Wells Fargo Scholarship Program for People with Disabilities

**Applicants of the Wells Fargo Scholarship Program for People with Disabilities award must:**

Have an identified disability (defined as someone who has, or considers themselves to have, a long-term or recurring issue that impacts one or more major life activity)
Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent
Be a high school senior or graduate who plans to enroll or who is already enrolled in full-time or half-time (at least 6 credits per term) undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year

Award information:

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,500 award for full-time study or a $1,250 award for half-time study
Full-time student awards may be renewed for up to three (3) additional years and half-time student awards may be renewed for up to seven (7) years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first
Renewal is contingent upon maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent
Awards are for undergraduate study only

Notification

You will be notified of the status of your application in late-June. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Wells Fargo. Payments are made in mid-August.

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

Academic record
Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
Honors
Work experience
Statement of educational and career goals and objectives
Essay question

Financial need as calculated by Scholarship America must be demonstrated for the student to receive an award.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Essay Question

Each applicant will be required to submit an essay on the question: What life experiences have shaped who you are today?

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

A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display student name, school name, grades and 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 an official copy of those test scores 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.