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Suggestions & Requirements to Complete a TILF Application

• Type or print all information on the application. Do not send this page with your application.
  
  • You must have a transcript, photograph, principal’s statement and IRS 1040 Forms pages 1 & 2 with the application forms.

  • Other letters of recommendation from teachers, coaches or members of your community are not required but may be included.

  • SIGN your application. This is essential!

• All applicants must complete pages one and two.
  
  • Welch applicants must complete page three. Pages three and four list requirements for Welch applicants.

  • Accounting Careers applicants must attend one of the colleges or universities listed on page four that are approved by the Accounting Education Foundation of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Inc.

• Mail application materials under the same cover to insure receipt of all information.

Failure to answer all questions and to supply all supporting data will restrict the applicant’s review by the scholarship committee, and therefore, the chances for a scholarship.

• TILF prefers no extra envelopes to be included with your application. However, schools not wanting to disclose information to students may place the transcript and/or principal’s letter in sealed envelopes for the student to send with their application.

• TILF requests that no staples be used in any of your application materials.

• Don’t submit applications in special folders or presentations, as the awards committee does not view them, they are discarded.

• Questions may be directed to Brenda Baxendale, Scholarship Coordinator (512) 232-4937. E-mail: bbaxendale@mail.utexas.edu

To be considered for a scholarship, each applicant must meet the following requirements:

1. Applicant must have competed at the UIL Academic State Meet in at least one of the UIL academic contests including: Accounting, Calculator Applications, Computer Applications, Computer Science, Current Issues and Events, Debate (Cross-Examination and Lincoln Douglas), Journalism (Editorial Writing, Feature Writing, Headline Writing and News Writing), Literary Criticism, Mathematics, Number Sense, One-Act Play, Ready Writing, Science, Social Studies, Speech (Prose Interpretation, Poetry Interpretation, Informative Speaking and Persuasive Speaking), and Spelling & Vocabulary.

   Participants in the state level of academic competition any of their four years in high school are eligible to apply during their senior year only.

   Special note to UIL Cross-Examination Debate State Meet competitors: only students advancing to the elimination rounds (Octofinals or Top 16 teams) may apply. Only the second day of competition may be placed on page one of the application.

   State participation in sporting events, music events, or honor crews do not qualify a student to apply to the TILF.

2. Applicant should rank high scholastically, preferably in the top 25 percent of their class. Some donors require a higher rank.

3. Applicant must attach a recent photograph or clear snapshot to the proper place on the application on page 1.

4. * Applicant must furnish an official high school transcript or copy. The college entrance test scores, seven semester GPA, size of class, and rank in the class must be entered on this transcript. Student should include copies of other relevant recent grade reports.

5. * Applicant’s high school principal must furnish a letter including: a) applicant’s general attributes, b) UIL event in which the applicant earned eligibility, and c) a statement verifying that applicant is, or is not, a U.S. citizen. Include no citizenship documents.

6. Applicant must be a graduating high school student during the year of application, and begin college or university in the following fall semester.

7. Applicant must attend an accredited college or university in Texas and enroll for and pass a minimum of 12 hours per term, with a minimum 2.5 grade point average. One donor requires 15 hours per semester. Some donors require a higher GPA.

8. TILF scholarships are for undergraduate studies, with the exception of the Accounting Careers Scholarships.

9. Parent’s IRS 1040 form(s), pages one and two, must be submitted, no other attachments are wanted. If you filed an extension for 2007, submit the 2006 forms. If a single parent family, explain why the other 1040 form is not being submitted. The other parent may mail their materials separately to TILF.

   Parents please note that your tax forms do not leave the TILF office, and no reports of income are distributed to the public. The tax documents are shredded when we have completed our use of them.

* When you request your transcript and principal letter, please provide the Administrator Instruction page to your high school administrators.

Applications lacking required materials are considered incomplete. Do not leave lines blank.

Do not mail your application before April 1. Final date for acceptable postmarks is May 6, 2008.

You may send by regular first class mail. To confirm receipt of the application, clip a stamped, self-addressed postcard to the front of your application with the phrase: "TILF application received." The TILF will return the card to you.

Or, you may send by return receipt mail to confirm receipt.

The Selection Committee will meet in early June. Notifications will be mailed to all applicants by early July.

Award information will not be given by telephone until after the first week of July.