Mediacom World Class Scholars
Scholarship Sponsored by Mediacom
Introduction
Mediacom values higher education and, as a company with deep community ties, wants to help customers continue their studies after high school. To assist with college-related costs such as tuition and books, Mediacom established World Class — The Mediacom Scholarship Program. Through this program, selected winners receive $1,000 scholarships.
Eligibility
- Children of Mediacom directors, officers, employees or agents are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be legal residents of a community currently served by Mediacom.
- Scholarship recipients may use the award at any accredited two-year or four-year college, university, technical or vocational school located in the United States.
- Applicants must plan to pursue a course of study at a qualified post-secondary institution.
- Candidates must have been accepted by the qualifying post-secondary institution before the scholarship is disbursed.
- Scholarship recipients are required to begin their post-secondary education or training in the first academic year immediately following their high school senior year.
- Eligible applicants include students in their senior year of high school, recent high school graduates, or those who have earned an equivalent credential. If an applicant receives a scholarship while a senior and subsequently fails to graduate at the end of that year, the scholarship will be forfeited.
- Students who complete high school in less than the typical four years remain eligible to apply.
- Students who enroll in a qualified post-secondary institution during their senior high school year may submit an application the following year.
- Awards are made without consideration of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or social or economic status.
- Scholarships are one-time awards and are not renewable.