Price Chopper/Market 32 Community Scholarships
Price Chopper/Market 32 has established a scholarship program to assist high school seniors in an eligible Price Chopper/Market 32 marketing area who plan to continue their education in college.
Price Chopper/Market 32 Community Scholarships
(Ability AdvantEdge, Entrepreneurial AdvantEdge, Community AdvantEdge)
Price Chopper/Market 32 has established a scholarship program to assist students who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
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 to the Price Chopper/Market 32 Community Scholarships must:
- Be a high school senior
- Plan to enroll in part-time or full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the upcoming Spring semester
- Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent)
- Reside in a Price Chopper/Market 32 marketing area in which Price Chopper/Market 32 operates. Note that eligible states are limited to: Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Pennsylvania.
- Each of the three community awards have additional specific eligibility requirements
Northeast Shared Services, Tops Markets, and PriceChopper/Market 32 Supermarket employees and their immediate family members (spouse, children, and grandchildren) are ineligible.
Awards
The authorized distribution for new awards is $6,000.
Entrepreneurial AdvantEdge Scholarship (to recognize entrepreneurial spirit, in memory of Lewis Golub) – 1 award of $2,000 will be granted. Recipient must be pursuing a business degree and demonstrating extraordinary entrepreneurial spirit.
Community AdvantEdge Scholarship (presented by Neil Golub and in memory of Jane Golub) – 1 award of $2,000 will be granted. Recipient must be pursuing a business degree and demonstrating extraordinary community leadership activity.
Ability AdvantEdge Scholarship – 1 award of $2,000 will be granted. Recipient must have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity.
Awards are not renewable; however, students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in mid July.
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 Price Chopper/Market 32. Payment is made in mid-August.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Academic performance
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
- Work experience
- A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
Financial need is not considered. Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Price Chopper play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Requirements
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
- 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.
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 materials are submitted electronically.
