2024 - 2025

WITT FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP

ELIGIBILITY

  • Declared major in Rhetoric and Writing with the following at the end of the Spring 2024 semester:
  • Minimum 3.3 University of Texas at Austin cumulative grade point average
  • 45 completed credit hours, including 24 hours in residence
  • 9 completed credit hours in Rhetoric and Writing, including 6 hours in residence
  • Undergraduate standing (no baccalaureate degree conferred prior to May 2024)
  • Recipients must be enrolled full-time at The University of Texas at Austin during the 2025-26 academic year.


INSTRUCTIONS

To apply, submit the following by midnight March 15th, 2025:


  • Application form
  • Essay
  • Honors and activities summary


ESSAY

Submit a two-page, double-spaced essay on the Op-Ed below.

Read the attached op-ed that recently appeared in the Daily Texan. Either write an evaluation of the writer's kairos and rhetorical strategies or write a response op-ed addressed to the Texan.


    Op-Ed: Don't Bet On It: Risks of Sports Gambling


HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

Below or on a separate sheet, list your honors and activities, such as the following: scholarships or fellowships; research; Internship; honors programs or societies; student organizations--offices held; volunteer activities. Do not include high school accomplishments. Include a brief description of each item, as well as dates.

Acknowledgement

By completing this form, I authorize the Rhetoric and Writing Scholarship Selection Committee to review my UT-Austin academic record.

Accomplishments

List your honors and activities, including: scholarships or fellowships, research projects, internships, honors programs or societies, leadership roles in student organizations, and volunteer work. Please provide brief descriptions and dates for each. You may also upload your list as a separate document.

High school accomplishments should not be included.

Please list and describe your honors or activities and the dates you received or participated in them.

Please upload your essay and any additional accomplishments or activities you would like to submit for consideration. Link to OP-ED can be found here.

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