Xcellence Scholarships are 4-year renewable scholarships, which will be awarded to incoming freshmen based on a student’s score on the HSPT, quality of academic profile, history of leadership and service, and enthusiastic teacher recommendations. Additionally, students must complete the requirements laid out below. To be clear, these are not and cannot be athletic scholarships. While leadership or activity in athletics can be a factor in determining these awards, athletic ability will not be.
In order to be considered for an award, prospective students must do the following:
- Complete the priority application by November 30. Click HERE to apply.
- In two separate essays, have responded to the following two questions by November 30: (Please submit both essays in one PDF)
- St. Xavier’s mission is to assist young men in their formation as leaders and Men for Others through rigorous college preparation in the Jesuit tradition. Please explain how you have been a leader OR a Man for Others in the last two years.
- When St. Xavier is successful in its educational mission, the graduating student will have the following qualities: Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving and Committed to Doing Justice (PLEASE read more about our Graduate at Graduation. Of the five categories defined in the St. Xavier Graduate at Graduation, in which category have you been most excellent in your seventh and eighth grade years? Please explain in detail
- Each response should be a maximum of a 500-word essay with student name in the top left corner of the essay. Also provide a title for each essay, also in the top left corner: the first should be titled “Leadership” or “Men for Others”; the second, Graduate at Graduation. Documents should be saved as Last Name, First Name, and sent as a PDF document only.
- Essays can be uploaded to your parent portal under Xcellence Scholarship.
- Applicants must attend in-person interviews with a St. Xavier representative at the school in December. In preparation, applicants should familiarize themselves with the qualities of the Graduate at Graduation.
Recipients will be notified January 16, 2026 with their decision letters. In order to maintain the scholarship, the student must have a distinguished academic record and remain in good disciplinary standing.
