CONTEST RULES AND CRITERIA
FOR JUDGING
(Any Applications/Essays received
not in compliance with these rules will be rejected)
1.
Contest is open to any Mississippi High School Senior who plans to attend a Mississippi College or University.
2.
Essay- 50%
Length-
Minimum 1000 words; Maximum 1200 words
Form-
Typewritten, double spaced, standard margins, title and author as
heading on first page only,
page number to be centered at the bottom
of every page
Topic-
How your life has been influenced by your involvement with horses
3.
Financial need-20%
A. Do you live in a one parent or two
parent home? (Circle) 1 2
B.
Number of people your parents will support in 2011-2012. Include your parent(s),
yourself, and those who get more than half their support from your
parents. ______________________________________________
C. Number of your parents’ dependents in:
Preschool_____ Grade School_____ High School_____ College____ Other_____
D. Parents/ Guardians Occupation
Father
______________________________________________________________________________
Mother________________________________________________________________________________________
Other_________________________________________________________________________________________
E. Do your parents own or rent their home? (Circle one) Rent Own
4.
Involvement with horses-
30%
List
involvement_________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
5.
Completed application, essay, and two letters of recommendation ( must identify relationship
to applicant) must be
Postmarked by
Friday, January 27, 2012
Mail
To:
Karen Switzer
156 LEE BOGGAN RD
MENDENHALL, MS 39114
601-847-3319
E-mail: karenswitzer@bellsouth.net
Recipient
or a representative must be present during the Awards Ceremony at the Dixie National Quarter Horse
show which will be Friday night, February 17, 2012 at the opening
ceremony for the Free Style Reining Show. A travel expense check to the show for the award will be
issued. In the event the recipient is unable to attend the 2011-2012
college session, the award must be relinquished to the first runner up.
Scholarship money will be paid directly to the college or
university that will be attended.
NOTE: This is a PERSONAL ESSAY CONTEST, not a book report or
research paper. Spelling, punctuation and grammar DO count. If an
essay does not meet the scholarship committee’s standards for spelling,
punctuation and grammar, the essay will be disqualified. In the event
the scholarship committee does not receive an essay that meets the above
rules, criteria or standards, the committee reserves the right to
decline to award a scholarship that year.
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