not sure what major inside of STEM yet, also preferably for colleges in Texas
Most of the “good scholarships” will come directly from the schools themselves. Have you checked your list of schools?
What was your PSAT score?
Society of Women Engineers. I think the deadline for freshmen is in May.
@sybbie719 @nw2this My list of schools in Texas are Rice, UT Austin, UTSA, U of H, and A&M. My favorites are Rice and UT Austin, but I’m willing to consider these other schools if they can make each year somewhere around 20,000 or less. I’ve price checked UT Austin and Rice and according to my household income among other things I’d be looking at above 22,000 a year. I am a junior, and my PSAT score was in the 98th percentile, 1360 on the new PSAT, and my SI was 209. I am ranked number 6 out of 440 students, with a weighted GPA of 105.52 Thank you @twoinanddone! Would that be the May of my senior year?
You will make National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) which will make you eligible for full ride scholarships at several schools like University of Oklahoma, University of Kentucky, Florida International University, University of Alabama Huntsville and more.
You would be eligible for full tuition scholarships at schools like Arizona State University and University of Kentucky.
TAMU will give you $3.5K per year.
Look for your invitation to apply on March 10.
There is a partial list of NHRP scholarships in this thread:
Thank you! @nw2this! I will definitely look into these colleges!
I would encourage you to look at UT Dallas. It is excellent for STEM and awards merit scholarships.
if you have not visited Rice, then try to go. Rice is a terrific school, and you are in the ballpark for admittance.
Correction: I wrote University of Kentucky twice, I meant to say University of Nebraska in the second sentence
You would be eligible for full tuition scholarships at schools like Arizona State University and University of Nebraska.
If you aren’t contacted by March 10, Email them NHRP@scholarshipamerica.org.
You have top stats for University of Pittsburgh with rank and GPA, what was your superscore SAT or ACT? They always seem to like to increase their student diversity so might not hurt to send an application there. What is your intended major?
Here are a few possible options: (my son was awarded one of these and used it at a “meets full need school” which eliminated his work-study, summer contribution)
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/scholarships.html
https://www.aps.org/programs/minorities/honors/ibm.cfm
http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/actuarial/act-diversity.shtml
http://www.nacme.org/scholarships
My kiddos also used this program for app fee waivers, scholarship resources and other membership benefits ( no cost):
http://www.venturescholar.org/hs/index.html
“The Ventures Scholars Program is a national membership program designed to help underrepresented and first-generation college-bound students interested in pursuing math- and science-based careers link to information, resources, and opportunities that will help them successfully pursue their career goals.”
You do not need to be a URM AND a first gen, rather you can be one or the other and still qualify.
Hope this helps.
Kat
Thank you very much @katwkittens ! I’ve only taken the SAT once, and haven’t taken the ACT test yet, but I plan on taking both again. My SAT score from tenth grade was 2040, with a 770 in writing. @mommdc I’m not too sure about my major yet, though. Thank you, @txstella ! I will definitely look into UT Dallas, I’ve visited Rice but not while it was in session.
From the scholarship spreadsheet I keep for women in STEM (a few may not apply to you as some are only for black students, etc) –
Outdated deadlines should have similar deadlines every year, so just google them 
Deadline Name
8/15/2014 Internet Providers Scholarship
9/30/2014 Siemens Competition (science fair/competition)
10/31/2014 Coca-Cola Scholars Scholarship
11/1/2015 Ron Brown Scholars Program (African American students)
11/1/2014 Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship
11/12/2014 Intel STS (science fair/competition) - also look into Intel ISEF
11/15/2014 Stokes Educational Program (must work for them afterwards)
12/5/2014 National Space Club Keynote Scholarship
12/5/2014 Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship
12/5/2014 Sodexo Stop Hunger Now Scholarship
12/15/2014 Burger King Scholars
12/15/2014 AXA Achievement Scholarship
12/31/2014 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Scholarship
1/5/2015 RMHC U.S. Scholarships (general)
1/5/2015 RMHC/Asian Scholars
1/5/2015 RMHC/African-American Scholars
1/5/2015 RMHC/HACER (Hispanic/Latino) Scholars
1/8/2015 GE-Reagan Scholarship
1/14/2015 Gates Millenium Scholarship
1/15/2015 BMW/SAE Engineering Scholarship
1/15/2015 Ford/SAE Foundation Scholarship Fund
1/15/2015 Dan and Vicky Hancock Scholarship
1/15/2015 Edward D. Hendrickson/SAE Engineering Scholarship
1/15/2015 Donald and Barbara Mozley Scholarship
1/15/2015 Tau Beta Pi/SAE Engineering Scholarship
1/15/2015 TMC/SAE Donald D. Dawson Technical Scholarship
1/15/2015 Fred M. Young Sr./SAE Engineering Scholarship
1/21/2015 Simon Youth Community Scholarship
1/31/2015 Lint Center Scholarships (direct to you)
January Kaiser Permanente Asian Association Scholarship
2/1/2015 AXA Achievement Community Scholarship
2/13/2015 The Emerald Circle (Girl Scouts in San Jacinto Council)
2/15/2015 Davidson Fellows Scholarships
2/15/2016 ACPE Scholarship (Oregon & Washington students)
2/27/2015 Buick Achievers Scholarship
2/28/2015 Youth Foundation HADDEN Scholarship
3/1/2015 Blacks at Microsoft Scholarships (African American students)
3/2/2015 Shell Incentive Fund Scholarship
3/2/2015 GEICO Achievement Awards
3/3/2015 SanDisk Scholars Program
3/5/2015 Generation Google Scholarship
3/9/2015 VIP Consulting Women in Tech Scholarship
3/15/2015 The Fine Young Capitalists Technology Diversity Scholarship
3/15/2015 Microsoft disAbility Scholarship (disabled students)
3/31/2015 Big Fish Gaming Scholarship
4/1/2015 Buildium Women in Tech
4/6/2015 Great Lakes Scholarship
4/11/2014 Westinghouse Women in Nuclear Scholarship (Pittsburgh students)
4/15/2015 Exxon Mobil/LNESC Scholarship (Hispanic Students)
4/15/2015 Best Value Schools Women in STEM
4/30/2015 Digital Dreamers
4/30/2015 Milton Fischer Scholarship
5/29/2015 ESA Foundation Scholarship
7/31/2015 Lint Center Scholarships (direct to you)
Tall Clubs International Scholarships
Daughter of American Revolution Scholarship
REC Foundation and Texas Instruments Scholarships
2/3/2015 Jimmy Rane Scholarship
Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program
VIP Women in Tech Scholarship
Bruce Lee Scholarship from CelebrAsian
Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship
Intertech Scholarship
MENSA Scholarships
Women in Aviation Scholarships
SWE Scholarships
Monthly GoEnnounce
Asian Pacific Fund
Ann & Reynolds Scholarship
NCWIT (National Center for Women in Information Technology) has a scholarship program. It isn’t STEM, but MENSA gives out scholarships, too (and you don’t have to be a member).
However, some schools will reduce your need based aid by the amount of outside scholarships. And the best scholarships are usually from the colleges themselves.
As a former national winner of the NCWIT high school award – NCWIT does not have a scholarship program. If you win the award, you may receive a scholarship at a partner school.
If you win the National award, you get $500 in cash. I guess that could count as a scholarship, but in reality that covers your taxes on the award. Every few years a board member will choose a National cohort to award $1000 (non-renewable) to each National winner (35 girls) – the last time that happened was 2014 (my cohort).
Once you get your scores check these out.
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/
Lots of TX schools on the lists.