GIPA Scholarship

Each year, GIPA awards up to five scholarships to graduating seniors to help with college expenses.

Who can apply:

• Seniors who have been GIPA members every year of high school.

How it works:

• Applications are handed out in German class.

• Students write a German-language essay based on a prompt from the GIPA Scholarship Committee.

• Essays are judged anonymously by German teachers from GW Carver Middle and Sunset Elementary.

Selection criteria:
Recipients are chosen based on:

• Essay quality

• A German teacher’s recommendation

• DSD2 exam scores

• Grade Point Average (GPA)

• Volunteer work with GIPA and the National German Honor Society

Where our scholars go:
Past recipients have attended universities in Germany, the UK, and top U.S. schools like Brown, Florida State, Northeastern, MIT, and the University of Florida.