The El Camino Scholarship office hours may be found on the college web page. When you apply at the scholarship office, they try to help find the various ones for which you would qualify. However, there are always funds that go unclaimed every year because a student, like you, does not apply for the scholarship. Therefore, the very first step begins with YOU! Please complete all the necessary paperwork so that you may put on your resume awards you may receive.
Some scholarship forms request you to obtain a letter of recommendation from a faculty member. It is always best for you to follow the directions listed below:
1. Obtain the email of the instructor.
2. Ask the instructor for permission to submit a letter to them.
3. Write a letter of recommendation that contains items such as:
a. Your name
b. Classes you have taken in the program
c. Classes you have taken from that instructor
d. The semester you took the course and the grade you received for classes
e. Your college GPA (obtain an unofficial copy and attach it)
f. A paragraph describing your goals for transfer, additional courses and career.
g. A brief paragraph about your character: community service work, internship in the field, assistant, volunteer time, clubs, organizations and how you have given back.
4. Email the letter to the instructor. Expect changes to be made to the letter.
5. The instructor will try to print the letter on college letterhead.
6. Expect delivery to be by one of the following methods:
a. given to you, in person (if you are a current student), or
b. placed in the faculty mailbox, or
c. placed with the division office in an envelope with your name on it, for pick up by you from the division office, of
d. mailed to you, provided you provided an envelope addressed to yourself, with full postage pre-paid.
7. Note: Faculty cannot deliver the letter to the scholarship office for you.
