. In addition, high school students will submit an official transcript of their high school grades through at least the first half of the school year. The first half of the school year is assumed to proceed from the first day of the school year through the last day in December prior to the Christmas and New Year’s break. Enrolled college students should submit an official transcript of their grades through the last semester attended.

 

7. The entire application package consisting of the essay and the transcript of grades has to be received by R.J. Hill Consulting by March 31, 2018 in order to be considered. Send application package to 240 Mayfield Dr., Suite 102, Smyrna, TN 37167.

 

8. Beginning on April 1, 2018, the applications will be reviewed.

 

9. It is anticipated that the award winner will be announced sometime in May of 2018. Please don’t forget to include your name, address, telephone number and email address.

 

10. If there are any questions about the procedure, R.J. Hill Consulting can be contacted either by emailing to rjhill@rjhill.com or calling 615-223-7736.

 

11. These instructions are also posted on our blog located at www.rjhill.com