College Club West Scholarship
Direct application
Up to $5,000
6 winners
Eligibility
Demographics
Woman
Education level
Undergraduate
Financial
Financial need
Age
Age 25+
About this scholarship
Women age 25 or older who live in the greater Cleveland area and are enrolled in a four-year degree-granting program, a graduate program, or at least the third year of a bachelor's program may apply for College Club West scholarship grants.
Grants range up to $5,000 based on maturity, academic record, promise, goals, and financial need. Up to six recipients may be selected.
Complete the online application, mail the financial form and essay with income documentation, sign the terms of agreement, and submit official transcripts and two letters of recommendation. Selected candidates are interviewed in May, with awards announced in June.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Online application
- Financial information form
- Copy of the first page of the 2025 Federal Tax Return with Social Security numbers removed
- Personal, educational, and employment background essay
- Official transcripts
- Two non-relative letters of recommendation using the CCW Scholarship Recommendation Form
- Signed Terms of Agreement
- Applicant must be at least 25 years old
- Enrolled in a 4-year degree-granting program or graduate program, or in at least the third year of a bachelor's program
- Must be a Greater Cleveland (Ohio) woman
- Two letters of recommendation (using the CCW Scholarship Recommendation Form), from non-relatives familiar with school/community activities
- Official transcripts
- Financial information form plus a copy of the 2025 Federal Tax Return (first page, SSNs removed) to verify income
- Signed Terms of Agreement form (must certify not a member/relative of a member of College Club West)
- Award is tuition-only, one year, with possible May interview for finalists
- Application deadline March 16, 2026
- Finalists may be interviewed in May.
- Award is tuition-only for one year.