<p>To the OP: EW ABSOLUTELY offers criteria based as well as merit scholarships in addition to FA, most notably, the Davis Scholars Program. I've pasted descriptions of roughly 55 scholarship programs available to EW students below for your review.</p>
<p>For whatever reason, there is a lot of misinformation posted on this forum. Never hesitate to second guess the advice given here and do you own research (with the exception of course of this bit of advice :))</p>
<p>Avenir Foundation Scholarship for the Daughters of Educators Established in 1995, these awards are granted annually to outstanding applicants whose parents are educators in a public or private institution.</p>
<p>Jameson A. and Reginald R. Baxter Scholarship Established in 2007, this award is granted annually on the basis of need with preference given to students who, in order of importance, demonstrate nascent leadership qualities, enter Emma Willard in the junior year, and/or are the daughters of educators.</p>
<p>BBL Construction Services Scholarship Established by BBL Construction Services to provide financial assistance to students. Among equally qualified candidates, preference shall be given to a student with a family member employed by BBL Construction Services.</p>
<p>Charlotte Bullions Blandy Scholarship Established by Mr. I.C. Blandy in 1917 in memory of his wife, Charlotte Bullions Blandy, a former student at the Troy Female Seminary, this award is given annually to an outstanding applicant from the village of Greenwich, New York, or elsewhere in Washington County, New York.</p>
<p>Bull Scholarship Funded by Helen Bull, Class of 1908, her brother Frederick Bull, and Linda Remington Dietel ’48, Bull Scholarships are awarded annually to day students who are a credit to Emma Willard’s tradition of excellence.</p>
<p>Donald V. Buttenheim Scholarships Underwritten by a combination of gifts raised under the stewardship of Donald Buttenheim, president of the Board of Trustees from 1974 to 1977, these awards are made annually to students who demonstrate positive participation and effective leadership.</p>
<p>Kim Cameron Memorial Scholarship Established in 1994 in memory of Katherine Mackie Cameron ’51 and Katherine Williams Mackie ’16 to support a student who shows remarkable promise in music, or, if no one is so qualified, in the performing arts. Cameron Scholarships are renewable annually.</p>
<p>Capital District Scholarship These merit-based awards recognize area students with superior academic records and exceptional personal qualities. Each award is worth at least $5,000 and is renewable each year, assuming continued strong performance and positive contributions to the school community. Merit scholarships do not preclude further financial assistance.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Colton Scholarship Created in 2002 by Elizabeth Colton ‘66, this award is made annually to a boarding student on the basis of financial need and academic merit.</p>
<p>Davenport Scholarship Established in 2007 by Kathryn Davenport Bernard ’55 and Elizabeth Davenport Fish ‘55, this fund provides support on the basis of financial need.</p>
<p>Davis Scholars Programs The Shelby Cullom Davis Family established the Davis International Scholars Program and the Davis Scholars Program to enhance diversity and foster international understanding by building a cadre of exceptionally talented young women with leadership potential. The program will support up to 10 new students every year with awards of up to $20,000, and students will be eligible upon graduation from Emma Willard for further scholarship support at any one of the more than 85 prestigious DUWCSP colleges and universities in the United States. </p>
<p>William Moore Dietel Scholarships Established in 1970 by a group of alumnae, parents of alumnae, and friends of Emma Willard to honor William M. Dietel, principal of the school from 1961 to 1970, these awards are made annually to outstanding day student applicants.</p>
<p>Emma Willard Scholar Award in Memory of Margaret Amster Established by Jane Manopoli Patterson ’66 in recognition of her aunt’s interest in promoting excellence in the study of music and art, preference shall be given to a student demonstrating musical and/or artistic ability.</p>
<p>Emma Willard Scholar Award in Memory of Judith Ellen and Robert W. Brown Established in 1998 by David and Pamela Brown to honor his parents, this award provides general scholarship assistance.</p>
<p>Emma Willard Scholar Award in honor of Linda Remington Dietel ’48 and William Moore Dietel, Principal Emeritus Established in 1998 to honor an honorary trustee and former Principal, this award provides general scholarship assistance.</p>
<p>Emma Willard Scholar Award in Honor of Deborah Doyle Knowles ‘63 Established in 1998 by the family of Mrs. Knowles, this award provides general scholarship assistance.</p>
<p>Emma Willard Scholar Award in Memory of Harriet Taylor Established in 1998 by Carol Craft Schaefer ’60 in memory of her former religion teacher at Emma Willard, preference shall be given to a student from outside the United States on the basis of financial need.</p>
<p>Emma Willard School Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 1998 with gifts from Ellen Cuthbert Burt ’38, Mr. and Mrs. Norton Q. Sloan (Sandra Sampson ’58), and Marcia Beltzer Levy ‘68, this award provides general scholarship assistance.</p>
<p>Fallon Scholarship Established by a bequest from the estate of Helen Goodspeed Fallon ’12, this award is given annually to an academically talented student of color.</p>
<p>Ellen Carter Speers Scholarship Named for Ellen Carter "E.C." Speers, dean of students at Emma Willard from 1969 to 1972, this award is given annually to an outstanding applicant. Among equally qualified candidates, preference shall be given to a student from Fairfield County, Connecticut.</p>
<p>Jane Fonda Scholarship Established by Jane Fonda ’55, the citizen activist and actress, these scholarships are awarded annually to boarding students.</p>
<p>William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Established in 1996 by a grant from the Hearst Foundation, this award is made annually to an academically talented student who intends to reside in the United States after high school.</p>
<p>Charles and Marjorie Holloway Foundation Scholarship These non-endowed funds are awarded based on academic merit and financial need, with preference given to international students for part of the annual award.</p>
<p>Hudson-Dillaye-Hastings Scholarship Established in 1911 by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, Class of 1847, in tribute to three of her teachers at the Troy Female Seminary, these awards are presented annually to applicants who demonstrate the highest standards of scholarship.</p>
<p>Irene Mennen Hunter Scholarships Established by Irene Mennen Hunter ’35 and members of her family, these awards are provided annually for applicants who demonstrate a capacity for unselfish leadership, scholastic interest and self-discipline, evidence of outstanding personal integrity and active participation in the life of their school. Alumnae daughters are given preference.</p>
<p>Kate Bonnell Idema Class of 1937 Scholarship Established in 2007 by Shelly Welch Corl ’61 to honor her mother, this support is awarded annually to students based on financial need.</p>
<p>Margaret McClellan Jones Scholarship Funded by a member of the Class of 1937, this scholarship enables a student to attend Emma Willard.</p>
<p>Eliza Kellas Scholarship Established in 1997 in memory of Miss Eliza Kellas, the school’s principal from 1911 to 1942, this award is presented to a student who demonstrates integrity, dignity, and high moral standards.</p>
<p>Lanctot Sisters Scholarship Established in 1995 through a bequest from Katherine P. Lanctot ’36, this scholarship is awarded annually on the basis of financial need and academic merit with preference given to international students and a further preference given to students from countries considered underdeveloped.</p>
<p>Leadership Scholarship First granted in celebration of the 175th anniversary of the school, these scholarships are awarded annually to students who possess a record of high achievement, have demonstrated strong leadership skills, and have sustained a well-focused extracurricular interest. These grants are made to incoming students on the basis of personal merit rather than financial need and are renewable.</p>
<p>Maddie Levitt Scholarship Established in 2008 by Ms. Levitt’s daughter, Linda Glazer Toohey ’66, and granddaughters Megan ’00 and Elizabeth ’03, to make financial aid and/or student opportunity awards to students with demonstrated need.</p>
<p>L.I.S.Z. Foundation Scholarship Established by Diane Sze Wei ’54 and members of her family, this award is granted annually to an academically talented student. Among equally qualified candidates, preference shall be given to students of Asian or Asian-American heritage.</p>
<p>Russell F. Locke Scholarship Funded by more than 100 alumnae and parents to honor music instructor Russell Locke and his more than four decades of teaching at the school, this award is presented to a boarding student who is a talented musician.</p>
<p>Frances Mary Thomas Ludlow Scholar Established in 1915 through a bequest from Rear Admiral Nicoll Ludlow to honor his wife, this scholarship is intended to assist daughters of commissioned line officers of the U.S. Navy.</p>
<p>Sally Klingenstein Martell ’85 Scholarship Established in 2001, this award is made annually to a domestic boarding student on the basis of academic merit and financial need.</p>
<p>Sarah J. McCarthey ’73 Scholarship Established in 2007, this non-endowed award provides scholarship based on financial need.</p>
<p>Mary Andrus McGee Scholarship Established in 2006 by a gift from Peter McGee, son of Mary Andrus McGee ’35, this award is made annually on the basis of financial need and academic merit.</p>
<p>Merrill Scholarship Established with a gift from the Charles E. Merrill Trust, this award is made annually to a student of color who demonstrates special academic talent.</p>
<p>Frances G. Morrow Scholarship Established through a bequest from Frances Graves Morrow Emmons, Class of 1916, this scholarship provides awards annually to applicants who are the daughters of commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Services of the United States.</p>
<p>Harvey H. and Catherine Allis Moses Scholarship Established by Harvey Moses through a trust to honor his wife, Catherine ’24, this scholarship is given to outstanding applicants with preference given to those from Ticonderoga, New York, or Springfield, Massachusetts.</p>
<p>Nancy F. Mullan Scholarship Established by her mother in honor of Nancy Field Mullan-Demirjian ’58, this scholarship honors an applicant who promises to be a credit to the tradition of excellence at the school.</p>
<p>New York City Scholarship Established by the former New York City chapter of the Alumnae Association, other alumnae, and friends of Emma Willard, these scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding applicants whose families reside in New York City.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Harte Owens Class of 1968 Scholarship Established in 2005 with a gift of Elizabeth Harte Owens, Class of 1968, through Tresorelle Foundation, this award is made annually to students who can benefit most from its faculty and curriculum and who can contribute most to its community.</p>
<p>Fae MacChesney Page ’38 Scholarship The scholarship was established in 1998 to honor one of the school’s most devoted alumnae.</p>
<p>Sheila Sutland Pakula Scholarship Established in 2002 by Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Pakula (Sheila Sutland ’52), in recognition of the long tradition of scholarship assistance at Emma Willard School, this award is granted annually on the basis of financial need and academic merit.</p>
<p>Patricia George Peterson Leadership Scholarship in the Dance Established in honor of Pat Peterson, head of the dance department from 1961 to 1981, this merit scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate strength in dance and the outstanding human qualities that characterize Pat Peterson.</p>
<p>Catherine D. Pickering Scholarship Established in 1969 by Catherine Dierks Pickering, mother of Jean Joers Childs ’35, this award is made annually to an applicant demonstrating particular academic talent.</p>
<p>DeWitt Wallace Reader’s Digest Scholarships Funded by the DeWitt Wallace Reader’s Digest Foundation, these awards are given annually to resident students from middle income families who have completed one year at Emma Willard.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Ashley Schemm Scholarship Established by Elizabeth Goode-nough Schemm ’25, this scholarship is awarded to a student who has the ability to communicate with all people, who is interested in people as individuals, in humanity in general, and who is willing to disadvantage herself to help others.</p>
<p>Dr. Scholl Scholarships Funded annually by the Dr. Scholl Foundation, these grants are made to students who demonstrate academic achievement and leadership.</p>
<p>C.V. Starr Scholarship Established by the Starr Foundation with support from Sir Edwin A. G. and Lady Manton, parents of Diana Manton Morton ’56, this award is granted annually to a student who is a credit to the academic excellence of Emma Willard.</p>
<p>Syracuse Scholarship Established with funds from a variety of alumnae and the Community Foundation of Syracuse, this award is made annually to an academically talented student from Onondaga County, New York.</p>
<p>Upstate New York Scholarship Established by gifts from Francis K. Remington and Mrs. Hubert W. Chanler in honor of their daughters and granddaughters who attended Emma Willard, this award is granted annually to outstanding students from Upstate New York.</p>
<p>Westchester Scholarship Established through a challenge grant in 1976, this scholarship is granted annually to a girl from Westchester County, New York. Special consideration is given to alumnae daughters.</p>
<p>Jane and Harry Willson Scholarship Established in 2004 by Jane Seddon Willson ’41 and W. Harry Willson, in recognition of the long tradition of scholarship assistance at Emma Willard School, this award is granted annually on the basis of financial need and academic merit.</p>
<p>Wisconsin Scholarship Established in 1978 by the Schuette family in honor of their daughters, Kathryn ’49, Ann ’51 and Gesine ’55, this scholarship provides support for an academically talented student from Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Named scholars are identified at the beginning of each academic year. Not all awards are granted every year; some are renewed annually for the duration of the recipient’s Emma Willard career. If a student is a candidate for financial aid, her financial aid file must be complete in order to be considered for a named scholarship.</p>