Scholarship information
Scholarships can come from the following sources:
- National Merit Scholarship: Students must take the PSAT/NMSQT in October of their junior year to qualify for this scholarship. The counseling office will announce sign-ups and the fee for this test each year.
- College Board Scholarship Partners: Students who take the PSAT/NMSQT in October of their sophomore or junior year and opt-in for the Scholarship Search Service to receive information about a variety of scholarships offered through organizations that partner with the College Board.
- Academic/Merit: Based on academic excellence regardless of financial need. These might be through the university, the department in which your major is housed, or national, state, or local organizations.
- Talent Based: Athletics or Fine Arts could be through the university itself or other organizations.
- Community Organizations: The applications and deadlines for these scholarships are normally in the spring of the senior year. These will come from Rotary, Lions Club, Exchange Club and more.
- Need-Based Scholarships: Many universities or other organizations offer these scholarship based on financial need.
- Alumni Associations: University alumni associations may offer scholarships to any incoming freshmen or freshmen who are children or grandchildren of graduates. Their criteria are often a bit lower than the univeristy scholarship qualifications.
- Minority or Religious Scholarships: Some scholarships are based on race, culture, or religious membership
- Employer: Some employers offer scholarships to the children of their employees
- Upperclassmen Scholarships: Many universities have scholarships specifically for students after they complete their freshmen year. Make sure you check with the scholarship office at your university for more information.
- Transfer Students: Transfer students with high marks may be eligible for certain scholarships.
Scholarship Database
All local Scholarship information can be found below:
2025 ATHENA Scholarship Program
Applications for the 2025 ATHENA Scholarship program are now being accepted. This scholarship is available to female high school seniors.
You can access the scholarship site at at this link. To begin applying you will need to create an account. There is a "Program Key" that will be needed to access the application, which is ATHENA
The deadline to apply is THURSDAY, December 22, 2024.
Community Foundation of Middle TN Scholarships
At the CFMT, they offer one application for all 160 scholarships. The Community Foundation staff will determine if you are eligible for all for other scholarships based on the information in your application.
Apply here
The deadline to apply is February 1, 2025 at 11:30 pm CST.
Pepsi Cola Scholarship
The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize one high school senior from each of the six following Wilson County Schools high schools, Green Hill High, Lebanon High, Mt. Juliet High, Watertown High, Wilson Central High School, and the Virtual Academy at BTA. If applications are not submitted and received from each of the above-named high schools, applicants from the other schools will be selected to make the six (6) awarded scholarships. All applicants must be enrolled as full-time students, in a public or private college or university, in the state of Tennessee during the fall of 2025.
This is an online application: 2025 Pepsi Scholarship Application
The deadline to submit is noon on Monday, April 14, 2025
GH Scholarships
