Congratulations on being awarded the John Dickinson Scholarship, one of Dickinson College’s highest recognitions of academic excellence and leadership in high-school or community life. It is named for John Dickinson, the penman of the American Revolution, a member of the first and second Congresses and writer of many official papers including the original draft of the Articles of Confederation. In 1781, he was elected Governor of Pennsylvania and, in 1783, the year the college at Carlisle was chartered, the founders named the new institution in his honor.
The John Dickinson Scholarship is worth $20,000 per year toward tuition and is renewable for three additional years of full-time study, for a total of eight semesters and $80,000, in residence at Dickinson or in a Dickinson study-abroad program. Your scholarship will be renewed each year based on your continued enrollment and the maintenance of at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Congratulations on also receiving the Music Scholars Award, which provides you a waiver of your performance-studies fees, a value of up to $1,500 per year, or $6,000 over four years. To maintain this award, you must commit to meritorious membership in a faculty-led music department ensemble and enroll in performance studies and/or academic courses in music each semester of on-campus enrollment, though you may or may not major in music. We look forward to providing you with a music-faculty advisor who will work with you over the summer to help design your particular path and provide you with detailed information about your academic and musical options.
We are confident that as a John Dickinson Scholar and Music Scholar, you will be among our most successful students and alumni.
Contact the admissions office with any questions.
Note that recipients of the Music Scholars Award will see the award noted in the first paragraph of the acceptance letter.