How to apply
How to Apply
Please print this page out for instructions and notes as you fill out the application.
Please fill out the application and print it. Please follow all steps on the application. Then send the application and letter, and have all others send letters to:
Secretary
Flynn Foundation
97 Overlook Drive
Cullowhee NC, 28723-9607
Other information:
Please do not staple sheets together.
Please put your last name on the bottom of each page.
Some colleges do not charge for a transcript if it is to be sent with an application for assistance to attend their college.
Do not enclose recommendations with application.
All decisions are made by the Selection Committee, Flynn Educational Foundation, Board of Trustees, and all decisions are final.
Applications will be accepted ONLY from undergraduates in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and East Tennessee.
Notes from Application:
Note A: We ask that you have three people send letters of recommendation for you. The most difficult part of submitting a complete application is getting persons to send in the recommendations for you. Once you have selected the people you wish to send in these letters, then do the following:
Stamp and address an envelope to this office for each person you wish to send in a recommendation. Write, in ink, on the back of each envelope "Please mail before April 23".
Ask each of them to please send in a recommendation for you. Show them the date on the back of the envelope. Tell them the recommendation should be mailed on or before that date. Then give each person one of the envelopes.
The words "Flynn Foundation" should be part of the salutation, or in the first or second line of the recommendation letters.
These letters must be sent separately from the application.
Note B: If the applicant has completed one or more years of college, send only the transcript and test (SAT, ACT, or other entrance examination) scores from the college(s) attended. Grade and test information, from the high school, will NOT be needed.
Note C: The college financial aid package could be a copy of the filled in Free Application for Federal Student Aid. If you have not completed one of these Free Applications, then you should send a statement of your income, including family support, and how much is committed to responsibilities, other than school expenses. Include document(s). Please enclose a sheet, or sheets, from the college showing both cost and college help.
Note D: In order to be considered for the coming year, all applications must be in the office of the Fundation Secretary on or before May 1 for the Spring Selection Committee Meeting. Letters notifying applicants of Committee decisions will be mailed on or before June 25.
Note E: This application must be completed personally by the applicant.