Best Buy Scholarship Deadline is Feb. 16, 2011

Best Buy Children's Foundation is awarding up to $1.2 million in scholarships to recognize and reward students who have made extraordinary contributions both inside and outside of the classroom.

Eligibility Requirments:

• Be students currently in grades 9-12 living in the United States or Puerto Rico.
• Have a minimum cumulative high school grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale), or equivalent.
• Demonstrate commitment to and involvement in community volunteer service or work experience.
• Following high school graduation, plan to enter a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school in the United States or Puerto Rico. Applicants who are current high school seniors must enroll no later than fall 2011. Applicants who are in grades 9-11 must plan to enroll no later than the fall term following high school graduation.
• Have never been selected as a Best Buy @15 recipient.

Selection of recipients will be based on solid academic performance and exemplary community volunteer service or work experience. Consideration may also be given to participation and leadership in school activities. Financial need is not considered.

To apply click here and "register as an applicant".

Carefully review your application before submission. All pages must be completed and entered in the format described in order to submit the application. Proper punctuation and standard capitalization (Jill Smith, 10 Main Street, New York, NY) must be used when entering data.
Once the application is submitted, no further additions or changes may be made. The application must be submitted electronically by 9:00 a.m. EST on February 16, 2011.


Note:

A heavy volume of website traffic will occur in the final days leading up to the February 16, 2011 deadline. To avoid delays in completion and submission of your application; try completing and submitting your application during the off peak times of midnight to noon daily.