scholarship for high school senior to major in Computer Science?

Paying for College
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<p>I wonder if anyone is aware of some scholarship that is:
1. awarded to high school seniors
2. to support their undergraduate education in computer-related majors (in the U.S.)
3. applicable to international students as well</p>

<p>Currently I'm looking at scholarships given by large companies, and the problem is that most of them either award scholarships to their employee's children only, or require the scholarship applicant to be currently enrolled in a undergraduate program.</p>

<ol>
<li>[url=<a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/proscho/scholarships/uscanada/%5DGoogle%5B/url"&gt;http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/proscho/scholarships/uscanada/]Google[/url&lt;/a&gt;] only offers scholarship for minority groups (female, American Indian, Hispanic ...). Candidate must be enrolled university student.</li>
<li>[url=<a href="http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/internships-scholarships.aspx#urscholarship-1%5DMicrosoft%5B/url"&gt;http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/internships-scholarships.aspx#urscholarship-1]Microsoft[/url&lt;/a&gt;] offers scholarship for enrolled undergraduates only</li>
<li>[url=<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/us/benefits/afteribm/watson_article.html%5DIBM%5B/url"&gt;http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/us/benefits/afteribm/watson_article.html]IBM[/url&lt;/a&gt;] has one for high school students, but it's only for the children of their own employees.</li>
<li>[url=<a href="http://www.hp.com/scholars/%5DHP%5B/url"&gt;http://www.hp.com/scholars/]HP[/url&lt;/a&gt;] has one for minority groups only. (looks like it's for high school students, though)</li>
<li>[url=<a href="http://www.nsbe.org/Programs/Scholarships/Scholarship-Vault/Oracle-America,-Inc--Scholarship-2011.aspx%5DOracle%5B/url"&gt;http://www.nsbe.org/Programs/Scholarships/Scholarship-Vault/Oracle-America,-Inc--Scholarship-2011.aspx]Oracle[/url&lt;/a&gt;] has one for enrolled undergraduates only.</li>
<li>[url=<a href="http://research.nvidia.com/relevant/graduate-fellowship-program%5DNVIDIA%5B/url"&gt;http://research.nvidia.com/relevant/graduate-fellowship-program]NVIDIA[/url&lt;/a&gt;] has a fellowship program but it's more for graduate students.</li>
</ol>

<p>Anyone aware of a scholarship that satisfies the 3 requirements I listed at the beginning? Even if some requirements are not met you're still welcome to throw in some information here. Somebody else may be helped :)</p>

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<p>You seem to only be looking at private scholarships. There are scholarships awarded by colleges for high stats. However, most deadlines have passed. </p>

<p>Are you a current senior? </p>

<p>What are your stats?</p>

<p>How much can your family contribute (since most scholarships are not complete full rides).</p>

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<p>Oh yes I should have made it clearer that I was looking for a private scholarship. My family is in a very bad financial situation and can’t afford anything more than 6,000 USD a year, so I need a private scholarship to increase my chances at those need-sensitive schools (for international students like me).</p>

<p>I just graduated in December 2011 from a Junior College (high school) in Singapore.</p>

<p>My test scores are pretty bad. There’s no GPA here, and my SAT was only 2080.
My midterm had only 1 A and a few Cs, plus a fail grade for chemistry :frowning: Though I had 2400 for SAT Subject Tests (physics, chemistry and math2)</p>

<p>The things that make me slightly more competitive lie outside of the school. I have an independent computing project that is, according to multiple researchers from several institutions, either at or beyond the graduate level. Some of those researchers/professors referred to me as genius (though I don’t think I am). Apart from that, I’m also pretty productive in theoretical neuroscience, artificial intelligence and philosophy.</p>

<p>I’m applying to UChicago, Upenn, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Northwestern, Tufts, Rice, Williams College and Carleton College. What’s your advice?</p>