Horizon Award - Senior Scholarship

 

Thank you for your interest in the Southern Association of College Admission Counseling (SACAC) Horizon Award. Each year SACAC seeks to award five (5) students attending high school in one of the nine member regions or the Caribbean with a $1,000 one-time scholarship. SACAC recognizes the financial barriers students often times face when considering college opportunities and the Horizon Award seeks to off-set some of these cost of living concerns.

As a matching award, a college counselor or Community Based Organization advisor who has been nominated by the chosen students will receive $1,000 to be used towards professional development opportunities, such as conference registration fees, annual membership dues for SACAC, or fees associated with participation in any SACAC event.

Horizon Award applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm on January 18, 2022. All supplementary materials must be submitted no later than January 21 for a student's application to be considered complete.

In order to be considered as an applicant for the Horizon Award, students must be on track to graduate in Spring 2022 from a high school located within one of the SACAC member regions (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or the Caribbean).

The following items must be submitted for an applicant's file to be considered complete:
- Upload high school transcript
- Upload Résumé/List of Activities
- Personal Essay
- Description of financial need or circumstances
- (Optional) Upload test score(s)
- (Optional) Recommendation Form submitted by teacher, counselor, coach, or community leader (https://forms.gle/H2gxUa9b6dnWp67t8)

Any questions regarding the student application process can be emailed to horizon@sacac.org.