Fall Common Application / All USA Academic Team

The Fall Common Application includes consideration for multiple scholarships, including the All-USA Community College Academic Team, the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team, the New Century Scholars, All-State Community College Academic Team programs, the Guistwhite Scholarship and the Hites Transfer Scholarship. Please note that you will first be asked a series of question to determine for which scholarships you are eligible. Your answers on the program eligibility will open only those scholarship applications to which you may apply.

The scholarship applications are available online only at http://my.ptk.org/edge/. Applications need to be completed by Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 5 p.m. To access the scholarship application, you must first complete the "Eligibility Quiz" below. This quiz includes questions that share eligibility criteria across multiple scholarship programs. You must take and pass this quiz to be eligible to access the online application. If you do not pass the quiz, you are ineligible to apply for any of the scholarship on the Fall Common Scholarship Application at this time.

The All-USA Academic Team program annually recognizes 60 outstanding two-year college students. First, Second, and Third Teams, each consisting of 20 members, are selected. The 20 First Team members receive stipends of $2,500 each. All 60 members of the All- USA Academic Team and their colleges receive extensive national recognition through coverage in USA TODAY. Selection is based on nominations submitted by community college presidents or CEOs, who receive nomination materials in the fall. Phi Theta Kappa, USA TODAY, and the American Association of Community Colleges sponsor the All-USA Academic Team program annually. Clark College is able to nominate only two students for the All-USA Academic Team. Each nominee will automatically earn a place on the All-WA State Academic Team.

This opportunity is available to ALL students who meet the minimum criteria. Specific eligibility requirements of note:

• Each nominee must be currently enrolled at the indicated college and campus, and must be enrolled through December 2011.
• Each nominee must have a minimum of 36 semester (or 48 quarter) college-level credit hours completed at or transferred to a community college by December 31, 2011, and be on track to complete a minimum of 48 semester (or 72 quarter) college-level credit hours by August 30, 2012. (Do not include remedial or developmental coursework in total credit counts.)
• By December 31, 2011, each nominee must have a minimum of 30 semester (45 quarter) college-level credits completed at a community college in the past five years (fall 2006-present).
• Each nominee must be on track to obtain an associate's or bachelor's degree (or the equivalent of a U.S. associate's or bachelor's degree).
• Please note if a student is selected as a Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team member, the student will be required to provide proof of enrollment at either a two-year or four-year school for the fall 2012 semester.
• Each nominee must post a minimum of a 3.50 or higher GPA out of a possible 4.0 in all college-level coursework completed in the past five years (fall 2006-present). Please include coursework at all institutions attended in the past five years when calculating GPA. GPA is calculated at the point of application. Please note that the student must maintain a 3.50 GPA or higher at the end of fall 2011 to remain eligible. For nominating institutions in Canada or in sovereign nations where Phi Theta Kappa chapters exist, please note that nominees must rank in the top 10% of their class.
• Each nominee's record at this community college must be free from academic suspension, probation or other serious disciplinary action.
• Each nominee's record must be free from any criminal conduct, or if the nominee is a convicted felon, he or she must have completed all conditions of sentencing, including probation, at the time of nomination.
• The nominee must hold temporary or permanent residency in the country of the community college the student is attending, or possess a visa considered appropriate by the college. Please note that the All-USA Community College Academic Team program awards only U.S. Citizens. The Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team and New Century Scholars programs have a variety of temporary and permanent citizenship options; International students and students attending college in Canada and/or a sovereign nation with a Phi Theta Kappa chapter may only be considered for the New Century Scholars program and/or an All-State Community College Academic Team program.
• Nominees may not have previously been nominated for the All-USA Community College Academic Team, the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team or the New Century Scholars program.
• Each nominee is considered to be of good character and an exceptional and responsible member of the academic community