Scholarships

The Presidential Scholarship is a highly esteemed scholarship awarded to approximately five exceptional students annually. It recognizes individuals who stand out due to their outstanding academic achievements and leadership potential, placing them among the top applicants to Clark.

This scholarship covers full tuition, as well as on-campus housing and meals for all four years, regardless of a family’s financial situation.

How to apply

To apply for the Presidential Scholarship, indicate your interest by selecting the corresponding option when you complete the Common Application or Coalition Application with Scoir.

After indicating your interest, you will receive detailed information on how to complete your scholarship application.

Application deadline

• Early Decision I and Early Action: November 15th
• Early Decision II and RegularDecision: January 15th

Finalists will be selected to interview in January from the Early Decision I and Early Action rounds. A second round of finalists will be selected to interview in March. All students will receive an update on their status for the scholarship by the end of March.

The Admissions committee selects finalists based on the strength of their admission applications and other specific criteria identified by the committee.

Institutional need-based scholarship awarded on the basis of annual need.  Must reapply annually.

Federal Pell Grants are awarded only to undergraduate students who display exceptional financial need and have not earned a bachelor’s, graduate, or professional degree.

FSEOGs are awarded to students that have the most financial need.

State grants include the MASSGrant, the Gilbert Matching Grant and the Vermont Incentive Grant.

Federal Direct Stafford Loans may be awarded as subsidized or unsubsidized.

For the Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan, no interest accrues while the student is enrolled in school on at least a half time basis or during the six-month grace period following the student’s separation from school.

For the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, interest accrues while the student is enrolled in school and capitalizes, becoming part of the principal balance, when the student enters repayment six months after the student separates from school.

Federal Work Study (FWS) represents an opportunity for students to work and earn up to the amount awarded.  FWS is not deducted from the bill.

• Your high school
• Your parent’s employer
• Your current employer
• Your place of worship

• www.finaid.org
• www.fastweb.com
• Bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search
• www.scholarships.com
• www.collegenet.com
• www.studentscholarshipsearch.com

• You must be a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
• You must be transferring to Clark with an associate’s degree from a two-year college.
• You must send in your admission application and all supporting credentials by the transfer application deadline.

• You must have been nominated to the Phi Theta Kappa/All-USA Academic Team.
• You must be transferring to Clark with an associate’s degree from a two-year college.
• You must send in your admission application and all supporting credentials by the transfer application deadline.