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AXA Achievementsm Scholarship
The AXA Achievementsm Scholarship in association with U.S. News & World Report provides $670,000 in annual scholarships to young people throughout the nation.
The 2012 winners have been announced!
Winners on the State and National levels
State Winners
Fifty-two winners – one from each state, the District of Colombia and Puerto Rico – are selected by our nonprofit partner, Scholarship America, to receive one-time scholarship awards of $10,000 each.National Winners
From the pool of 52 state winners, ten are selected as national winners and earn an additional one-time scholarship of $15,000. This brings the top AXA Achievers total scholarship awards to $25,000 each. These top ten also receive a new computer for school.Our scholarships winners are known as AXA Achievers. They are ethnically and economically diverse, but they share these qualities:
- Ambition and drive
- Determination to set and reach goals
- Respect for self, family and community
- Ability to succeed in college
Some of the remarkable accomplishments of our AXA Achievers include: establishing a nonprofit volunteer organization building wells in rural India to provide clean water; starting a literacy and leadership program for elementary school girls; creating a multi-faceted anti-bullying campaign.
Note: Employees, financial professionals or immediate family members of employees and financial professionals of AXA Group, U.S. News & World Report and Scholarship America or their affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible.
AXA has joined with two outstanding organizations –Scholarship America and U.S. News & World Report – chosen because they represent the best in their fields.
Scholarship America is one of the nation's largest nonprofit private sector scholarship and educational support organizations and has distributed more than $2.5 billion to 1.7 million students since its inception in 1958. U.S. News' annual Best Colleges Guide is one of the premier sources of information on post-secondary education.
