Merit Award Scholarship

Applicants must be high school seniors planning to attend the International Academy of Design and Technology beginning in the summer quarter immediately following high school graduation. Applicants must complete a scholarship application and schedule for a scholarship examination through the High School Admissions Department at the Academy. Examinations are scheduled monthly from August through April. (Contact the High School Admissions Department at the Academy for specific test dates.)

The scholarship exam is a one hour test that assesses reading comprehension, math, and English. The top scoring student in each examination is awarded a $2,000 scholarship. The scholarship winners plus the next five highest scoring students from all examinations are eligible for additional scholarship monies.

The candidates are interviewed by a panel of faculty and staff in April and four students are selected by the panel to receive $5000 scholarships (maximum award to any one student is $7000). Merit Award tuition scholarships are awarded in equal installments quarterly during the first six consecutive quarters for an associate degree student and twelve consecutive quarters for a bachelor’s degree student.

Students may take the test no more than two times.