State Employees Credit Union High School Scholarship
Nomination required
Eligibility
About this scholarship
North Carolina public high school seniors who are SECU members (or eligible through a parent or guardian), state residents, and eligible for in-state tuition may be nominated by their local education agency. Nominees must be accepted to a UNC System university as full-time undergraduates with at least a 2.5 unweighted GPA and a completed FAFSA.
The scholarship provides $10,000 total for undergraduate study at a UNC campus. Recipients are selected by the LEA Scholarship Selection Committee; the foundation does not accept direct applications.
Contact your high school guidance counselor for nomination procedures and deadlines. Selection committees weigh scholastic achievement, leadership, character, integrity, and community involvement.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Copy of acceptance letter to a UNC System constituent campus
- SECU membership: applicant or a parent/guardian must be a current State Employees' Credit Union member at the time of application
- Graduating senior at a North Carolina public high school
- Accepted to one of the 16 UNC System constituent campuses (copy of acceptance letter required)
- North Carolina resident eligible for in-state tuition (NCGS 116-143.1)
- Minimum 2.5 unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Demonstrated leadership, character, integrity, and community involvement ('People Helping People' philosophy)
- FAFSA submission optional but considered for financial need
- Recipients selected by each district's LEA Scholarship Selection Committee; no individual applications reviewed by the Foundation
- Nomination and selection are conducted by the local education agency Scholarship Selection Committee; the foundation does not accept direct applications.
- Leadership, character, integrity, and community involvement are considered in selection.
- The source conflicts on FAFSA: the description says it must be completed, while the detailed requirements say it is optional but considered for financial need.