The Ragins/Braswell National Scholarship

Eligibility

All applicants must have attended The Scholarship Workshop
presentation or an online class about winning scholarships or financing
higher education within the past year. To be eligible in any given year, you
must have attended a workshop or class between April 30 of the previous
year and April 30 of the current year. For example, if you attend a
workshop or class in September 2005, you are eligible to apply for the
RBNS scholarship in the year 2006 and your application deadline will be
April 30, 2006. If you attended a workshop in January 2006, you are
eligible to apply for the scholarship in the year 2006 and your deadline
will be April 30, 2006. In another example, if you attend a workshop on
May 15, 2006, you will be eligible to apply for the RBNS Scholarship in the
year 2007 and your application deadline will be April 30, 2007.

APPLICATIONS for The Ragins/Braswell National Scholarship can only
be obtained at The Scholarship Workshop presentation or as part of the
registration materials for an online class and may only be submitted by
students who have registered and attended the workshop or class.

The scholarship is available to high school seniors as well as
undergraduate and graduate students. Applicants must either be
attending or planning to attend an accredited undergraduate or graduate
educational institution.

Documentation of your attendance or enrollment at an accredited
undergraduate or graduate educational institution may be required.

About the Scholarship

Scholarship amounts vary.
All scholarships awarded are nonrenewable.
The scholarship will be awarded and must be used in the
academic year or period following receipt of the scholarship.

Scholarship Requirements

Scholarships are awarded to individuals based on the following:

Demonstrated use of the strategies discussed in The Scholarship
Workshop presentation or online class and/or Winning
Scholarships for College: An Insider's Guide.
Essay
Application
Extracurricular activities
Achievements
Community responsibility
Leadership potential

Qualities that should be displayed by applicant's essay and application
are the following:

Self-motivation
Determination
Persistence

Deadlines

All applications must be postmarked by April 30 of each year.

Recipients will be notified by September 2. Recipients will be listed on
this web site after they have been notified and have accepted the
scholarship. Click here to see the current year's recipient (s).

The Scholarship Workshop LLC reserves the right to make changes to
the Ragins/Braswell National Scholarship program eligibility guidelines,
requirements, and procedures (including termination of the program) at
any time.