Lake Washington Institute of Technology's LWTech Foundation proudly offers a variety of merit and need-based scholarships open to students enrolled or enrolling at Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) in the fall and spring of each academic year.
The Foundation will reach out no later than March 17, 2023 to all applicants regarding scholarship decisions.
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While the Foundation strives to support as many students as possible, scholarships are competitive and not every applicant can receive a scholarship. Below are some top tips on how to make your application stand out.
All students will be notified no later than March 17, 2023. All notifications will be sent to the LWTech student email address.
The Foundation will tell all students by March 17th if they received a scholarship. All students are notified so if you don't receive an email please contact us. Lack of notification does not mean you haven't received a scholarship.
To comply with FERPA, we need to verify your identify. Your LWTech SID, LWTech student email address, and date of birth is how we do that. We cannot share your application with our review committee without confirming these three things. We will not be able to consider you for a scholarship without them.
Before February 2nd, you can log into your application and make any changes you want. Then you can resubmit your application.
After February 2nd, please contact the Foundation if you have any changes to your application. We will only be able to change any error that impacts your eligibility for scholarships. Once the scholarship decisions are announced, we cannot make changes of any type.
If the Foundation realizes a correction needs to be made, we will email you at your LWTech email address. Please check your email regularly to ensure you don't miss an important email from us.
If you are an F1 Visa student, you do not need to complete the FAFSA/WASFA in order to be eligible for a scholarship. You can still submit your scholarship application and receive a scholarship from LWTech Foundation. If you have questions or need help, please contact the Foundation at alysen.laakso@lwtech.edu.
If you don't have a high school degree or GED, you do not need to complete the FAFSA/WASFA in order to be eligible for a scholarship. You can still submit your scholarship application and receive a scholarship from LWTech Foundation. If you have questions or need help, please contact the Foundation at alysen.laakso@lwtech.edu.
Yes. We use the FAFSA/WASFA to determine financial need. Completing a FAFSA/WASFA allows us to confirm that you are only eligible for loans. You DO NOT have to take a loan or any other type of aid to receive a scholarship. But we strongly recommend that you complete the FAFSA/WASFA as the review committee uses that in the decision making process.
Your scholarship letter provides instructions on next steps. This includes how you can access the scholarship and how you can use the scholarship. The Foundation works closely with the financial aid department to distribute funds. To guarantee your funds will be available by the first day of school, please submit your thank you note by the deadline. The thank you note deadline is in your scholarship letter.
Unfortunately, the Foundation receives more applications than we have available scholarship funds. This means highly qualified students don't receive a scholarship. If you want to learn more about what you can do differently on the next application, please contact us. We strive to support as many students as possible and are happy to help.
All collected data through the AwardSpring program may be available to the following parties: Lake Washington Institute of Technology and LWTech Foundation employees, LWTech Foundation volunteers serving on the Scholarship Reviewing Committee, and any scholarship donors involved in the reviewing process.
The data is not released to anyone else unless approved by the applicant.
The LWTech Foundation will use the phone number and email address provided by the applicant for communication purposes. Applicants will not be approached by any parties other than the LWTech Foundation staff unless otherwise agreed by applicant.
Contact us at the LWTech Foundation with any questions.
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The college is currently conducting an audit to determine the extent to which its website and third-party platforms are compliant.