LEAP Scholarships

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Through LEAP, the MSCPA awards scholarships to high school seniors (upon entrance to college) and college students pursuing accounting degrees.  Funding students’ pursuits of accounting degrees sends a clear message that accounting is a valued and critical profession.  LEAP scholarships also encourage students, who might not have otherwise considered accounting, to pursue accounting and CPA licensure. 

Scholarships are funded through annual contributions from hundreds of MSCPA members and their firms and companies.

High school students are eligible to receive $500, and college students are eligible to receive $1000.  Below are the criteria for each:

High School Senior:

• Must be an MSCPA high school student member;
• Missouri Resident (or child of MSCPA member);
• Must be a high school senior during the 2010-2011 school year;
• Must enroll in at least 12 college course hours at a college/university in Missouri, after high school graduation;
• Must declare accounting degree or its equivalent.   

Minority College Student:

• Must be an MSCPA college student member;
• Missouri Resident (or child of MSCPA member) and U.S. citizen;
• Must enroll in at least 12 college course hours, per semester as an undergraduate student or 9 semester hours, per semester, as a graduate student at a college/university in Missouri;
• Must declare accounting degree or its equivalent;
• Must have an overall GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale;
• Completion of at least 30 semester hours of college work;
• Must be a student who are underrepresented minorities in the accounting profession (e.g. Black/African American; Hispanic/Latino; Native American; or Asian American.

College Student:

• Must be an MSCPA college student member;
• Missouri Resident (or child of MSCPA member);
• Must enroll in at least 12 college course hours at a college/university in Missouri;
• Must declare accounting degree or its equivalent.

All applications must be completed and received by MSCPA by February 28, 2011.

High school winners are selected based on a point system rating their GPA, ACT or SAT, educator recommendation, and leadership potential (honors, awards and activities).

College winners are selected based on a point system rating their GPA, educator recommendation, involvement in MSCPA, and leadership potential (honors, awards and activities).