Each application is received at the Home Office of Senior Living Communities and Wellmore in Charlotte, NC. The applications are carefully sorted into their respective communities. All personal identifiers (name, school, contact info, etc.) are removed from the applications. Instead, each application is given a unique number. The applications are sent to the participating locations for judging.

At the participating locations, the judges who are members at the retirement community read and select the winners. The judges will read all the essays without knowing the applicants’ names. This means that the winners are selected based on the quality and strength of their essay alone. Each community has different metrics for judging the essays.

• Research, insight and perspective.
• Theme development.
• Inspirational quality.
• Meaningful personal connection.
• Creativity.
• Clarity of ideas.

When you click the submit, you will see a green bar appear under the submit button that says your application submission was successful.

If your essay, transcript or any other files are larger than the attachment size limit (5mb), please email them to MRuona@Maxwell-Group.com. She will ensure that the attachments are placed in your application file.

Yes. If your school has a policy against releasing transcripts to students, the school can mail the transcript to Meghan Ruona.

Address:
3530 Toringdon Way
Suite 204
Charlotte, NC 28277

All applications are received by Meghan Ruona in the Home Office. She will number each application and redact personal information including name, contact info, school, and gender. The redacted applications will be sent to their respective communities.

Sorry, this scholarship opportunity is only open to high school seniors. The good news is that juniors can apply next year.

Absolutely.

No. Each applicant is limited to one application.

No. Even if an applicant is close to two communities, they can only submit one application.