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PWC eXceed Scholarships Deadline: December 31, 2006

PricewaterhouseCoopers Program for Provides Opportunities for Leadership, Teamwork and Excellence

 

This is an online multimedia feature is extended from THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine Fall 2006 edition

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has more than 120,000 partners and staff in 144 countries, which makes PwC the largest global network of professional services firms – offering a wide range of assurance, tax, and advisory services to many of the world's largest and most prestigious companies.

PwC knows it takes knowledge, dedication to build a successful business. It also takes a diverse culture - diversity of perspective, of knowledge, of personality, and ethnicity. PricewaterhouseCoopers believes that having diversity among the staff, our partnership and our leadership is critical to the continued success of our firm.

We view diversity and inclusion as business imperatives that will help us sustain our leading position in the market and exceed our client’s expectations.

We have awarded scholarships and provided professional development opportunities to some of the best and brightest African American, Hispanic/Latino and Native American students in the U.S. since 1990. The eXceed program includes:

 

■ A $3,000 scholarship

■ Participation in our annual Diversity in Business Leadership Conference - a dynamic, two day conference filled with enthusiasm, energy and emotion.

■ An internship between your sophomore and junior year of college

 


Clips from last year's Leadership Conference n New York City!

 

What It Takes to Be an eXceed Scholar

To qualify, you must be a freshman or sophomore with strong academic standing (3.2 or higher GPA) and an academic and career interest accounting, management information systems or computer science. The application process runs from September through December. The scholarship winners will be announced in April.

 

How to Apply

To apply for eXceed, you will need to provide the following to complete your application:

1. Resume including current GPA (high school for freshman or college for sophomores)

2. Online Application Printout

3. Personal Essay: PricewaterhouseCoopers’ core values are Leadership, Excellence and Teamwork. Your essay should describe how you have demonstrated one or all of these values in your academic career and/or through your work experience and why you believe these values are important. In addition, briefly outline your career goals in the area of accounting, business or IT. (Minimum: 300 words)

4. A letter of recommendation from a high school teacher, college professor, official or advisor

In addition we ask that you complete our Online Career Profile at www.pwc.com/ocp. In the drop down field on the OCP, when asked “if applying through a special program,” indicate program name, “eXceed Program”.

Based on initial applications, finalists will be interviewed in person by a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, manager, or recruiter. As part of the interview process you will need to provide an official college/university and/or high school transcript.

 

Are You Ready to "eXceed"?

 

Also of Interest

 

IMDiversity and THE BLACK COLLEGIAN are committed to presenting diverse points of view. However, the viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at IMDiversity, Inc.