Complete the counselor's portion of the application and keep copies of receipts for your records.

Submit electronically the counselor's portion of the application (Part II) on each eligible and pending student at Complete Your Student's Application by midnight on June 15, 2010, in order for the student to be considered for the scholarship.

Print a copy of the receipt (which includes an identification number) confirming that your portion of the student's application has been submitted successfully (you should have a receipt for each student).

Counselors may submit their portion of the application prior to the student submitting his or her portion. Please do not submit your portion of the online application until the information for the END of the senior year is available.

Please note that you will not be able to revise your portion once it has been submitted.

Identify all students who are eligible to apply for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship and put their names on the Eligible Applicants Form* (excel) or Pending Applicants Form* (excel).

The high school guidance counselor is responsible for identifying all students at his/or her high school who are eligible to apply for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship and providing them with instructions on how to apply. Instructions for Identifying ALL Eligible Applicants.

Notify all eligible and pending applicants of the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship website address and your e-mail address.

Provide eligible and pending students with the website address (https://www.applyweb.com/apply/scpfs/) to access the student's portion of the application (Part I). Students MUST be submitted electronically by midnight on June 15, 2010, to be considered in the final awards.

Both fully eligible students and pending students (PENDING students MUST be registered for the SAT or ACT in June and have score reports sent DIRECTLY to the Commission on Higher Education) should be notified about their responsibility to complete the online application by the established deadline.

Note: Counselors should ask all pending students for registration verification for the SAT or ACT before allowing them to apply.

You should also provide each student with your e-mail address because this is a required field for the student to complete. We will use your e-mail address to notify you when the student has successfully submitted his/her portion of the electronic application. You should note that, if the student does not provide your correct e-mail address, then you will not receive this automatic notification.

You may also want to provide your students with an earlier deadline to submit their portions of the application. This will allow you the opportunity to follow-up with any students who have not completed this step without missing the application deadline. Students will receive confirmation that they submitted their portion of the application by obtaining a confirmation receipt, which contains a unique identification number.

Obtain any necessary Declination to Apply forms.

Fully eligible and/or pending students who do not wish to submit an application must complete a Declination to Apply form* (PDF). Counselors must submit this form to CHE with other required documentation no later than June 15, 2010.

If a student decides to decline applying for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, this is a permanent decision. By completing and submitting the Declination to Apply Form, the student is relinquishing all rights to receive this award at a later date. This means that if the student declines to apply for the scholarship to attend college out-of-state and then changes his/her mind and would like to receive the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship at a later time, he/she would not be eligible to receive the Scholarship since the student did not complete an application and was not awarded the scholarship.

Mail all required forms and official documentation. Click for Document Checklist* (PDF).

All required forms from your high school must be returned in one package by certified mail with return receipt requested to the Commission on Higher Education, postmarked by June 15, 2010, to be considered in the final awards.

Scholarship Information with Required Form* (PDF)

Frequently Asked Questions* (PDF)

* Available in PDF format. If you don't have a PDF viewer, you can download the plug-in from Adobe's web site