CFG ScholarBank

Wailing Women Ministries is a nonprofit organization offering a scholarship for female high school seniors.  Applicants should be active in extracurricular activities and the community. Please see link for additional information.

Must be a high school senior who lives in the Sandston, 23150 zip code who is planning to attend a college/university in the fall.  See high school guidance counselor for application.

Scholarship #1 – Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and a rising junior accounting major at Christopher Newport, George Mason University, James Madison University, Virginia Tech or Howard University.  Must be enrolled full-time during the term of application and throughout the term of scholarship in coursework required to qualify to take the CPA exam or enrolled part-time and employed a minimum of five hours a week.  Must have a minimum overall and accounting GPA of 2.7.  Must demonstrate involvement in extracurricular activities.

Scholarship #2 – Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and rising senior accounting major at Christopher Newport, George Mason University, James Madison University, Virginia Tech or Howard University.   Must be enrolled full-time during the term of application and throughout the term of scholarship in coursework required to qualify to take the CPA exam or enrolled part-time and employed a minimum of five hours a week.  Must have a minimum overall and accounting GPA of 2.7.  Must demonstrate involvement in extracurricular activities.

Must be a U.S. citizen and a rising junior or senior accounting major with the intent to take the CPA exam.  Must have a minimum overall and accounting GPA of 3.0

Must be a U.S. citizen and a rising junior or senior accounting major with the intent to take the CPA exam.  Must have a minimum overall and accounting GPA of 3.0.  First preference :  student whose permanent residence is in Northern Virginia.  Second preference:  student whose permanent residence is in Virginia.

Must be a rising junior or senior accounting major currently enrolled in an accredited Virginia college or university with the intent to take the CPA exam.  Must be enrolled full-time during the term of application and throughout the term of scholarship coursework required to take the CPA exam.  Must demonstrate a minimum overall and accounting GPA of 3.0 and be involved in extracurricular activities.   Must be a U.S. citizen.

Applicants should be a full-time rising junior or senior accounting major currently OR have earned an undergraduate degree from an accredited Virginia college or university and enrolled at least part-time taking additional coursework in order to take the CPA exam.  Must demonstrate a minimum overall and accounting GPA of 3.0 and be a U.S. citizen.

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and currently enrolled in an accredited Virginia college or university as an undergraduate with the intent to pursue a degree in accounting.  Must demonstrate academic excellence with an overall and accounting GPA of at least 3.0  and have financial need.  Must have completed at least three hours of accounting and be currently registered for  at least three more accounting credit hours.  Essay required demonstrating leadership potential.

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and currently enrolled in an accredited Virginia college or university as a graduate or PhD student with the intent to pursue a degree in accounting.  Must demonstrate academic excellence and financial need.

The VAPT is offering this scholarship to honor Sonny Merryman, a widely respected bus dealership owner and a staunch champion of the virtues and rewards of education.  To be eligible, a student must be a Virginia public school senior who has a parent or grandparent currently or formerly employed in the public school pupil transportation field in the Commonwealth of Virginia.