Quest For Education Scholarship

2009-2010 School Year

Vantage Credit Union is dedicated to helping families reach their educational goals through higher education. We have awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in college scholarships to graduating high school seniors over the years. Plus, we've given numerous financial aid seminars to help parents and students make the transition to college easier. Vantage Credit Union remains committed to helping members in the pursuit of higher education by providing related information here on our website.

Quest For Education Scholarship
During the 2008–2009 school year, Vantage awarded 25, $1,500 Quest For Education Scholarships to graduating high school seniors. For the 2009-2010 school year, we'll award 20, $1,000 scholarships. Any Vantage Credit Union member who's a graduating high school senior is eligible for the scholarship. Recipients must use the scholarship to attend an accredited college, community college or university. Each scholarship is paid directly to the school of choice (not the student) at the time of fall registration. The scholarship money may be used for books and tuition. Vantage Credit Union employees, Board and Committee members, and their families are not eligible to receive this award.

Financial need is not a criterion for this award, nor is class rank, SAT/ACT score or grade point average. Don't include information such as GPA, grades, test scores, class rank, etc., or the application will be disqualified. If a student is already a winner of a full scholarship or has a congressional appointment to a military academy where further award will not be meaningful, the student shouldn't apply for this scholarship. One Quest For Education Scholarship will be awarded per recipient. View application details.

How to obtain a Quest For Education Scholarship application
Quest For Education Scholarship applications are available in mid-to-late August. View a sample application for the 2009-2010 school year. When the 2009-2010 applications is available, you can download it from our site or get one at any Vantage branch or at your local high school guidance office. You may also call us at 314.298.0055 or 800.522.6009 and we’ll mail you an application.

Application deadline 2009-2010
For the 2009-2010 school year, Quest For Education Scholarship applications need to be received by Vantage Credit Union’s Marketing Department no later than December 4, 2009. Judging takes place December through February, with winners being notified by March 2010.

Questions?
If you have any questions about our Quest For Education Scholarship, please call 314.298.0055 or 800.522.6009 and ask for the Marketing Department. Or, send us an e-mail at info@vcu.com.

Other scholarship resources
The following links supply additional information for other scholarship opportunities:
The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
FastWeb.com
Scholarships.com
MO Dept of Higher Education
Mapping-Your-Future.org