First Name* must provide value
Last Name* must provide value
Address* must provide value
Address 2
City* must provide value
State (2 characters)* must provide value
Ex: SC
Zip* must provide value
Personal Email Address* must provide value
Date of Birth* must provide value
Today M-D-Y
US Citizen* must provide value
Yes
No
Permanent Resident Yes
No
Attach Permanent Resident Card, and Driver's License or ID Card
US Veteran* must provide value
Yes
No
Gender* must provide value
Female
Male
Ethnicity* must provide value
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic
Prefer Not to Answer
Race* must provide value
African American
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
More Than One Race
Prefer Not to Answer
High School Name* must provide value
High School Address* must provide value
High School City* must provide value
High School State (2 characters)* must provide value
EX: SC
High School Zip* must provide value
Current Financial Need:
All applicants MUST file a FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid and must FAFSA results must indicate a need for aid (and need for aid includes expenses beyond tuition such as rent, food, transportation, etc.).
If you have not yet filed a FAFSA, please proceed with completing this application and then follow this link to file your FAFSA.
https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
Note: this DOES NOT mean that you have to accept any aid offered Have you completed a graduate-level FAFSA for 2022-2023 and added MUSC as a school in which to have your data reported?* must provide value
Yes
No, but I will ASAP
HRSA does not require a scholarship recipient to meet any of the metrics for Economic Disadvantaged but DOES REQUIRE the following tax information from ALL APPLICANTS:
HRSA definition of "Independent" - at least 24 years of age at the time of application submission, AND NOT listed as a dependent on his/her parents' individual income tax for the preceding 3 tax years (ALL 3 YEARS).
If Independent: attach YOUR individual income tax returns for tax years 2018, 2019, 2020 (in PDF format) - Form 1040 or 1040A only
If dependent: attach your PARENTS' individual income tax returns for tax years 2018, 2019, 2020 (in PDF format) - Form 1040 or 1040A only. Follow FAFSA guidance for questions relating to definitions of "legal parent(s)" at: https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/parent-info My tax status is* must provide value
Independent
Dependent
2018 Tax Return* must provide value
2019 Tax Return* must provide value
2020 Tax Return* must provide value
Environmental / Educational Disadvantaged (check all that apply)* must provide value
First generation in my family to graduate from college (this must be indicated on your FAFSA) defined as "a student both of whose parents did not complete a bachelor's degree, or in the case of students who live with and are supported by only one parent, a student whose only such parent did not complete a bachelor's degree."
Graduated from a public high school in which more than 50% of enrolled students were eligible for free/reduced-price lunch
Graduated from a public high school in which ACT/SAT scores are lower than the state's average
Graduated from a high school located in a Primary Care HRSA-designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and/or HRSA-designated Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P)
None of these apply
Free or Reduced-Price Lunch:
Follow this link: https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/
Add the numbers in the Enrollment Characteristics section for: Free Lunch Eligible and Reduced-Price Lunch Eligible (do not include Directly Certified). Divide that number by Total Students in the School Details section to fill in the percentage number above. Upload a screenshot of the webpage displaying these data.
Low ACT/SAT Scores:
Go to the SC School Report Card website (or to your state's school report card site, if not from SC and determine the percentage for your school and your state) at https://screportcards.ed.sc.gov/ Find your school's report card. Click on "College & Career Readiness." Click the "The SAT" or "The ACT" link to the left - if your school Average Composite Score is less than the statewide average (1028), you qualify. Upload a screenshot of the webpage(s) displaying these data.
HRSA HPSA and/or MUA/P:
Go to the HRSA Find Shortage Areas by Address website (https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/by-address), enter address of your high school, check the results to see if it is located in a Primary Care HPSA (mental health and dental do not count) and/or a MUA/P. Upload a screenshot of the webpage displaying these data.
Economic Disadvantaged (check all that apply)* must provide value
Was a Pell Grant Recipient
Come from a family that received/receives public assistance (e.g., Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid, and/or public housing)
Considered low-income based upon HRSA guidelines (see table below) - documentation for this criterion will come from submitted tax returns
None of these apply
Pell Grant: List Years Received
Public Assistance: Provide a current letter of eligibility or other official document from the agency if receiving current benefits. For documentation of receipt of public assistance in prior years please provide documentation that demonstrates any period of eligibility.
200% of the 2020 Poverty Guidelines (based on your submitted tax returns)
Persons in Family/Household Income
1 ($25,520)
2 ($34,480)
3 ($43,440)
4 ($52,400)
5 ($61,360)
6 ($70,320)
7 ($79,280)
8 ($88,240)
For each additional person, add $8,960 Personal Statement:
The SDS Program aims to increase the: 1) number of graduates practicing in primary care; 2) enrollment and retention of full-time students from disadvantaged backgrounds including students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, and 3) number of graduates working in medically underserved communities (MUCs).
Attach a statement, as a PDF file (500 words or less), describing how one or more of the three aims of the program would be met if you received an SDS scholarship. Include information about your professional goals as an Occupational Therapist after graduation and your dedication to serving in a medically underserved community for two years.* must provide value
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