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Lucas Booher
  • Biological Chemistry
  • Liberty, IL

Lucas Booher Wins Full-Tuition Scholarship to Culver-Stockton College

2016 Dec 22

Lucas Booher, senior high school student from Liberty Community High School in Liberty, IL, is among four students who have won the first round of the Pillars for Excellence scholarship at Culver-Stockton College. The $102,460 scholarship is designed to cover four full years of tuition, awarded annually at the freshman value.

Strict academic standards are required to even compete for the Pillars scholarship. There are three general requirements for students to compete for the scholarship: Students must apply and be admitted to Culver-Stockton, have a minimum composite score of 26 on the ACT or an equivalent SAT score, and they must have a minimum 3.75 GPA (on a 4.0 scale). Competitors also had to visit campus and complete two interviews with faculty and staff, as well as submit an essay. Nearly 35 candidates competed in the 33rd Annual competition, with an average GPA of 3.97 (on a 4.0 scale) and an average ACT score of 28.

The second round of the competition began on December 1 and will conclude on January 31, 2017.