{"id":7992,"date":"2018-02-16T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=7992"},"modified":"2018-02-16T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:19:07","slug":"maryville-presidential-scholarship-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/maryville-presidential-scholarship-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryville Presidential Scholarship Awarded to SLPS Student"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maryville Admissions (and Saints mascot Louie) recently visited Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience High School<\/a> in St. Louis to surprise senior Elizabeth Maya with some great news. In front of a packed school assembly, we awarded her this year’s Presidential Scholarship. She was quite excited, and took the attention and accolades of her classmates in stride. <\/p>\n

Over two weekends in late January and early February, 550 scholarship applicants came to campus for our annual scholarship competition. All with at least a 3.75 GPA or a score of 27 on the ACT, they attended various informational sessions and then sat for a round of private interviews with two-person teams comprised of a university official and a current Maryville Scholar.<\/p>\n

Maya, a senior at CSMB, plans to become a veterinarian. She is the first student from the St. Louis Public School District to win this scholarship, and is also the first first-generation college student to receive it. Her award includes both tuition and room and board.<\/p>\n

Maryville Admissions<\/a> officials have told Mpress that handing out surprise oversized novelty checks is fun, and they plan on continuing the practice in the future.<\/p>\n

Welcome to #SaintsNation, Elizabeth!<\/p>\n