{"id":3710,"date":"2018-08-27T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2018-08-27T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:48:16","slug":"the-beacon-scholarship-for-rural-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/the-beacon-scholarship-for-rural-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beacon\u00ae Scholarship for Rural America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-title category-title\">\n<div class=\"page-title category-title\">\n<h3><strong>WHO\u2019S ELIGIBLE?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>To be eligible for this scholarship, the applicant must:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants must be college-bound graduating high school seniors, current college students, or adult learners with a GPA of 3.0 or higher (high school or college)\u00a0who are planning to enroll in an accredited college program. Applicants must also reside in a rural area and meet low-income criteria outlined in the application below.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be chosen by the owners, management, and staff of Carrot-Top Industries. The scholarship check will be sent directly to the winner&#8217;s college or university.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HOW TO APPLY<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Must provide an electronic copy of all documents below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An essay of approximately 750 words responding to the prompt: &#8220;What does patriotism mean to you, and how do you believe patriotism can help communities across America?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>A copy of your most recent high school or college transcript<\/li>\n<li>Two letters of recommendation from teachers, coaches, counselors, other academic professionals, or colleagues<\/li>\n<li>A current photo or school photo for marketing purposes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carrot-top.com\/beacon-scholarship\" aria-label=\"Https:\/\/carrot-top.com\/beacon-scholarship\"><span class=\"hide\">https:\/\/carrot-top.com\/beacon-scholarship<\/span>https:\/\/carrot-top.com\/beacon-scholarship<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO\u2019S ELIGIBLE? To be eligible for this scholarship, the applicant must: Applicants must be college-bound graduating high school seniors, current<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-default"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfa.ufl.edu\/search\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}