All awards will be made based on the following: Academic Achievement & Leadership Qualities – (as measured by high SAT or ACT scores): Students scoring in the top percentiles are a necessary condition for consideration of the award. Potential candidates will also be objectively evaluated by the Scholarship Awards Committee based on outstanding leadership qualities and accomplishments, as demonstrated by the supporting documents in the application. Awards will be made on an individual basis and are non-transferable from one individual to another. The recipient will receive from HCPA a $2,000 scholarship award. A check for $2,000 will be issued and made payable to the recipient prior to the commencement of the Fall semester. The recipient will continue to receive a check for $2,000 each year thereafter for a total period of four (4) years. Payment each year will be made before the Fall semester, provided the recipient maintains a grade point average acceptable to the school for continuing matriculation. To guarantee the continuation of the scholarship award through the four-year term, all recipients are required to submit to the HCPA Scholarship Awards Committee an official report from the recipient’s College or University as to continuing matriculation by July 1st of each year following the initial year after the award is in effect. Failure to annually submit this certification will result in the cancellation of the award. Recipients of awards who intend to continue education but must involuntarily interrupt studies, through a leave of absence, may postpone no more than one year’s award for valid reasons. Failure to resume studies after postponement, if granted, will result in the automatic cancellation of the award. The Scholarship Awards Committee, based on the facts submitted, will individually consider such situations. Any ruling of the Scholarship Awards Committee is final.