Derrick Rose wasn’t much of a student. He struggled with both the ACT and SAT standardized tests in high school and needed the Simeon Career Academy to fudge his grades just so he could briefly qualify academically for his lone season at the University of Memphis.
Derrick Rose’s new Rose Scholars program will award one full college scholarship per year
Rose will award one full ride and two partial scholarships per year to student leaders.
But he eventually made it to the NBA, became the 2011 MVP, and has since earned more than $120 million in salary alone. Now he wants to use his experience to help three worthy students live out their college dreams.
Rose announced his Rose Scholars program Thursday, which will award $200,000 in scholarship money to one qualified high school student and $20,000 each to two runners-up. All students — or their friends, family members, or guardians — have to do is write an essay of fewer than 600 words and create a social media post proving their worth as a leader in their communities.
Passionate about embodying a legacy that will empower the next generation to pursue greatness; NBA star Derrick Rose has launched a scholarship program: the Rose Scholars.
The program is open to high school sophomore, junior + senior students who are civically minded and have an instinct to lead. He is gifting 1 grand prize winner up to $200,000, paid out $25k per semester for 4 years + 2 smaller winners for up to $20k (paid out fall 2018, 1 time payment). Please read the fine print/game rules that says the student will actually have to spend the money on college/university related expenses.
Be creative, put in some work, chase dreams, change the world, make it better: #RoseScholars2018
In a press release accompanying the announcement, Rose stated he “hope(s) to provide students a path to college that was not previously available to them.” A full-ride scholarship should do the trick. The veteran point guard’s generosity will cover most, if not all, of one student’s college experience each year and cover a year’s worth of room and board for two more. That’s life-changing money for three students — even if the contest’s fine print reserves him the right to cancel the competition and its scholarships at any time, a la Scott’s Tots.
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