SPISE-checklist - Caribbean Science Foundation

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SPISE Student Application (Checklist)

SPISE CHECKLIST:

Use the checklist below to ensure that your application package is complete. All items except the letters of recommendation and official high school transcript must be submitted via the provided Google folder. Check off each item as you submit it. Please be sure to carefully read the instructions on how to name your documents. Documents with file names such as “scan 0001” could cause your document to be misfiled. Documents with the content upside down will annoy most reviewers. Please make sure your documents are upright and legible. The CSF will not send incomplete application packages to the reviewers.

Four Essays:

* Essay 1: What are your career goals? How might attending SPISE support these goals? (200-300 words)
* Essay 2: The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience? (250-650 words)
* Essay 3: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? (250-650 words)
* Essay 4: What is a significant problem facing the Caribbean region today, and how do you think you might contribute to solving that problem with STEM? (200-300 words)

Request the following documents to be emailed to applications.csf@gmail.com.

* Math Teacher recommendation on school stationery, and signed (be sure to download the ‘SPISE REQUEST FOR LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION’ and send it to your math teacher well in advance of the due date). Click anywhere on this line to download the request.

Ask your math teacher to email your math recommendation letter to applications.csf@gmail.com with the subject line 'Name(s) of student(s) - Math Recommendation’
* Science Teacher recommendation on school stationery, and signed (be sure to download the ‘SPISE REQUEST FOR LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION’ and send it to your science teacher well in advance of the due date). Click anywhere on this line to download the request.

Ask your science teacher to email your science recommendation letter to applications.csf@gmail.com with the subject line 'Name(s) of student(s) - Science Recommendation’
* Official high school transcript for 4 most recent Forms/Grades (if not in English, please provide translation)

Ask your school to email the official copy of your transcripts to applications.csf@gmail.com with the subject line 'Name(s) of student(s) - Transcript'

Please submit the following requested documents via the provided Google folder. Do not combine into one file.

Valid file types: pdf, docx, doc, jpg, jpeg, png

Max file size: 3 MB

Remaining items:

* Unofficial high school transcript for 4 most recent Forms/Grades (if not in English, please provide translation).
Submitting your official transcript is a mandatory requirement. However, if at the time of the submission of your application, you do not have an official copy from your school, please upload an unofficial copy (scans of report cards, etc.) to the provided Google folder, and ask your school to email the official copy to applications.csf@gmail.com as soon as it is available.

i. For the high school transcript: Please format filename as follows: ‘SPISE 20XX – Doe, John – High School Transcript Y’ where Y indicates the transcript number, as you may be submitting more than 1 transcript.
* CAPE/Associate Degree 1st semester grades or copy of report card/transcript (if not in English, please provide translation).

ii. For CAPE/1st term report scores: Please format filename as follows: ‘SPISE 20XX – Doe, John –1st Term Report (CAPE).pdf’
* One copy each of CSEC grades (or equivalent exam), CAPE, and/or SAT scores if you took these exams.

iii. For CSEC/SAT scores: Please format filename as follows: ‘SPISE 20XX – Doe, John – 20XX CSEC Results.pdf’
* A passport-type (portrait-style) photograph as a JPG, PNG or pdf file

iv. Passport-style photo: Please format filename as follows: ‘SPISE 20XX – Doe, John –Photo.jpg’
* Proof of Citizenship (Please submit your Passport bio page or National ID Card (both sides))

v. Proof of citizenship: Please format filename as follows: ‘SPISE 20XX – Doe, John – Proof of citizenship’
*Copy of COVID-19 vaccination record

vi. For COVID-19 vaccination record: Please format the filename as follows: ‘SPISE 20XX – Doe, John – Copy of COVID-19 Vaccination Record’. If you have a medical reason for not being vaccinated, then you will need to upload a letter from your primary physician documenting this, to the Google folder.