Scholarship details
The Nordstrom Scholarship is awarded to high school juniors to relieve students and their parents of the burden of rising tuition for their college. This scholarship is awarded as a way to give back to your community. It is administered to students who are residents of states where Nordstrom stores operate.
Successful students get as much as $10,000 towards their college expenses. Every year through 40, students receive a scholarship.
About the Nordstrom Care Scholarship
Nordstrom, Inc. is a leading fashion retailer offering premium apparel, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and children. Since 1901, they have strived to provide the best possible service to their customers and improve it daily.
This commitment has grown them from a small shoe store in Seattle to the leading fashion retailer today. They currently serve clients in 40 states and Canada. Customers are served at 119 stores in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, 249 Nordstrom Rack stores, six Trunk clubs, a custom haircut service, three Jeffrey stores, two clearance operations, and two stores. Three local service concepts from Nordstrom.
Nordstrom.com also serves online customers in 96 countries. Our Nordstromrack.com website, operated in partnership with HauteLook, our private sales site, offers customers in the United States, Canada, and Australia access to fashion at a lower cost while achieving substantial savings.
We believe that fashion is a matter of optimism and, in this sense, we grow and develop. Free delivery and returns, mobile shopping, and exciting new retail partnerships continue to enable us to serve more customers in a more diverse way, with a new and relevant shopping experience and inspiring style.
Fashion is changing. Shopping is changing. Our commitment to satisfying our customers does not. Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Level/field of study
Nordstrom Care 202 Scholarship 2 is open to high school students. In some major US states, the list is mentioned below.
Host Nationality
The Nordstrom Scholarship is offered by Nordstrom Inc., a leading clothing retailer in the United States.
This scholarship was first awarded in 1994 to high school students living in states where Nordstrom has a full-line store. The scholarship was awarded according to the student’s academic achievements, in addition to their extracurricular and community activities.
Eligible Nationality
Students who live in these 31 US states where Nordstrom stores are located are eligible: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Md., Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
How to apply?
Applicants to the Nordstrom Scholarship Program must write an essay and submit it to Nordstrom. This essay varies slightly from year to year. Semifinalists are then chosen and are required to submit letters of recommendation from their teacher at their high school.
Students who are selected as finalists will be required to have an interview with a predetermined selection committee. The committee is made up of business leaders, educators, community leaders, and several Nordstrom representatives.
Eligibility
Candidates must meet the following criteria to qualify for the Nordstrom Scholarship:
- Being a high school student
- Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 (unweighted) on a 4.0 scale from grades 9-11.
- Plan for and be eligible to attend a 4-year accredited university or college in the US.
- Engage in volunteer, community, and extracurricular activities.
- Plan for applying for financial aid to attend college
- Have no conviction for any crime.
Scholarship Voucher
Nordstrom Scholarship awards selected candidates as much as $10,000 for their college education. This scholarship fund is awarded to a range of successful students from 40 to 80.
Funds are paid directly to the 4-year university where the student is registered. The payment obligations were set to be delivered in equal installments over a period of four years. Nordstrom initially used social media marketing and other Internet marketing venues to engage with students, but printable kits for high school staff were also offered.
Scholarship deadline
Unfortunately, the Nordstrom Scholarship Program ended in 2016, and Nordstrom Inc. has yet to start new programs and applications for it.
Application link
The portal for this has not been reopened since 2016. You can still visit the Nordstrom website link for other community outreach and support services they are currently involved in: Apply here
