Jim McEntee Legacy Scholarship

Jim McEntee Scholarship Application
For the 2025-2026 Academic Year

Eligibility for the Jim McEntee Legacy Scholarship:
This scholarship fund is open solely to community college students in Santa Clara County who
are transferring this academic year to a four-year university with junior year status.
Students are encouraged to apply who have overcome obstacles to obtain a college education,
including but not limited to: racial, religious, minority and/ or immigrantstatus, LGBTQ, disability,
foster child, and/ or poverty. By submitting this application, you agree to receive mentorship by
our organization (if selected) until you graduate. Most first year recipients are eligible for a
second-year scholarship if enrollment is current, and the recipient has been in regular contact with
their scholarship mentor. Applications are confidential and will be accepted during the months
of February, March, and April 2025. Applications must be received by 11:59 pm on May 11,
2025. Recipients will be notified no later than June 15, 2025.

Instructions: Complete and print the following application. Be sure to sign the form.
Obtain at least two reference letters. One must be from an organization where you
have done volunteer work. The other must be from a representative at your current
school, such as a counselor, professor, etc.

Obtain an official transcript from your present college and from all others previously
attended. We do not accept unofficial transcripts.

Write a personal essay (not more than 750 words) describing yourself, your family
experience, your community involvement, volunteer work you have done, your
educational and professional goals, and how these goals relate to a vision for a better
world. Why do you meet the qualifications of this scholarship?

Mail/ Drop off your application, reference letters, college acceptance letter/s, and
personal essay to the following address:
Jim McEntee Scholarship Program
c/o Friends of Human Relations
14850 East Hills Drive
San Jose, CA 95127

Note: You may either include your sealed, official transcript with the above
application material or have your college mail it directly to the above address. Do not
send any document via registered or certified mail.

Email Communication:
Most communications are sent via email so please ensure you provide an email address
that you use and check regularly. Please make sure it’s legible and correct. By accepting this
scholarship, we ask that you keep us updated on any changes to your contact info.