Apply
The award is $5,000. There are three ways in and two application forms.
There is one Lu Memorial Scholarship. You apply as a high school student, as an undergraduate, or as a graduate student. Each of the three sends the same materials, with one addition for graduate applicants who have not started yet.
We do not accept test scores, honors lists, resumes, or portfolios. We do not read them if you send them.
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What every applicant sends
- A transcript you already have. An unofficial copy is fine, and you may translate it yourself.
- One recommendation, from an adult outside your family who knows your circumstances. It is a short form, not a letter.
- Your household and circumstances: household size, who supports you, and approximate income in any currency.
- Your plan and costs for one year: what the year costs, what you already have toward it, and the gap that is left.
- Four short responses. Three of them are 250 words and the fourth is 150.
The three sections below say which form you use and what, if anything, is different about your track.
High school applicants
Apply here if you are enrolled in high school or secondary school now, in any country, and you plan to go on to higher education.
High school applicants use the high school form.
Undergraduate applicants
Apply here if you have finished high school and are working toward an associate or bachelor degree, or are about to start one. If you already hold a bachelor degree, apply as a graduate student.
Undergraduate applicants use the undergraduate and graduate form.
Graduate applicants
Apply here if you hold a bachelor degree and are enrolled in a graduate program, or have been admitted to one.
Graduate applicants use the same form as undergraduate applicants. There is one graduate question that undergraduates do not answer. If you have not started your program, you also send confirmation of admission or enrollment.
Before you start
- How we read an application. What carries weight, in order, and what we do not read.
- What we ask, and why. Every question about your household and your circumstances, who reads your answer, and how long we keep it.
- Your plan and costs. How to lay out one year of costs and work out the gap.
- Questions and answers. Eligibility, materials, deadlines, and how financial need is read.
If this is your situation
- Applying from outside the United States. Transcripts, translations you may do yourself, and what we ask about English.
- Undocumented applicants. No immigration status is required, and we never ask for a government identification number.