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Future Leaders Student Scholarship Program
Deadline to apply: May 13, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time

Optimum is proud to offer the Future Leaders Student Scholarship Program to dependents of eligible employees as part of our ongoing commitment to education and development.

Optimum will award up to 40 scholarships of $2,000 to help students pay for costs associated with full-time undergraduate study at accredited colleges, universities or vocational/technical schools of choice. To qualify, applicants must be high school seniors or graduates, or currently pursuing post-secondary education.

Scholarship FAQ

The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants to the Future Leaders Student Scholarship Program must meet all the following criteria:

  • Be dependent* children of full time** Optimum employees or its subsidiaries who have a minimum of six (6) months of continuous employment with the company as of the application deadline date.
    • The employee must be a Sr. Director or below.
    • Temporary status employees are not eligible to participate in this program.

    *Dependent children are children who qualify for benefits provided by the company.
    **Full-time employees are defined as working a minimum of 35 hours per week.

  • Be high school seniors or graduates or current college undergraduates.
  • Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school (domestic or international) for the entire upcoming academic year.
  • Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).

Award information:

  • If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,000 award.
  • Up to forty (40) awards will be granted.
  • Awards are not renewable; however, students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
  • Recipients may receive an award no more than four years.
  • Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

Applicants will be notified in June. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Optimum. Payment is made in one installment in early August.

 

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic performance
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • Statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances

Financial need is not considered.

Scholarship America is solely responsible for selecting award recipients. In no instance does any officer or employee of Optimum and its subsidiaries play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following document:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

    NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

    Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.

    Optimum has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

    Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.