Legacy Scholarship

This scholarship is offered to incoming students whose immediate family member - parent, grandparent, sibling or child - is an alumnus of Northwestern. It is available to students who have applied to the:

• College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
• College of Chiropractic

Awards available

• $2,500 for the first trimester

Awarded to all matriculating students who meet the application deadline and fulfill the eligibility requirements.

Eligibility requirements

• Incoming student who has submitted an application for admission
• Immediate family member who is a Northwestern alumnus is limited to student's parent, grandparent, sibling or child*
• Must be enrolled full time during the first trimester

* Only one scholarship is awarded even though a student may have more than one family member who is an alumnus. If two (or more) students share the same family member, each student may receive a scholarship.

Scholarship limit

Students are not eligible to receive a combination of scholarships and/or tuition remission benefits totaling more than 100% of the cost of their tuition.

Application procedure

1. Submit an Application for Admission (if you have not done so already)

Your scholarship application will not be reviewed until you have submitted an application for admission.

2. Submit a Scholarship Application

Application deadline

The final deadline for submitting a scholarship application is the first day of classes of the student's entering term. Applying early is highly recommended.

Award notification

A letter of award will be sent by the Scholarship Committee and Office of Admissions upon final confirmation of eligibility.

Find out when you will be notified.