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Spectra Application Requirements

NOTE: The final semester for students at Clemson to apply for the SPECTRA Scholarship is Fall 2024, and for SCC or TTC students, it is Spring 2025.

To apply for the SPECTRA Scholarship Program, you must:

  1. Submit an essay describing where you envision yourself in 5 years after completing your degree in Engineering or Computing and how you envision yourself 20 years after completing your degree;
  2. Submit a 1-page resume;
  3. Provide 1 instructor or faculty member reference;
  4. Be in financial need determined by FASFA;
  5. Be a citizen of the United States;
  6. Meet other requirements necessary by the school to which you wish to receive the scholarship.

Additional requirements:

  1. Be able to enroll or already enrolled at SCC or TTC;
  2. Submit high school or unofficial college transcript;
  3. Be eligible to enroll in MAT 110.
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Additional requirements:

  1. Be able to enroll or already enrolled at Clemson;
  2. Submit unofficial college transcript;
  3. Transfer 30 or more credit hours (taken post-High School graduation);
  4. Complete MATH 1080 or MATH 2070 (for CIS or CPCS majors);
  5. Strongest applicants will have completed ENGR 1410 (for ENGR majors) or programming CPT course (for CIS or CPSC majors) with a C or better. If you have not completed ENGR 1410 or a programming CPT course, please contact us at spectra@clemson.edu to learn about an alternative entrance to SPECTRA.
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