PACCAR Scholarship
The PACCAR Scholarship is a Scholarship sponsored by Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation.
Award Information:
Amount of Scholarship: Average: $2000
Requirements: Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA (minimum 2.5 GPA for applicants who work more than 30 hours per week). Preference is given to applicants with interest or experience with vehicles.
Eligibility: College sophomore, College junior, College senior
Sponsorship provided by:
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation
One SME Drive, P.O. Box 930
Dearborn, MI 48121
USA
Email Address: murrdor@sme.org
Phone Number: 313 271 1500 x1709
Fax Number: 313 240 6095
http://www.sme.org/foundation
You can find out more by contacting:
Grants Coordinator
A good place to start is to thoroughly research the background of the scholarship. Getting the greatest odds of success will follow from first understanding the qualifications and making sure you meet them. At the outset try to recognize the particular aims of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation and what they hope to achieve with the PACCAR Scholarship. If you meet the requirements, verify that there is a decent shot of actually getting the scholarship. Upon determining that you have a decent shot of actually being a recipient of the PACCAR Scholarship, then you should put forth the effort to apply.
One critical detail in the process of trying for the scholarship is filling out the application correctly. Occasionally the process can be time consuming and boring, but take the time to make sure that your work was done accurately and without omission. It would be awful to miss out because of carelessness.
After filing, you should note when the PACCAR Scholarship chooses a winner and distributes any funds in order to know whether or not you can rely on the scholarship to help meet any bills associated with your education and how it will assist with your future, since there might be constraints on what expenses are covered by the PACCAR Scholarship. Increasingly, it is tough to be able to manage the expenses associated with school, and getting the PACCAR Scholarship to help with your financial aid is often invaluable. Even if you don't obtain the PACCAR Scholarship, keep at it, there will be alternative scholarships and your persistence may be rewarded.