BECA Common Application for Local Scholarships

STEP 3:  Upload required documentation, generate and upload a pdf of your application and submit the application electronically. 

Once the online application is complete:

• Combine all of the supporting documents (see below) and scan into a single PDF file. Upload this using the first yellow “Browse Files” button near the bottom of the JotForm Electronic Application.  Name this file with: Last name, First Name, Middle Initial, Supplemental.pdf. You must include these supporting documents: 

  1. The six basic Supporting Documents (scan in this order) then upload in the Electronic Application: 

     • FSS, your FAFSA Submission Summary from FAFSA (only the single page that shows your SAI or Student Aid Index) APPLY NOW! www.fafsa.gov

     • SAT and/or ACT score report(s). (Optional this year) Forms printed from the web are acceptable. Winners will need to provide official reports. 

     • Two letters of recommendation. One from someone at your school and one from someone in the community, strongly preferred, or two from school if you are unable to get a letter from a community person. BECA does not accept confidential letters. SEE ELECTRONIC APPLICATION FOR MORE DETAILS. 

     • A copy of your high school transcript. (or high school and college if a current college student). You can print the transcript from the web. Winning students may need to provide an official transcript to providers. REQUEST TRANSCRIPTS EARLY! SMCPS Instructions. You must use Naviance. 

     • A copy of your current school year report card, showing grades at the end of the first semester of your senior year. You may print this from the web.

  2. Any essays or other documents requested by the Part B scholarships.  Rotary scholarships request a "Service Above Self" essay. You only need to include one, and may place it at the end of your set of essays in your Supplemental Information that you upload. 

• Create a PDF of the completed JotForm Electronic Application. Create this using the green “First Print-Save Form as PDF” button at the bottom of the JotForm application. Use the yellow “Browse Files” button to upload the PDF you created.

• Submit the electronic  JotForm Application data by clicking the “Last Step: Submit” button at the bottom of your application.

• Note: Even after submitting, you can return to your application and make changes up until 11:59 P.M, March 3, 2025. Any time you make changes, you must create a new pdf of the application, and upload it inside the electronic application. Anytime you make a change, you must use the submit button again.