What should I prepare?

• If you are under the age of 18, have your parents complete the Invest-permission-form.

• Provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher, counselor, or mentor. Local insurance professionals, Invest teachers and volunteers are preferred. Recommendation letter MUST be signed.
• Answer a question from an insurance case study provided (as a link) in the application.
• Complete the NEW Insurance activity portion of the application.
• Write a 500-word essay detailing the following:
  
  • The benefits of having participated in Invest 
  • Your plans for further education or career and how your plans were influenced by Invest 
  • Activities that show your interests like: honor societies, sports, extracurricular activities, internships or P-T jobs

• A copy of a current school transcript which includes grade point average to date.

Entries are judged on creativity, content, format, grammar, spelling, and the student’s passion to pursue an insurance career.
– and there is no deadline to apply as 'Classroom to Career' scholarship applications are open year round.
Note: All entries become the property of Invest.

Helpful Tips

• Draft and edit your essay in a word document and then copy and paste it into the online application form. The online form does not have a spell check feature or other editing features.
  
• Save your recommendation letter on the computer so they are easy to upload.
• If you cannot obtain an electronic copy of your transcript or don’t have access to a scanner for paper copy, you may mail it to us, but please include your scholarship log-in and password so we may upload it.  
• If you cannot scan your parent / guardian release form, you may mail it to us, but please include your scholarship log-in and password so we may upload it.