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PCBR High School Scholarship Deadline: May 2,2025

February 10, 2025

The Pickens County Board of REALTORS® has arranged for one annual $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to a Pickens County student who chooses to attend a college or university in the State of Georgia. The award is for one year and is intended to assist a deserving student in continuing his or her education at the college. A recipient is expected to have maintained at least an overall "C+" or equivalent grade-point average at the time of the award, although the Scholarship Committee of the Pickens County Board of REALTORS® may waive this requirement under extraordinary circumstances. The Committee's selection shall be final and conclusive and shall be awarded without regard to race, sex, religion, age, handicap, or national origin. The Committee reserves the right in any year not to award a scholarship.

Deadline for submission is May 2, 2025 by 5:00 pm

No late applications will be accepted

In order to submit a completed application, you must include the following:

  • Attach three (3) written references from non-relative adults. Only one of these references can be from a teacher.
  • Attach letters of acceptance from the college or vocational/technical school. If a letter is not available at the time of submission, it can be mailed after the deadline as follows: Bethany Barnett at bethany@pickensrealtors.com
  • Attend the interview if you are selected as one of the finalists for the scholarship.
About the ARA Market Brief

The Atlanta REALTORS® (ARA Market Brief is compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) and provides the only regionally focused synopsis of monthly sales and home prices for single-family residential properties. The Market Brief covers the following 11 counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding, and Rockdale.

The data in this report was compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS). For more information on details of this month's report, please contact the Association at 404.250.0051.

*Each month, the numbers reported for the previous month are updated to reflect additional recordings.

About the Atlanta REALTORS® Association

The Atlanta REALTORS® Association (ARA) has been an instrumental factor in the growth of real estate in the state of Georgia for more than a century. With over 14,000 members, Atlanta is the largest association in Georgia and is considered to be one of the strongest and most successful REALTOR® organizations in the nation. ARA serves as a central source of information for its members, mainly focusing on real estate education, the promotion of professionalism in the industry, and representing REALTORS® members with legislative initiatives to create positive change for the real estate community.

About First Multiple Listing Service

First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) is the premier data services provider for real estate professionals in Georgia. FMLS was founded in 1957 by a group of Brokers who wanted to share their listings and connect buyers and sellers.  Today FMLS is the largest MLS in Georgia & the 4th largest MLS in the United States, serving nearly 54,000 real estate Agents & Brokers.  For additional information or to start a discussion about how to partner with FMLS please contact join@fmls.com.

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