We Give All Honors College Students Scholarships
All students admitted into the Cook Honors College earn four-year, renewable scholarships. We value every student's contribution to our academic and social community, so we invest in you financially to reduce your overall cost of coming to college. Scholarships are just the beginning. There are hands-on-learning opportunities and a community service component built into our program. Deciding to enroll in the Cook Honors College is an excellent educational investment.
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As an Honors College student, you will receive a scholarship from the Cook Honors College.You can also apply to our Cook Achievement Fund, which provides financial support for learning opportunities like study abroad and internships.
Beyond these sources of scholarship support, we encourage our students to apply for prestigious, national scholarships and offer advice and assistance with the application process. In many cases, our students have won these awards or been finalists.
Adventure in Europe
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Highlighted Undergraduate Scholarships to Consider
For language study abroad
Study abroad for independent study or research
Study abroad as an English teaching assistant
Earn a grad degree in the United Kingdom
One year of post-grad study in Ireland
Study abroad at Oxford
Grad education in public service
For students in science fields
For students studying abroad
For undergrad students interested in environmental sustainability
Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships
We Help You Go Places with Funding for Opportunities
Another big advantage you'll have through the Cook Honors College is access to the Cook Achievement Fund, which helps our students have additional learning opportunities such as studying abroad, attending a professional conference, or doing an internship.
With help from this fund, students have participated in animal research in Madagascar, trekked across Europe, studied overseas, done service projects, and so much more.
In the last few years, the fund has supported our students studying abroad in Austria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, and Sri Lanka.
We are interested in engaging the amazing person you already are and empowering you with positive challenges such as service to others, leadership, and studying abroad. The Cook Honors College Achievement Fund helps to make that possible.
Cook Honors College students can apply for this fund by completing the application.
Achievement Application Components
Use the guidelines below to help you to complete your application. If you have any questions, ask the Honors College staff.
1. Achievement Fund Cover Sheet
This cover sheet must be completed and submitted with your Cook Achievement Fund proposal.
2. Signature Page
you sign that explains how the fund is supported by Robert Cook and alumni and encourages the continuation of alumni support in the future.
3. Personal Statement
This is an essay that puts forth a narrative explanation of who you are as a person, what motivating factors drive you, how you come to be who you are, where you are going, what is important to you, what thinkers you admire, what philosophy informs your life, and how your goals, dreams, and career objectives emerge from them. Keep these things in mind as you draft your narrative:
- Since it's your story, use “I” to start your sentences.
- Include vivid imagery and lots of sensory details.
- Weave your emotions into your narrative.
- Find perfect words and expressions.
- Find the perfect opening sentence.
- Read it aloud many times. Hear what you are saying and revise where wordy, stilted, redundant, or impersonal.
Some background resources on writing a personal statement:
4. Proposal
Use the examples that follow to write a proposal, including:
- A detailed description of the achievement experience
- Justification for this specific experience at this point in time relative to your academic, professional, and personal goals
- A breakdown of costs in table form with an explanation of your need in relation to these costs
- The status of arrangements, including application status, pending inquiries, preliminary arrangements, participation deadlines, funding dates, etc.
Sample Achievement Application
This application is from a first-year student who had not yet declared a major at the time of submission. It is not perfect. But all the elements are there, and they work together to create an overall strong application.