Egan Hope Scholarship Application

YOU MUST BE AN INCOMING FRESHMAN FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR TO APPLY FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP

The Egan Hope Scholarship is awarded to incoming traditional freshmen students. The Egan Hope Scholarship Program was initiated in 1992 to honor Monsignor John Egan on the 50th anniversary of his ordination into the priesthood and his lifetime of social activism and community service. The program was developed in response to a need for initiatives that would enable underrepresented students from Chicago to continue that work.

To be considered, you must prove residency within the City of Chicago, graduate from a City of Chicago high school, and demonstrate financial need. You must have an exceptional record of social activism, leadership, and community service. Recipients are required to commit to social activism, serve as a community leader, fulfill community service projects, and participate in events/programs determined by the Scholarship Coordinator in the Office of Multicultural Student Success, including sessions with staff for advising, mentoring, and assessment. Egan scholars must be available for OMSS workshops on Fridays from 3PM-5PM.

As financial need is a consideration, we strongly encourage you to file the FAFSA, if applicable. The FAFSA will be available in December 2024 at studentaid.gov.

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Graduating senior from a City of Chicago high school
  • High school G.P.A. of 2.7 (*Your high school transcript is necessary in the decision-making process and will be provided by DePaul University’s Office of Admissions to review along with your application.)
  • Admitted and enrolled as a full-time student at DePaul University
  • Demonstrate leadership skills
  • Demonstrate a commitment to social justice
  • Satisfactory completion of essay questions
  • Agree to participate as a S.T.A.R.S. peer mentee as a freshman
  • First-generation college students are encouraged to apply

In an effort to provide support to our students at DePaul University, the Office of Multicultural Student Success is committed to providing academic assistance through our Scholarship Status Letters. This consists of the monitoring of your progress at each midterm period and at the end of each quarter along with one-on-one-advisory check-ins.

If you are awarded any of these scholarships, the Office of Multicultural Student Success may request information from your professors regarding your academic progress.

In addition, by completing the application for this scholarship you are authorizing the Office of Multicultural Student Success and the scholarship foundations to review your financial and academic records to assess your application.

The deadline for application submission online must be no later than February 2, 2025 11:59:59 PM Central Standard Time.

Please direct ALL QUESTIONS regarding these scholarships:
Gabbi Fuller • Student Success Coordinator
Office of Multicultural Student Success
EMAIL: gfuller3@depaul.edu

Please note that should you be a finalist for this scholarship, you may be invited on campus to be interviewed after the scholarship deadline

Award
$13,500.00
Scopes
Admissions - DePaul Incoming Freshman Scholarships , Office of Multicultural Student Success
Deadline
02/02/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Community Service Volunteerism
    • Have you participated in community service above and beyond what is required by your high school?
    • If yes, please briefly explain.
  2. What was your first experience with community service? What is your most recent (or ongoing) experience with community service? What have you learned from participating in community service initiatives? (1 page double spaced)
  3. Describe an experience you had where you made a difference for a marginalized community thanks to your leadership and advocacy. Discuss how this experience fuels your passion for a societal issue and how you will take action.
  4. Reflecting on DePaul's Urban, Catholic, and Vincentian mission and your experience at DePaul University to date, please share your academic and leadership experiences and how this scholarship will impact your continued experience at DePaul.
  5. Please upload a one page resume summarizing your employment record, leadership activities, and other information pertinent to the application.
  6. Scholarship Connect Student Consent
    • A) Consent Statement

      By clicking the checkbox below, I certify that all the information provided as part of the scholarship application process is accurate. I understand that as part of the scholarship application and selection process, my academic information, financial aid information, and other demographic information may be shared with individuals who are involved in the scholarship selection process and recipient reporting. This may include information from my Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), my annual award information, my Cost of Attendance components (living expenses, personal expenses, travel, books, tuition, and fees), and items related to my current academic standing and career program. By agreeing to this electronically, I am authorizing DePaul University, and providing my consent, to release my information and allowing me to be considered for scholarship opportunities. I understand that if I do not agree to this release, I will be unable to proceed with my scholarship application. I further understand that by completing the signature below and selecting the “Finish and Submit” button in this electronic application, I am signing and acknowledging my consent. My submitted signature in this electronic application has the same legal effect, validity, and enforceability as affixing my signature to a paper document. I also acknowledge that my financial aid information is being released with my explicit written authorization as allowed by the Higher Education Act (HEA), HEA 483(a)(3)(E), affirmed by Congress in the final fiscal year 2018 omnibus spending bill, HEA 485B, 494, the IRC 26 USC 6103(I)(13) and HEA 20 USC 1098h(c)(2) .
    • B) Consent Statement Electronic Signature
    • C) Signature Date
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