Scholarships · Step 1 of 2

Merit Scholarship Application

Aid at COS is awarded on demonstrated need together with musical commitment. Asking for it does not affect your child’s audition or where they are placed.
A student mid-audition
Two forms, both required

How applying works.

There are two forms and you need to complete both, even if you are only asking for need-based aid and not a merit scholarship. This one comes first.

Step 1. Merit Scholarship Application

This form. Covers the merit portion and the student’s background.
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Step 2. Confidential Financial Aid Form

The financial portion, kept confidential. Required even when no merit scholarship is requested.
Go to the financial aid form
About the award

What is considered.

The Children’s Orchestra Society Review was established to provide need-based assistance to students enrolled at COS. The value of the reward varies depending upon the student’s need for financial assistance.  In addition to financial need, criteria such as academic performance, motivation, and leadership potential will be considered when selecting recipients for merit scholarships.

To demonstrate financial need, all parents/guardians must complete and submit the financial information portion of this application. All financial information given to COS will be considered personal and confidential. Under no circumstances will COS release such financial information to a third party without written consent of the parents/guardians. Financial need is the difference between your registration costs, as authorized by the parent/guardian, and your parent’s/guardian’s expected contribution. A special scholarship committee will determine awards accordingly.

Wide · the ensemble aid makes possible
When you have submitted this form, complete the confidential financial aid form. Both must be received for an application to be considered.

No child has been turned away for money since 1962.

That promise is what these forms exist to keep.