Troy Athens Senior Awarded WMU's Medallion Scholarship

Adam Steiner is a senior at Troy Athens High School and plans to study aerospace/mechanical engineering at WMU in the fall. Adam won both the Western Michigan University Medallion Scholar Award and the WMU Legacy Scholarship.

The Medallion Scholar Award includes a scholarship of $60,000 total award ($15,000 per year for four years). Medallion Scholars serve as ambassadors for the Lee Honors College and Western Michigan University.

The Medallion Scholarship is Western Michigan University’s most prestigious academic competitive scholarship for incoming freshmen.

The Office of Admissions invites all high school seniors who meet the eligibility criteria to compete in the on-campus competition day in the fall.

To qualify, seniors must apply to Western by Nov 1st and have a 3.7+ cumulative GPA (weighted) at the end of junior year of high school and a 1240+ redesigned SAT or 1170+ old SAT or 26+ ACT by the application deadline.

Last fall nearly 1000 students competed in the competition on two half days. All students competing and attending WMU received, at minimum, a Bronco Merit Scholarship worth $10,000 ($2,500 per year for four years). The competition consists of an essay portion, group problem solving session, and an evaluation of the student's activity resume and introductory video. Also considered are the student's standardized test scores and weighted high school GPA. Approximately 65 finalists were interviewed by six university officials in January and 22 students were awarded the Medallion Scholar distinction for this year.