2025 Scholarship of Excellence application

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative will award $2,500 Scholarships of Excellence to eligible high school seniors graduating in the 2024-25 school year who will attend junior college, college or trade and technical school.

Before you begin:

  • Click here to view a sample of the application
  • You can save by clicking "Save Draft" at the bottom of the page and return to complete your application by the deadline using the same browser
  • Have a copy of your transcript available
  • If you also submit an application for the Government-In-Action Youth Tour with this application, you will need to be prepared to attach a brief video (limit 5 minutes) responding to the prompt provided.
  • Tip: We recommend completing this application on a computer, and drafting your responses in a separate document before completing the online application

To be considered for a Bluebonnet scholarship, the applicant must:
• Be a senior of a high school or an accredited Home Extended Studies program who is graduating in the 2024-25 school year
• Reside in the home of a parent or legal guardian who is a current Bluebonnet member with an active account and whose primary residence is within Bluebonnet’s service area
• Provide a copy of your current high school transcript with class size, ranking and grade point average (GPA) through the latest semester completed
• Submit a completed 2025 Bluebonnet Scholarship of Excellence application online, by 5 p.m. March 7, 2025

If you have questions about the application, please contact Sherry Murphy by email or 979-966-8062. 

All completed applications will be reviewed and verified by Bluebonnet’s Scholarship Committee.

All applications and attachments become the property of Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and will not be returned. 
 

If selected as a Scholarship of Excellence recipient, you will be notified on or before April 7, 2025.

The $2,500 scholarship will be paid in one lump sum to the financial aid, scholarship or business office of the recipient’s chosen school in July 2025 and applied to the recipient’s school account.

Scholarship recipients will be asked to attend one of Bluebonnet's award ceremonies which will be scheduled between April 15 and May 10.

Are your mailing and physical addresses the same?
List both parents/guardians names, including the name of the parent/guardian on the Bluebonnet account.
Application type
For graduating high school seniors pursing a bachelor's degree
For graduating high school seniors pursing a certificate or associate's degree
Are you a first generation college student?
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY

Please list up to 10 extracurricular activities you have participated in during high school, both at school and within your community. Activities may include athletics, band, school organizations, 4-H, FFA, church groups, community service clubs, student governance, vocational activities or charitable organizations.

For each line, list the following:

  • Organization, club or activity: Specify an organization, club or activity in which you participated (e.g., football, volleyball, robotics team, National Honor Society). List all involvement associated with that organization in the respective columns on the same line.
  • Roles/levels of involvement: Indicate the roles you held or your level of involvement, and the grade level you held this role (e.g., member 9th-12th, volunteer 10th, team captain 12th, president 12th, treasurer 10th).
  • Awards: List any awards, honors or recognition you received related to the activity, and the year(s) when the award was received (e.g., Most Valuable Player 12th; All-State Choir 11th-12th).
  • Grade level(s) of participation: Select all the years during high school when you participated in the activity.

Click here for an example.

Note: Judges will focus on the quality of the activities listed, not necessarily the quantity.

Organization, club or activity Roles/levels of involvement Awards Check the grade levels you participated in this organization
WORK HISTORY

List up to five jobs you have held during high school, including both paid and volunteer positions.

Note: Judges will focus on the quality of the jobs listed rather than the quantity. 

Employer Position/title Job duties Employment dates (from-to) Average hours worked per week
Please post responses between 100 to 300 words. For best results, type your response in a Word document and paste into this text box.
WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE TO APPLY FOR THE GOVERNMENT-IN-ACTION YOUTH TOUR (GYT)?

The Government-in-Action Youth Tour offers two high school students, juniors or seniors, in Bluebonnet's service area the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., to tour our nation’s capital. The selected students will also receive a $1,000 scholarship. The tour is scheduled for June 15-23, 2025.

GYT applications can be submitted in conjunction with completing this application by selecting "Yes" below or can be completed separately by selecting the Government-In-Action Youth Tour tab on the scholarship page of our website.

GYT applications are due Jan. 17, 2025, prior to the March 7 Scholarship of Excellence application deadline. 

If you answer "yes," you will see a question and a link to answer a video prompt. If you answer "no," please continue and complete your application.
VIDEO SUBMISSION

Submit a video with you answering the question: Tell us about yourself and why you think you would be an ideal candidate to represent your cooperative in Washington, D.C. (5-minutes max)

Videos can be submitted either as a video file OR by providing a link to the video.

One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: avi, mov, mp4, ogg, wav, webm.
Please provide a link to your video hosted on a platform such as Google Drive or YouTube. Ensure that viewing permissions are set to allow access.
Please upload a copy of your most recent transcript.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
I agree to permit the review of this application
and my school records by members of the
Bluebonnet Scholarship Committee and certify
the information I've completed above is correct. 
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