Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship

Applicants of the Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship Program must meet all of the following criteria:

Be high school seniors at Baldwin-Whitehall High School in Pennsylvania.
Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year.

Children of the Gertrude F. Weinert family and PNC Bank N.A. employees are ineligible.

Award information:

Awards are renewable for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first.
Renewal is contingent upon maintaining a satisfactory academic performance of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Award will be utilized for tuition, related educational fees, and required books only. Room and Board is not an eligible expense for this award.
The Scholarship fund is to provide a secondary source of funds to students enrolling in college or university. The primary source of funds for tuition is expected to be from Federal, State, and local government programs.
Awards are for undergraduate study only

Notification

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

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of PNC Bank, as trustee of the Gertrude F. Weinert Memorial Scholarship in August.

Scholarship applicants are selected on the basis of:

Academic record
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, as calculated by Scholarship America, will be considered in determining the amount of each award.

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
Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

Copy of the first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information section of the application. Please black out all social security numbers and bank account information.

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.