University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholarship

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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholarship is the oldest, most prestigious merit scholarship program in the United States. Morehead-Cain Scholars receive a four-year full scholarship which covers full tuition, student fees, housing, meals, books, a laptop, supplies and other miscellaneous items. For more information, you may visit the website at www.moreheadcain.org. Scholar selections are based on moral force of character, scholarship, physical vigor, and leadership.

Write an essay (no longer than 1 page in length, double spaced, in Times New Roman 12 point font) on your potential in the areas of leadership, scholarship, moral force of character, and physical vigor.

Please turn in your essay with your name included and this sheet to Mrs. Dove on or before Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 11 am . It is also advised that you have your UNC-Chapel Hill Admissions Application completed by the Early Action deadline to be considered for select opportunities that are only available to first-year students who apply for and are admitted through Early Action.

The Morehead-Cain is merit-based and applicants should be a competitive applicant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Selection Criteria

• Scholarship- It isn’t the high-achieving student we seek so much as the scholar—the one for whom knowledge is about more than grades and test scores, and for whom learning is an appetite rather than a means to an end.

• Leadership - It’s more than titles held or roles played. Here, leadership demonstrates courage and action. Morehead-Cain’s initiate. They act and they impact. They influence and they inspire.

• Moral force of character - Integrity, empathy, bravery, humility, maturity, generosity: these form the bedrock of the Morehead-Cain culture.

• Physical vigor - it’s as simple as a demonstrated commitment to an active lifestyle and a dedication to fitness and physical activity.

Morehead-Cain SCHOLARSHIP RUBRIC Name: GPA:______SAT: R______M______W______ACT: ______Rate (Low to High) Score 0 to 20

Ratings Excellent Very Good Good Average Poor Very Poor 5 4 3 2 1 0 Leadership Scholarship Moral Force of Character Physical Vigor Name ______

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