Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship
The Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship has been set up to assist high school seniors at Baldwin-Whitehall High School in Pennsylvania who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college or university.
Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Eligibility
Applicants of the Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship Program must meet all of the following criteria:
- Be high school seniors at Baldwin-Whitehall High School in Pennsylvania.
- Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year.
Children of the Gertrude F. Weinert family and PNC Bank N.A. employees are ineligible.
Awards
- Awards are renewable for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first.
- Renewal is contingent upon maintaining a satisfactory academic performance of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
- Award will be utilized for tuition, related educational fees, and required books only. Room and Board is not an eligible expense for this award.
- The Scholarship fund is to provide a secondary source of funds to students enrolling in college or university. The primary source of funds for tuition is expected to be from Federal, State, and local government programs.
- Awards are for undergraduate study only
Notification
Applicants will be notified sometime in June or July. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.
Notifications are sent via email. When setting up your account, avoid using a school or work email. Instead, use an active, personal email address that you will continue to have access to.
Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address as safe senders in your email contact list.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of PNC Bank, as trustee of the Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship in August.
Scholarship applicants are selected on the basis of:
- Academic record
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
- Work experience
- Statement of educational and career goals and objectives
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, will be considered in determining the amount of each award.
Requirements
As part of your application, you must upload the following documents:
- A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
- Copy of the first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information section of the application. Please black out all social security numbers and bank account information.
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.
