I. Purpose
To assist and encourage students of Vietnamese descent to excel in scholastic achievement, leadership qualities, and community involvement, especially to those who have significant financial need.

II. Outlines

• Greatland Investment Group will award $1000.00 scholarship to graduating high school students who maintain a minimum of 3.0 GPA, and have significant financial need.
• Applicants will be evaluated by their scholastic achievements, leadership qualities, community involvement, writing proficiency, and a personal interview for semi-finalists.

II. Qualification

1. Student of Vietnamese descent who is residing in the Greater Houston Metropolitan area, and is graduating from an accredited high school or secondary school in June 2008.
2. Enroll as full time undergraduate studies in an accredited college, university, or an institution of higher learning in the United States in the Fall of 2008.
3. Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
   Financial Aid Award
   Scholastic 30%
   Leadership 10%
   Essay 10%
   Financial need 50%

Semi-finalists will be selected from the pool of applicants for a mandatory personal interview with Greatland Investment, Inc., and SCL Realty Investment Group. Criteria for granting the awards will be 70% from the written application, and 30% from interview. Winners will be notified by mail, and the awards will be presented in the 12th Annual Vietnamese-American Youth Excellence Recognition Program on August 3, 2008

The grading scale for uniformity would be as follows, and should be holistic:

Scholastic

• GPA
• AP Courses
• SAT/ACT scores

note: consider also non-school associations/org.

Leadership

• Office held
• Orgainzation participate

Essay

• Cohesiveness of ideas
• Command of language

Deadline: July 21th, 2008
Please submit your essay and the Greatland Invesment scholarship application to either vvdv@vcsa.org or the below address:

VCSA
ATTN: 2008 VVDV Scholarship Committee
4615 Belle Park Dr.
Houston, TX 77072