Peo Star Scholarship: Full Application Guidelines

Peo Star Scholarship Review

The newest of the P.E.O. philanthropies, the STAR Scholarship, was founded in 2009 to reward outstanding young women for their achievements in and out of the classroom.

STAR continues to let stellar students continue their influence in their communities and the world while giving each student a connection to a local chapter whose members are ready to encourage and support them as they embark on their college or university studies.

With interests as mixed as the students themselves, recipients have majored in: arts and humanities; business; health and medicine; multi-/interdisciplinary studies; public and social services; science, math, and technology; social sciences; and trades and personal services.

Eligibility Requirements

A woman is qualified for consideration for a STAR Scholarship if she:

• Is recommended by the local chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood
• Is a citizen or legal permanent inhabitant of the United States or Canada
• Holds a minimum cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Demonstrates excellence in leadership, academics, extracurricular activities, community service, and potential for future success
• Plans to attend an accredited postsecondary education school in the United States or Canada full-time or part-time in the fall of the academic year following her high school graduation

The applications of people who satisfy these eligibility criteria will be evaluated on a nondiscriminatory basis without consideration of race, age, national origin, religious affiliation, disability, or P.E.O. connection.

Step-by-Step Application Process

Members of a local P.E.O. chapter will interview a student before choosing to recommend her. After the local chapter recommends a student, the P.E.O.

Executive Office will then email the applicant instructions for logging into an online account to complete her portion of the application. This must be submitted no more than 30 days after she obtains the email.

The application comprises information about the student and her activities, a one-page essay, two references, and an unofficial high school transcript (through 11th grade-/-junior year).

Canadian applicants must also comprise their Province Conversion Grading Scale. The application comprises a link the student can send to references that they will need to complete by the deadline.

In clearer terms, here is how the application process works:

1. Members of a local P.E.O. chapter will interview a student before deciding to recommend her.
2. An interview may be needed by the P.E.O. chapter. The chapter will reach the student with this request.
3. The Student Profile Form must be filled and signed. The contact person will answer queries.
4. An essay is needed in a one-page, plain paper, single-spaced, 12-point font document, the student must
5. describe her future career goals, and the student’s name must be on her essay.
6. Fill out the Student Activity Chart, explaining involvement and level of responsibility.
7. With the application, submit an official high school transcript via the 11th grade (junior year). Canadian applicants must incorporate a copy of their Province Conversion Grading Scale with their packet.
8. Two letters of reference are needed. References could include teacher, coach, principal, employer, etc.
9. Each reference letter must be submitted in a sealed envelope with the signature of reference across the seal.
10. All application materials are to be delivered to the chapter contact. Please do not utilize folders, binders, staples, or paper clips.

Application Deadline: Dont Be Late

Materials are to be delivered to the P.E.O. chapter contact person by. (Date determined by recommending chapter)
The sponsoring P.E.O. chapter will incorporate their recommendation form, letter, and checklist and send the completed application packet, postmarked no later than November 30, to the P.E.O. Executive Office.