Montana Presidential Leadership Scholarships

Scholarship Sponsored by University of Montana

Each year, the Davidson Honors College extends a warm welcome to talented, motivated, and inquisitive students to join our dynamic community. This application serves as a platform for us to get acquainted with you. While academic performance and achievements are considered, they are not the sole determinants. We encourage all highly motivated students to apply.

We particularly encourage applications from non-traditional students, international students, veterans, and students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. College transfer students and currently enrolled students at the University of Montana with a strong academic record are also welcome to apply.

Applications submitted by 11:59 PM (MST) on December 1st will be considered for honors scholarships. If you have any queries regarding your application, honors at UM, or wish to schedule a visit to our picturesque Missoula campus, please feel free to contact the DHC. We appreciate your interest. Best of luck and Go Griz!

APPLICATION MATERIALS

REQUIRED

• Basic biographical information
• Details about your academic background and achievements
• Transcript: Please note that we do not have access to your official transcript sent to UM Admissions. For this review process, kindly upload an unofficial transcript along with your other application materials.
• Responses to 5 short answer questions
• A concise essay of 500 words on one of the four provided topics

Short Answer Questions:

1. Introduce yourself (in the third person) to UM’s Davidson Honors College (50 words).
2. Enumerate up to three of your most significant academic experiences.
3. Enumerate up to three of your most significant leadership or service experiences.
4. Enumerate up to three cultural or personal development experiences.
5. Elaborate on one of the experiences mentioned above and explain how it shapes your academic and professional goals (250 words).
6. The DHC is a dynamic, supportive community of scholars. How do you envision contributing to it? What unique talents, perspectives, identities, or experiences will you bring to the DHC? (250 words)
7. Improbable (definition: unexpected). Fact (definition: things that are known or proven to be true). List and briefly discuss three improbable facts about you. (100 words total).

Essay Prompts (respond to one) (500 words):

(Please select one and paste it at the top of your essay.)

1. Describe your most impactful learning experience to date. This could be a course, an accomplishment, a relationship, or an event that sparked significant personal growth and/or a new understanding of yourself, others, and/or the world. What did you learn? How has this prepared you for success as an honors student at UM and beyond?
2. The DHC’s mission includes the statement “[we are] dedicated to strengthening our positive impacts on the world.” Discuss an issue or question that you are curious or passionate about and want to impact. Why is this important for you? For our world? How do you hope the DHC prepares you to make this impact?
3. The University of Montana’s mascot is the grizzly bear. Words used to describe Grizzlies include: respectful, responsible, playful, formidable, curious, wise, creative, strategic, active, and easygoing (also hungry). Which of these traits best describes you and why? How do you imagine this or these characteristics might shape your life in college and beyond?
4. Seuss famously wrote: “The more you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Why do you want to go to college? What do you hope to read, to know, to learn, and where would you like to go? Why is the University of Montana and Davidson Honors College the right place for you to study?