Application Criteria

To qualify, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be the child or grandchild of a UMBC graduate,
• Be a degree-seeking undergraduate with at least 45 credits by Jan. 31.
• Have completed at least one semester of study at UMBC,
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher,
• Demonstrate campus leadership and involvement and/or demonstrates leadership in the workforce and professional community.

Please note, students attending UMBC on a full scholarship are not eligible to apply and if you apply for both the legacy and general scholarship, you will only be considered to receive one. If you are not a legacy student (child, stepchild, or grandchild of an alum) you are not qualified for this scholarship and you must apply for the Alumni Association General Scholarship. 

Students who are selected to receive the Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship will be required to attend the Annual Alumni Awards.

Application Process:

Applications will only be accepted via the Scholarship Retriever application site.

The quality and content of writing in the application is extremely important. Please review and edit your work carefully, we encourage applicants to write out their responses in a Word document and copy and paste them into the online application. You may want to consider having the Writing Center review your application prior to submission. The selection committee is recommending 200 words minimum and a maximum word count of 750 for each answer.

In addition to completing the online application form, applicants MUST submit at least one letter of recommendation from a non-family member.

Letters of recommendation can be included as part of your application in the Scholarship Retriever submission site (preferred method) or they can be emailed directly to darbyb@umbc.edu.

Apply now! If you have questions, please contact Bernadette Darby at darbyb@umbc.edu.