Most Valuable Student
Offered by Elks National Foundation
Most Valuable Student is a scholarship from Elks National Foundation. The application deadline is November 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time.
About 30 minutes of work, based on what the sponsor asks for.
- Considers financial need
- Considers merit
Who can apply
- How you're selected
- open
- Year in school
- High school senior
- Activities
- leadership
- Where you can attend
- accredited U.S. American colleges or universities
- Type of school
- four-year undergraduate degree programs
- Citizenship
- citizens of the United States
What the sponsor says
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- Most Valuable Student --> The 2026 MVS application has closed. ---> The 2027 MVS application opens on August 1, 2026. ---> If prompted, the program code is: ElksMVS Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need.
Eligibility:
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- Current high school seniors, or the equivalent, who are citizens of the United States are eligible to apply.
- Applicants do not need to be related to a member of the Elks.
- High school graduates are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date their applications are submitted; permanent legal resident status does not qualify.
- Scholarships are available only to students who enroll in four-year undergraduate degree programs at accredited U.S. American colleges or universities. Application: The 2027 MVS application closes on November 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. ---> If prompted, the program code is: ElksMVS The 2027 application deadline is November 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time. 2021 MVS winners have been announced! Click here
Quoted from the page it was published on, word for word. This quote is cut off: we captured part of the sponsor's page, not all of it, so read the full text there before you apply. Where our summary above and this text disagree, this text is correct. Tell us and we'll fix the summary.
Our read on this award
3 figures we worked out, not the sponsor's. Free, and it takes an email address.
How these are worked out
- Our grade. From three facts the sponsor published. How few can apply: one high school or city 3 points, a county 2, the state 1, the whole country 0. How much it pays: $10,000 or more, or at least half of tuition, 3; $2,500 or more 2; $1,000 or more 1. Paid again in later years: 1. A is 4 points or more, B 3, C 2, D 0 or 1.
- How narrow the field is. Read from where the sponsor restricts it. An award open to one high school is competing against a graduating class.
- Conditions to meet. The conditions the sponsor published, each listed under Who can apply. More conditions means a smaller field, which is good news if you meet them.
- None of it is a chance of winning. We do not know how many people apply or how a sponsor chooses, so we do not publish a percentage. Anyone who does is guessing.
Remind me before this closes
We will email you a week before November 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, once. Nothing else unless you ask for it.
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Last checked 2026-08-24. Deadlines change without notice, so confirm with the sponsor before you rely on one.