Eric Epstein and Michael Epstein Scholarship Opportunity
Administered By The Wayne Education Foundation (WEF)
2025 

This Scholarship was established during the 2023-2024 school year. This is the 2nd year the Scholarship will be awarded.

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Amount: 
$20,000 ($5,000/year for up to four years)

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Donors Description:
The Eric Epstein and Michael Epstein Scholarship is awarded to a graduating Wayne Hills High School Senior in the amount of $5,000 per year and is awarded up to four years of education beyond high school. Eric Epstein and Michael Epstein are alumni of Wayne Hills High School and are committed to aiding well-rounded students in their goals of getting a 4-year college degree.

They have enjoyed successful careers in the fields of finance and law. Eric Epstein and Michael Epstein are dedicated to giving back to deserving students at Wayne Hills High School and have generously established The Eric Epstein and Michael Epstein Scholarship through the Wayne Education Foundation.

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Criteria:

The scholarship will be open to all students pursuing a 4-year college degree. The award will go to a student who has demonstrated leadership, integrity, drive, and citizenship within the community, school, and home. Financial need will be taken into consideration. The scholarship must be used to pay tuition and related expenses at an accredited 4-year college or university. If the criteria continues to be met, the recipient may also qualify for the same amount for the second, third, and fourth years of college attendance.

 

To be considered for the Scholarship, the student, who is a senior, must:

• Be enrolled at Wayne Hills High School-Wayne, NJ for both junior and senior years

• Have a minimum GPA of 3.7500 at the end of Junior Year

• Apply to and/or been accepted by an accredited 4-year college or university

• Participates in one or more high school sports, activities, clubs, student government, service, or the arts

• Adhere to and submit all application requirements as described below

To qualify for the continuance of the $5,000 award each subsequent year the student must submit:

• A college transcript grade report, with an expectation of maintaining a 3.500 GPA

• Submission of a college schedule for subsequent years at school

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Application Requirements:

• Submit a completed WEF Scholarship Application online

• Upload your personal essay from the common or college application

• Answer these three Supplemental Questions:

  • Q1:  Beyond academic success, explain why you believe you will thrive as a college student and, more importantly, succeed in your future career path. (Maximum 250 words)

  • Q2: What examples can you provide on topics such as grit, creativity, team building, leadership, and curiosity? (Maximum 150 words)

  • Q3: Please list your 2024-2025 senior year courses (except P.E./Health 12) and briefly explain why you selected each one. How have your personal interests, goals, future plans, or factors like managing a challenging workload, stress, or extracurricular commitments influenced these choices?

• The application includes questions to demonstrate financial need:

  • If you are an underrepresented group, for instance, part of an ethnic minority or the first in your family to go to college

  • Any relevant family circumstances; your parents are immigrants or refugees

  • Parents’ occupation and how many children/family members they support financially

  • How you will be paying for college, including what you personally are doing to contribute financially (like working student jobs)

  • Any financial circumstances that the Scholarship Committee should consider (i.e. divorce, separation, illness, parent retirement, unemployment, etc.)

• Provide one letter of recommendation from a Wayne Hills teacher.

• Upload your unofficial Wayne Hills High School transcript.