MartinWren, P.C. wants to offer today’s undergraduate and graduate students the chance to ease their financial burdens. The firm’s new “A Second Chance: How My Accident Changed My Goals for the Future” scholarship promises $2,500 to a student whose story of transformation speaks to the team.
Our scholarship selection committee invites all students who meet the scholarship’s eligibility criteria to submit video essays about life-changing accidents for a chance to win the firm’s support. Students have until October 1, 2024, to craft their videos. After that, the attorneys at MartinWren, P.C. will choose one student to support throughout the 24/25 academic year.
Who Is Eligible?
Students who want to apply for the MartinWren, P.C.’s “A Second Chance: How My Accident Changed My Goals for the Future” Scholarship need to meet the following criteria:
- Student must be in good academic standing as an undergraduate or graduate
- Student must be enrolled in or admitted to an accredited college, university, and/or graduate school
- Be a United States citizen or authorized to work or attend school in the United States
- Create a video on the scholarship’s proposed topic
- Submit that video through the scholarship application link
- Complete the scholarship form on the MartinWren, P.C. website
- Agree to the scholarship’s terms and conditions
How Do I Apply?
MartinWren, P.C. encourages applicants to review the aforementioned eligibility criteria before beginning work on their video essays. Upon completing their video essays, students may:
- Fill out the scholarship application form on the MartinWren, P.C. website
- Upload a link to their scholarship video essay (an unlisted YouTube video) to the website
Scholarship Video Essay Topic
Students applying for the “A Second Chance: How My Accident Changed My Goals for the Future” scholarship should create a video essay between one to two minutes long that answers the following question:
- After your involvement in a traumatic car accident, how did your plans for the future change?
Students can think critically about how their accident influenced their lives and altered their goals for the future. Students may have reconsidered their futures based on severe physical losses or emotional transformations.
Upon completing their video essays, students can upload those videos as unlisted content to YouTube. Students may then include a link to their unlisted video when completing the scholarship application form on the MartinWren, P.C. website.
Tips and Tricks for Creating Video Essays for MartinWren, P.C.
When creating their video essays, students must:
- Record their videos in well-lit areas while holding their recording device of choice as still as possible.
- Mention their full name and the name of the scholarship they are applying for either at the beginning or at the end of their video, and give credits as necessary.
- Specify any sources of information and the media editing tools used in crafting and creating their videos in the description of the video.
- Use only copyright-free content, and come up with a creative, catchy title that reflects their ideas.
While students may use media editing software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, to increase the quality of their content, use of editing software is not compulsory. MartinWren, P.C. will not prioritize highly-edited video essays over unedited videos.
Students may not use AI to automatically generate videos, create fake actors, or otherwise avoid appearing in their own video essays. Inappropriate use of AI will result in the automatic disqualification of a student’s application from the scholarship selection process.
Application Deadline
Students have until October 1, 2024, to complete their scholarship video essays and other application materials. MartinWren, P.C. will not consider applications submitted after this deadline. Likewise, the scholarship selection committee will not consider applications considered without all essential materials.
The scholarship selection committee reserves up to three months after the scholarship’s closing date to select a winner. The firm will only communicate with its winning student. Neither students nor their families should reach out to MartinWren, P.C. for updates on the progress of their applications.
Terms and Conditions
All applicants to this scholarship must meet the eligibility requirements as laid out on the scholarship application page, including:
- Applicant must have been involved in a traumatic car accident
- Applicant must be enrolled at a college, university, or graduate school
- Applicant must be at least 18 years old at the age of enrollment
- Applicant must have residency in the United States
- Applicant must be in good academic standing
- Applicant must submit some personal information, including name, contact information, and academic information.
- Applicant must author an original video essay on the scholarship essay topic provided
Anyone who meets the following conditions is NOT eligible to apply:
- Employees or children of employees of MartinWren, P.C.
- Past recipients of the “A Second Chance: How My Accident Changed My Goals for the Future” Scholarship
- Applicants who are unable/unwilling to be interviewed by a representative of MartinWren, P.C. if they were to be awarded a scholarship.
- Applicants who submit the same essay/video for multiple scholarships or for multiple years in a row
Selection & Award Notification Process
Age, race, religion, gender, national origin, familial status, or other protected classes will have no influence on the committee’s choice of a scholarship winner. The firm reserves up to three months after the scholarship’s closing date to select a winner from its applicant pool.
The firm cannot, at any point, answer questions about the status of a student’s scholarship or the winner selection process. The winning student will receive notification of their award by email and an announcement on MartinWren, P.C.’s website.
MartinWren, P.C. will then work directly with the winning students’ college or university to apply the student’s $2,500 to the upcoming semester’s expenses. We reserve the right to reach out to the winner and request additional information and documentation to confirm the student’s enrollment status and academic performance.
Privacy Statement
Your personal information will not be given, sold, or distributed to third parties.
We reserve the right to use the winners’ names and photos in any announcement or communication related to the “A Second Chance: How My Accident Changed My Goals for the Future” scholarship on MartinWren, P.C.’s website, in marketing materials, or in social media posts.
By submitting your application, you agree to our public use of your name and image.
Previous Winners
MartinWren, P.C. looks forward to celebrating future winners of the “A Second Chance: How My Accident Changed My Goals for the Future” here. Applicants interested in learning more about the winners who came before them can read the winner’s blog post and press release upon their release.
The team reminds applicants that it will only communicate with its scholarship recipient upon selecting a winner. We reserve up to three months from the scholarship’s closing date to choose a winner. All applicants can keep an eye on this page for updates as we make our decision.
