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Transfer Scholarships

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Transfer academic merit-based scholarships are awarded during the application review process and are based on your grade point average (GPA), your participation in Phi Theta Kappa (community college honor society), or your participation in another college honor society. Transfer academic scholarships are renewable up to three years provided you maintain the required GPA each year and maintain full-time enrollment.

Academic Merit Scholarships

  • Transfer Excellence Scholarship
    • $29,000 annually
    • Based on a transferable college GPA of 3.5 or higher
  • Transfer Success Scholarship 
    • $28,000 annually
    • Based on a transferable college GPA of 3.0 - 3.49
  • Merit Scholarship
    • $26,500 annually
    • Based on a transferable college GPA of 3.0  and below
  • Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)
    • $3,000 per academic year on top of merit scholarship.
    • Must be a member of PTK at the most recently attended college.
    • Can only receive Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship or Departmental Honor Society Scholarship.
  • Departmental Honor Society
    • $1,000 per academic year on top of merit scholarship.
    • Must be a member of a college honor society in major (limit of one scholarship)
    • Can only receive Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship or Departmental Honor Society Scholarship.

Talent

As a transfer student, you may audition for talent scholarships in the areas of music, theatre, art, and forensics. They are renewable depending on department funding and your continued participation. For further information, contact the Office of Admission.

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Alumni

Transfer students may be recommended by an alum of North Central College to receive a $1,000 annual scholarship. Each alum is only entitled to one recommendation per academic year and students are limited to one alumni scholarship applied to their first academic year. Deadline to refer a prospective student is March 15th. If you know an alum, have them recommend you for this scholarship. Click HERE to refer a student!

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Donor/Endowed

North Central has been fortunate to receive donations from generous alumni and friends of the College for the establishment of endowed scholarships. 

To apply for endowed scholarships, please visit Academic Works and sign in using your Merlin user ID and password.

Several donors and affiliates of the College also offer opportunities for transfer students. Listed below are some brief overviews of a few of the opportunities listed on Academic Works.

Religious Affiliation

  • Grant for Children of Full-Time United Methodist (UM) Clergy
    • Parent must be a full-time UM clergy person
    • Renewable, provided student continues to meet criteria
  • United Methodist Grant Fund of the Northern Illinois Conference
    • Student must be a member of UMNIC with financial need 
    • Renewable, provided student continues to meet criteria
  • United Methodist Scholarships
    • One scholarship application that will consider only North Central students for over 15 different UM scholarships
    • Scholarships are not renewable, but can be re-considered upon new application 
  • United Methodist Scholarships - General Board of Higher Education & Ministry 
    • Available to active student members of UM church
    • Applications available in early January at gbhem.org 
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Communication

  • Bockholdt Speech/Communication Scholarship
    • Student must be full-time and interested in speech communication and theatre
  • Emerging Writers Spotlight Scholarship 
    • Applicants must be a high school senior or incoming transfer student interested in literature or writing
    • Renewable with department approval of meeting criteria 
    • Student will have the opportunity to be published in the North Central Review literary journal 
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Education

  • Scholarships for Education Majors (John J. Bohlander, Roger K. and Mildred Rife Goodwin, Jeanene Yule)
    • Must have cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
    • Bohlander and Goodwin are renewable by re-application and selection annually
    • Yule is renewable by department confirmation
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Music

  • John Miller Cowlishaw Memorial Scholarship for Music
    • Students majoring/minoring in music, music education, or musical theatre
    • Must have cumulative GPA of at least 3.0

Math/Science/Business

  • FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition 
    • Students majoring in mechanical, electrical, or computer engineering 
    • Must have actively participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge or the FIRST Robotics Competition during junior or senior year of high school
  • Navistar Emerging Leaders in Engineering 
    • Students majoring in mechanical, electrical, or computer engineering 
    • Preference is given to underrepresented students 
    • Renewable, provided student continues to meet criteria

Leadership

  • Bill Shatzer and Suzanne Shatzer Doerge Scholarship
    • Student must demonstrate leadership and determination to overcome disadvantages
    • Financial need considered