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California Scholarship Federation

Founded in 1921, the California Scholarship Federation is the oldest scholastic, scholarship institution in the state of California.

CSF emphasizes high standards of scholarship, and community service for California high school students. CSF encourages service to the school and the community while fostering pride in academic scholastic achievement.

The CSF SEYMOUR AWARD recognizes 50 outstanding students from over 1000 CSF Chapters and approximately 100,000 CSF student members. Yearly scholarships awarded to the 50 finalists and the 5 regional winners amount to $88,000 each year.
Qualifying students need to submit an application no later than February 18.

The Seymour Award is now regarded as one of the highest scholastic honors given to high school graduates in the state of California.


Membership

CSF Membership is based on scholarship and is gained after qualifying grades are earned each semester. In order to become a member, the student must submit an application each semester the student is eligible. A point system specified in the CSF State By-Laws establishes the membership requirements.  To secure eligibility for CSF membership, a student must earn sufficient points from pre-approved course lists.  The majority of the required membership points must come from University of California accepted course work.

Life Membership (Sealbearer) is achieved by qualifying four or more semesters in the last three years of high school, and earns the CSF Gold Seal on diplomas and transcripts.  These students are also eligible to be nominated by the chapter adviser for the Seymour Memorial Awards.

More detailed information on membership, including course lists can be found in the CSF Handbook.


This is the official website of the California Scholarship Federation and the California Junior Scholarship Federation.
All material on this website is ©2007 by the California Scholarship Federation, Inc.
Individual chapters may use the material on this website, provided they include
a prominent link to this official site on their web page(s).

 
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