Scholarship Information

Required Application Forms

Classroom Assignment Forms

Scholarship Announcement

The Foundation of the Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers is pleased to announce that scholarships will be available in 2021 for graduating high school seniors, adult students and continuing technical college students who are pursuing a career in the auto and truck industry. Current technical college students must be in their first year of a two-year program to be eligible. Scholarships consist of tuition, Snap-on Tools and employment assistance. The Foundation of WATDA awards 60 to 80 scholarships per year to students attending Wisconsin Technical Colleges for:

Automotive

Diesel

Auto Collision

Motorcycle

Completed Application Includes:

Online application form.
Online student personal evaluation from a person such as former teacher or high school counselor, local auto or truck dealer, coach, minister or priest, employer or neighbor.
Online technical skill evaluation form preferably completed by your automotive instructor or employer.
Your high school transcript. If your school does not use a 4.0 scale, please have your GPA converted to a 4.0 scale before submitting it. You may send additional transcripts as they become available and they will be added to your file. Current technical college students must also provide their first semester technical college grades.
Testing: Provide your ACT test scores and send an email to jlolson@watda.org to request to have the Bennett Mechanical and DAT Spatial tests sent to you. Current technical college students are exempt from this requirement.

Application File must be completed by January 15, 2021

Supporting documents may be sent by:
e-mail: jlolson@watda.org
Fax: 608-251-4379
Website: Technical Skills and Personal Evaluations
Mail: Foundation of WATDA, 150 East Gilman Street, Suite A100; Madison, WI 53703-1441

No FAFSA or income information is required to apply for this scholarship.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Be sure to keep copies for your records.

Questions concerning this process can be director to Julie Olson, Program Director
at (608) 251-4631 or emailed to jlolson@watda.org

Scholarships will be awarded in the spring and summer of 2021 with funding to begin with the 2021 fall semester.

The application and testing deadline for all scholarships is January 15, 2021