Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility Essay Contest
Due: Deadline has passed
Amount: $250.00 - $3,000.00
Scholarship Information
Instructions below. Directions, guidelines, and selection criteria is explained on their website. Please read everything carefully. We have highlighted a few requirements here, but extensive information can be found on their website.
- Contestants must be in good academic standing
- Contestants who are under the age of 18 must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian to enter the contest
- PSR/Sacramento employees and board members and their first-degree relatives are not eligible to enter the contest.
- Contestants are encouraged to discuss the essay topic with teachers, parents, friends, and other mentors, but each contestant must write the essay himself or herself, in his or her own words.
- In order to be eligible for a scholarship award, students who are chosen as finalists or alternate finalists must also submit an essay contest signature form which includes a statement signed by the contestant documenting that the essay being submitted is his or her original work; and a statement by a school official confirming that the contestant is a student in good standing, on track graduate from the 12th grade in 2024, or that the student entered high school on track to graduate in 2024 but graduated early.
Only one essay will be considered for any individual student. If more than one essay is submitted by an individual student, the last essay submitted will be the one that is considered.
Open to high school seniors in Sacramento and surrounding counties. Total scholarship award of $15,000 to be distributed to 12 students. Sponsored by the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.Scholarship Requirements
- High School Requirement:
- American River Charter (TK-12), Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter , Clarksville Charter (TK-12th), Cottonwood (TK-12th), Divide High School (9th-12th), El Dorado High School, Elevated Digital Learning Academy, Golden Sierra High School, Independence Continuation, John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills, Mountain View High, Mountainside Middle College High School, Mountainside Success Academy (8th -12th), Mt. Tallac High, Oak Ridge High School, Other - Private, Pacific Crest Academy , Ponderosa High School, Rite of Passage, South Tahoe High School, Union Mine High School
- Considerations Not Applicable:
- GPA, Ethnicity, Gender, Financial Need, College Choice, Intended Career/Major
Required Documents
- Essay - qty 1 , Topic: students must submit an original essay of 500 words or fewer describing their thoughts about the following excerpt from the Americans Against Gun Violence mission statement: “In creating constitutional obstacles, where none previously existed, to the adoption of stringent gun control laws in the United States comparable to the laws in other high income democratic countries, the Supreme Court’s 2008 Heller decision and its progeny are literally death sentences for tens of thousands of Americans annually.”, Word Count: 500 or less, https://www.sacpsr.org/index.php/essay-contest/
Submission Details
Additional Scholarship Information
1st place winner will receive a $3,000 scholarship
2nd place winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship
3rd place winner will receive a $2,000 scholarship
The other 7 contestants will receive $1,000 scholarship
2 alternate finalists will receive $250 scholarship
Deadline for essay submission is 11:59 PM on due date.
Essays should be sent electronically via the PSR/Sacramento website
For additional information or questions, please email essaycontest@sacpsr.org