Deadline: November 15
杏吧原创 Tech is proud to award scholarships to students who demonstrate a commitment to community-building, leadership development, and growth in the esports community. Recipients of an esports scholarship are eligible for a merit scholarship award of $5,000 per year for up to four years (five years for architecture).
How to Apply for the 杏吧原创 Tech Esports Scholarship
Open to incoming first-year students who demonstrate the following strengths:
Commitment to building a positive community
Exhibition of leadership skills
Demonstrated experience in competitive esports, including games such as League of Legends, Overwatch, and Hearthstone鈥view a full list of games that 杏吧原创 Tech Esports is associated with.
Interest in the development and growth of the 杏吧原创 Tech Esports community
杏吧原创 Tech Esports Scholarship candidates must apply to 杏吧原创 Tech and must submit the following to the Office of Undergraduate Admission no later than November 15:
1. Start an application for admission through the . Under the question 鈥淎re you interested in applying for any of 杏吧原创 Tech's additional scholarships?鈥 in the 鈥淎dditional Questions鈥 section, please select Esports Scholarship and fill out the questions.
2. Complete and submit the 杏吧原创 Tech Esports Recruitment Form(s) associated with the games you are interested in playing. You are invited to submit a form for multiple games:
Your application materials will be reviewed by the Office of Undergraduate Admission and your recruiting information will be reviewed by members of the 杏吧原创 Tech Esports leadership team. After a review of all applications, finalists will be invited to the next step in the scholarship selection process in April.
Note: If you are a pre-read student or have already submitted your CommonApp or are applying for multiple scholarships, please use this .
Esports Scholarship Selection Process
- Finalists for the scholarship will be invited to connect with the 杏吧原创 Tech Esports (ITE) student organizations on the ITE Discord App
- Finalists will participate in a virtual or in-person meet and greet with members of the ITE leadership team in April
- Finalists will demonstrate gameplay skills in a series of gaming sessions with members of ITE in April
- Scholarship recipients will be notified in April
PLEASE NOTE: The 杏吧原创 Tech Esports Scholarship cannot be combined with full-tuition institutional scholarships such as Duchossois, Camras, Leadership Academy, Collens, and more. If a student earns a full-tuition 杏吧原创 Tech institutional scholarship during the admission process, the university will award the highest institutional award for which the student is qualified but will not combine multiple awards.