Scholarship Awarding University:
Type of degree:
Bachelor’s
Scholarship Deadline:
Applications for this scholarship will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
Scholarship Summary:
Providence is looking for ambitious domestic freshmen candidates worthy of the honor of becoming a Witherspoon Scholar. The Witherspoon honors program is a four-year adventure for those seeking an elite liberal arts education. It entails a semester-by-semester ascent among the peaks of the Western and American tradition, life in a beautiful and exclusive city, as well as the chance to travel the world and encounter the power of your Western heritage first hand in Athens, Jerusalem, Rome and more. Qualified candidates are those who have demonstrated scholastic excellence, personal merit, and a mature commitment to their Christian faith.
Scholarship Applicant Criteria:
In order to submit an application, you must qualify in at least two of the following three categories:
i. 1200 or greater on the SAT
ii. 25 or greater on the ACT
iii. Minimum 3.5 high school GPA
Value of Scholarship:
The benefits of the Witherspoon Scholarship include;
i. Recipients will pay no more than 25% of tuition each academic year and receive fully funded world travel.
ii. Students will receive additional, personal, attention within the Humanities core sequence by members of the faculty.
iii. All Witherspoon Scholars will participate in a reading-calendar that takes them through the Western Canon and beyond which will include four in-person Great Conversations sessions per semester with members of the faculty.
If accepted as a Witherspoon Scholar, you must maintain at least a 3.0 as an underclassman and a 3.2 as an upperclassman.
Scholarship Application Guide:
To apply to the Witherspoon Honors Program, you must do two things;
i. First, fill out the standard Providence Christian College application.
ii. Email the following to witherspoonscholar@providencecc.edu:
- Two letters of recommendation
- A 350-500 word essay on one of the following topics:
- Describe the greatest challenge currently facing the Republic and how it can be remedied, if at all.
- Describe why you believe Classical Learning to be relevant to a world that is dominated by technology and indifferent to tradition.
Scholarship Website:
Find further information on this scholarship opportunity at the Providence Christian College Witherspoon Scholarship Page.