On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the seniors who qualified for the Dane G. Hansen test traveled to the Rose Garden to take the test from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

To qualify for the test, seniors had to have a composite ACT score of at least 21 and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5, and they had to sign up in the office.

Dane G. Hansen is a program that has given out many scholarships to students in Kansas. The different types of four-year college scholarships are the Hansen Leader of Tomorrow, Hansen Scholar and Hansen Student Scholarship.

The Hansen Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship is the most prestigious scholarship offered by Dane Hansen. This scholarship is only being given out to seven qualified students; it allows for $10,000 per year and is renewable for four years.

The Hansen Scholar is a scholarship that is also renewable for four years and is for $6,500 per year. Only 35 Hansen Scholar scholarships will be given out.

Lastly, the Hansen Student scholarship is a $4,000 per year scholarship that is renewable for only two years. The Hansen Student scholarship is given out to 70 qualified students.

Another field they give scholarships out for is for technical schools, such as North Central Kansas Technical College (NCK Tech). This scholarship is called the Career in Technical Scholarship, of which 100 are given away. This is $4,000 for two years at a technical college. A limit to the number of accepted technical schools has been added, and these schools mostly reside in northwestern Kansas. For this scholarship, there is no ACT or GPA requirement. In order to receive the scholarship, you have to be planning to go to one of these schools.

Around December, the students will be notified if they are called back for an interview or not. The interviews are generally in February, and usually by Spring Break, they will know if they won a scholarship.

“Dane G. Hansen test is always very difficult,” counselor Amy Miller said. “Kids often come back, and it’s always interesting to hear what they say about it. There are many different sections of the test. There’ll be some about American history, Kansas history, knowledge of current events, famous inventors, and some students talked about the vocabulary that was on the test. A lot of kids come back and say the test was so hard, and there is really no way to prepare for it.”