Scholarship Awarding University:
Eastern Illinois UniversityType of degree:
Bachelor’s
Scholarship Deadline:
Applications for this scholarship will end as follows;
i. For the Presidential Scholarship: 10th January, 2025
ii. For the Honors Scholarship: 15th March, 2025
Scholarship Summary:
The Sandra and Jack Pine Honors College offers several scholarship opportunities to academically talented domestic and international students. Each of these scholarships are automatically renewable as long as the recipient maintains full-time consecutive enrollment in both fall and spring semesters, maintain good standing with the university, and specific GPA requirements.
Scholarship Applicant Criteria:
The requirements necessary for consideration are as follows;
i. A 3.75 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) OR
Value of Scholarship:
Scholarship Application Guide:
To apply,
Scholarship Summary:
The Sandra and Jack Pine Honors College offers several scholarship opportunities to academically talented domestic and international students. Each of these scholarships are automatically renewable as long as the recipient maintains full-time consecutive enrollment in both fall and spring semesters, maintain good standing with the university, and specific GPA requirements.
Scholarship Applicant Criteria:
The requirements necessary for consideration are as follows;
i. A 3.75 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) OR
ii. A 3.5 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) and an ACT composite of 26+ (or SAT of 1230+)
Value of Scholarship:
The Pine Honors College offers three different competitive scholarships awarded over four years:
i. Full-ride Pemberton Presidential Scholarship (academic year 2024-2025 amount: approximately $101,000 over four years) {5 awards available}
ii. Full-tuition Presidential Scholarship (academic year 2024-2025 amount: approximately $55,000 over four years) {15 awards available}
iii. Honors Award for Incoming Freshmen is a $3500 scholarship renewable for four years. This scholarship will be combined with other EIU academic merit scholarships (but not the Presidential Scholarship above) {Several awards available}
Scholarship Application Guide:
To apply,
i. You must be admitted to EIU before you can submit any scholarship applications. a letter of recommendation is NOT required.
ii. Apply for the 2025 Presidential scholarship at AcademicWorks: eiu.academicworks.com; only fully completed applications are considered. Applicants for the Pemberton Presidential and the Presidential Scholarship are also considered as applicants for the Honors Award. You do not need to complete an additional application for the Honors Award.
iii. Apply for the 2024 Honors scholarship at AcademicWorks: eiu.academicworks.com; only fully completed applications are considered.
- Please note: This application will become available on January 11, 2025 (the day after the Presidential Scholarship application closes). If you applied for the Presidential Scholarship, you will automatically be considered for the Honors Incoming Freshman Award and do not need to complete a separate Honors Award application.
Scholarship Website:
For full information on this scholarship opportunity at the EIU Freshmen Honors Scholarship Page or the International Scholarship Page.