Veteran Scholarship

Must be a veteran of the United States Armed Services who has been honorably discharged, a currently enrolled student.

• DD Form 214 and VA Certificate of Eligibility are required
• Must achieve and maintain a cumulative UTSA GPA of a 2.50 or higher as undergraduate and achieve and maintain a cumulative UTSA GPA of 3.0 as a graduate student
• Must be enrolled full-time in the semester(s) you receive the scholarship
• Must have filled out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Must be actively pursuing an undergraduate degree or pursuing graduate degree at UTSA
• Must have completed at least one full semester at UTSA.

Award
Varies
College/Department
Veteran and Military Affairs
Deadline
12/13/2019
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you a veteran of the United States Armed Services who has been honorably discharged?
  2. Please upload Service Members DD214
  3. If you are using VA Educational Benefits, please upload your VA Certificate of Eligibility.
  4. If you are not using VA Educational Benefits, have you exhausted your benefits?
  5. • In 750-1000 words, Learning in any setting involves developing both one’s knowledge as well as one’s mindset. Not all lessons come easily, and it is often those which present the highest hurdles that can help us most to develop. Reflect on a lesson you had to learn or a skill you were attempting to master either in or out of a classroom setting that may not have come easily to you. Identify what made the knowledge or skill you were seeking to acquire so important to you that you continued learning despite any adversities you encountered. Describe what made learning that knowledge or mastering that skill so difficult for you. Explain how learning in that setting helped you to develop a growth mindset and provide examples of some of the techniques or strategies that you developed to help you learn.