Hi everyone! I’m an African American from class of 2017. I just stumbled on here and thought I should share some other opportunities to take advantage of senior year.
-Disney Dreamers Academy is due every October! Not 100% sure what it consists of but I was selected as a dreamer and will be going to Disney World for free for 3 nights 4 days and attending seminars.
-2017 national scholarship! It’s due in March every year. it’s through the nanbpwc, an organization for African Americans
-Ronald McDonald: there’s a specific scholarship category for blacks
-USC black alumni association if you’re interested in USC
-Elk scholarship most valuable student (open to all ethnicities) can get $4000- $50000 and a trip to Chicago for those lucky few
-Jackie Robinson scholarship: $28,000
-dell scholarship (if you take part in a college access program) can earn you a free dell laptop and money every year!
-jack kent Cooke scholarship: $40000 per year!!!
-Horacio Alger scholarship: lots of money, I forget how much
-churches chicken scholars: $1000 can put a dent in your financial aid… trust
-Ron brown!! Also a lot of money
-QUESTBRIDGE!!! I can not stress this program and my love for it enough. If you are low income then you need to apply for this scholarship. It’s a full ride to some of the best colleges in the nation (think: Yale, Brown, USC, Pomona College, Vanderbilt, MIT, Stanford, ect.) I was selected as a finalist and went through the whole process. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a full ride, but I met an amazing group of people who still help me with life and make me laugh 2 months later. ALSO! I applied to 15 schools for $0 when application fee go for basically $70 and up
Lastly, take advantage of as many fly in programs possible! Schools like Pitzer College, Columbia, Emory, and John Hopkins will fly you to their campus and let you stay with a host student for a whole weekend FOR FREE!! These programs are great and introduce you to the campus in ways you might not have the chance to (if you live far and are low income) My biggest regret is not taking advantage of these schools’ diversity programs.
That’s all from me. Good luck future seniors. Take this word of advice from a current senior: Your final year can be brutal or chill depending what you make of it. Most you will make it brutal by taking hardcore classes, I know I did. But no matter what, start your applications early. The common app and University of California prompts are virtually the same every year. Get started on it as a junior and have a teacher or trusted adult look it over so you can revise over the summer. YOU WILL LOVE YOURSELF FOR NOT HAVING TO SPEND HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING AND/ OR NEW YEARS DOING APPLICATIONS
if you have and questions feel free to msg me (ps I’m new to CC so I’ll probably lag af)