The Bucklew Scholarship
Outstanding opportunities are waiting for candidates. Hear the story of Marleah Knights, a 2019 Foundation Scholar who describes her experience receiving the award.
Outstanding opportunities are waiting for candidates. Hear the story of Marleah Knights, a 2019 Foundation Scholar who describes her experience receiving the award.
The Bucklew Scholarship is valued up to $10,000 per year for up to four years and is awarded to twenty West Virginia undergraduate first-time freshmen students.
Students must be WV residents, attend and graduate from a West Virginia high school, and must be admitted to WVU as a first-time freshman by January 16, 2024. Home-schooled students who are WV residents must be home-schooled for at least their senior year in order to be eligible to apply.
Students must meet all of the following eligibility criteria to be considered:
Have a minimum high school GPA of 3.80
Have a minimum ACT test score of 30 or an SAT test score of 1360
Eligible students should have received an official printed invitation, or email invitation, with instructions on how to submit required essays. Additional materials will be sent to these students to be completed in November 2024.
Students can learn more about Bucklew and Foundation Scholarships by visiting the Financial Aid website linked below.
More Scholarship InformationLearn more about the Bucklew Scholarship on the Financial Aid website.
Learn More About the Bucklew ScholarshipVisit the Financial Aid website to learn more about the Foundation Scholarship.
Learn More About the Foundation ScholarshipStudents must be WV residents, attend and graduate from a West Virginia high school, and must be admitted to WVU as a first-time freshman by January 16, 2024. Home-schooled students who are WV residents must be home-schooled for at least their senior year in order to be eligible to apply.
Please visit https://wvu.smapply.io/prog/bucklew to complete your application.
Complete An ApplicationLetters of recommendation are not accepted.
The deadline to be admitted to WVU to be invited to apply is January 16, 2024. The deadline to submit the online Bucklew application is Sunday, February 4, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
$10,000 per year for four years.
Approximately 30 students are selected from the applicant pool to receive phone interviews. From that group, 20 will be invited to campus as Bucklew Scholars to interview for a Foundation Scholarship. Five students from this group will be offered the Foundation Scholarship.
Yes, at both personal (if the student gave us one) and MIX accounts.
Yes, at both personal and email addresses.
Bucklew Scholarship does stack in most cases. Bucklew does not stack with Climb Higher, University Merit, or Foundation itself.
Hear about Michael Dibacco's experience as a 2019 Foundation Scholar who graduated with majors in Biology and English. Get to know how earning the scholarship impacted him academically and personally.
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