Eligible applicants will compete against other eligible applicants from their High School. The Selection Committee will be responsible for the confidential review of each applicant's file. They alone will determine the Scholarship Award winners. The Selection Committee will judge applicants' scholarship and leadership abilities based on the following information. This is a merit-based scholarship program.
Personal character is also very important.
If two or more applications are extremely close in qualifications, the selection panel will use financial need as the tiebreaker. Obtain a Scholarship Award Application from their local High School guidance counselor. Applications for 2001 graduates must be completed and returned to the School Principal by April 1. DO NOT send the application directly to Golden West. Award winners will be announced at the respective graduation exercises attended by the winners and also will be published in the Golden West newsletter.