<p>Congratulations on the Leadership Award! It is a competitive award! The Leadership Award is given to students who are exemplary leaders with outstanding academic achievement; there is (or, there hasn’t been) no commitment beyond accepting the award each year and keeping your GPA up. It is the school’s belief that Leadership Award recipients will be more motivated to also be leaders upon arrival to campus.</p>
<p>It might be different for 2013, but I don’t really know. There is a difference in scholarship-ranges. The 21st-Century Scholarship is a guaranteed renewable 20k, whereas the Leadership Award can be more or less than 20,000 dollars. The 21st-Century Scholars Program is given to a different group of students and has more benefits than the Leadership Award. It is primarily an academic award, given to students who the school believes would benefit from the extra resources/challenge. The 21st Century Scholars have a faculty tutorial, funding for an internship, invitations to big events, among other things. I know little about the 21st Century Scholars program since it is brand new for the class of 2013. Again, congratulations!! :)</p>