Seminary Scholarship Application

III. Additional Information
Various Scholarships have specific criteria for qualification. Check all that pertain to you.
The Pirsig Scholarship is intended for students with demonstrated financial need. Please describe your current financial circumstances, your anticipated financial circumstances while enrolled at GRTS, and how important financial aid is in your decision to attend seminary. Be sure to comment on sources of income, # of hours/week you will need to work during seminary, and anything other relevant information.
Please submit a 1-2 page typed essay answering the following questions:

   1. List your current ministry involvement. Please be as specific as possible.

   2. Describe your career/ministry objectives upon completion of your degree program

(pastorate, teaching, missionary, counseling, etc.). Please be as specific as possible.

   3. Explain the difference receiving a scholarship would have on your life.
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IV. Financial Information

This information is gathered for institutional research and will not impact scholarship awarding.
Estimate your current non-educational debt load (credit cards, car payments, other). If you are a homeowner, do not include your mortgage amount.
Estimate your current educational debt load (Include all student loans from undergrad and graduate school. Please use individual amount, not combined with spouse or other family):
What do you anticipate your annual starting salary to be upon graduation from GRTS?
Do you feel that financial concerns will significantly influence your choice regarding employment after graduation from GRTS?
Please explain:
V. Certification and Signature
I hereby acknowledge that the information contained in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge. I hereby authorize Grand Rapids Theological Seminary/Cornerstone University to release appropriate profile information to scholarship donors and the media and to include it in campus publications. This information may include my name, hometown and state, degree program, major, academic status, the award (scholarship) received and the dollar amount of the award.
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I. Personal Information