Scholarship info and application
News! In August of 2024, the Houston Illini Club proudly awarded its annual scholarship to Qimiao (Gianna) Gong, a graduate of William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas. Beginning this fall Giana will be attending the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, majoring in electrical engineering. Gianna is the recipient of the largest Houston Illini Club Scholarship to date, $4,000!
Each spring the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's (UIUC's) Admissions Department furnishes the club’s scholarship committee a list of accepted Houston-area rising Freshmen to UIUC. From that supplied list we send an invitation and form to apply for our club's scholarship. For 2025 the Houston Illini Club will award $5,000, the largest scholarship amount in our club’s history! If you have questions, contact our scholarship chair, Brittany Badolato, via scholarships@houstonilliniclub.com
All Houston metro-area high school seniors who have been admitted to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are invited to apply for the Houston Illini Club's scholarship! View the Houston Illini Club's distinguished gallery of past scholarship recipients here!
Please note that to qualify the student must:
- Have been accepted for admission to the freshman class at UIUC in the following fall;
- Have a permanent home address within the greater Houston metropolitan area, as defined by UIUC's Admissions Department;
- Be enrolled for full-time undergraduate study at UIUC at the time the award is paid, i.e. during the scholarship winner's freshman year;
- Neither be a direct dependent of a scholarship committee member, nor Houston Illini Club Officer.
We encourage applications! Interested students should (the referenced dates and links will be updated early in 2025):
- By 5pm CST on May 24, 2024 please complete the following application form in its entirety via clicking on this 2024 application link (Google Form.)
- Email a scanned copy of your high school transcript, and your SAT and/or ACT scores (if taken) to scholarships@houstonilliniclub.com.
- Ensure that your High School Faculty Reference has e-mailed a letter of recommendation (200 words maximum) on your behalf to scholarships@houstonilliniclub.com.
With any questions contact scholarships@houstonilliniclub.com
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