PFLAG New Orleans
The Scholarship Application process for the
2024-2025 is now open!
If an applicant has questions regarding their application, they may send an email message to [email protected]
Welcome to our scholarship site. Thanks for your interest in applying for a PFLAG New Orleans Scholarship. The deadline to submit applications for the PFLAG New Orleans is February 2, 2024 at 11:59 pm. Links to the scholarship applications and eligibility information are provided below. Please note that the essay questions have been provided in the sections below so that you may begin to write your essays. You will be able to paste your responses into the application.
OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS
Official transcripts are required from the institution you currently attend. In order to ensure that transcripts are received by the deadline, we strongly encourage applicants to request their transcripts by JANUARY 15, 2024.
TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
Applicants who are have not previously received a PFLAG New Orleans scholarship will be required to provide letters of reference from two individuals over the age of 18 years. Include one family member, if possible. Your references will receive an email message indicated that you identified them as a reference. They will be able to upload their letter of recommendation via a link in the email message. We prefer that your references upload their letters rather than mail them. You will receive an automated notification when they complete the upload.
Responding to Essay Questions
Grades are important when applying for the PFLAG New Orleans Scholarship; however, it takes a lot more than a GPA to tell your story.
The questions are an opportunity for you to give us a snapshot of who you are – your voice, your experiences, your goals. Your audience is the scholarship selection committee, and they would like to understand who you are and why you would like to be selected for the scholarship.
Telling your story to the scholarship committee is your opportunity to show how thoughtful, creative and committed you are to obtain a scholarship. Make it personal. If you have had personal experiences or challenges that have affected your personal growth and development, include them in your response.
Have you made a positive difference in the lives of others, whether in your family, community or school? The committee would like to know about your accomplishments in your activities. Please provide sufficient background information so that the committee will understand what you have accomplished.
The scholarship committee realizes that you may be providing very personal information and the information you provide will be kept confidential.
2024 New Applicants Essay Questions
These questions are provided so that applicants can begin to write their responses prior to copying and pasting them into the application.
Each essay question has a 600 word maximum limit.
1. If you have been involved with PFLAG, a GSA or other LGBTQ organizations, please describe your activities. For example, if you have attended support group meetings, performed volunteer work or participated in events supported by LGBTQ organizations, please describe them and state what you have gained from the experiences.
2. Tell us about your work experience. What paid or unpaid jobs have you had outside of the LGBTQ community (including volunteer work), and what have you gained from these experiences?
3. Tell us about your interests, hobbies and/or extracurricular activities. Then choose one of these and tell us how it has affected your life.
4. What would you like to be doing ten years from now? How do you plan to achieve this?
5. Let us see you glow! What achievement or accomplishment has made you especially proud?
6. The PFLAG scholarship awards are given to recognize, support and invest in LGBTQ+ people as they invest in themselves through higher education. How has the fact that you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender affected your life?
7. Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
