Merit/Institutional Aid: Visit the financial aid page of your top choice college(s) to see their scholarship offerings.
Local Scholarships for SENIORS ONLY:They begin coming in around December. See your School Counselor or whoever assists seniors with college applications.
Nichole Renee’s Go-to National Scholarship Sites
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RaiseMe: Earn micro‑scholarships from colleges for your achievements as early as 9th grade
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Fastweb – Create a profile and let fastweb do the research on scholarships, internships colleges and more for you.
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Cappex – A free website where you can learn which colleges want you, before you apply and learn about more than $11 billion in merit aid scholarships.
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Going Merry-We are a free scholarship search and application platform. Personalized matching. Thousands of scholarships and grants.
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Scholly – A mobile app that provides students with a fast and simple way to find scholarships for college. (Created by Christopher Gray, a Coca-Cola Scholar!)
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Unigo: Millions of Scholarsips, personalized results. Sign up and get matched to scholarships that are personalized for you.
Upcoming National Programs (large awards; dates are approximate):
9/15/23 The Gates Scholarship: The Gates Scholarship (TGS) is a highly selective, last-dollar scholarship for outstanding, minority, high school seniors from low-income households. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to 300 of these student leaders, with the intent of helping them realize their maximum potential.
12/15/23 Burger King Scholars Program: Administered by the Foundation, the BURGER KING Scholars program assists employees, employees’ spouses or domestic partners, employees’ children and high school seniors in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada in continuing their education.
10/31/23 Coca-Cola Scholarship: The Coca–Cola Scholars Program scholarship is an achievement-based scholarship awarded to graduating high school seniors.
11/18/23 Cooke College Scholarship: The Cooke College Scholarship Program is an undergraduate scholarship program available to high-achieving high school seniors with financial need who seek to attend and graduate from the nation’s best four-year colleges and universities.
01/2023 GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program Honoring the legacy and character of our nation’s 40th President, the GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program rewards college-bound students who demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship with financial assistance to pursue higher education.
2/2023 Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Program: The JRF scholarship is awarded to outstanding high school graduates who plan to earn a baccalaureate degree from an accredited, four-year college or university.
2/2023 McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship HACER stands for Hispanic American Commitment to Education Resources. Your generation is making the world a better place, and McDonald’s® wants Hispanic students to be front and center in that transformation. That’s why we’re giving you and your community more opportunities to make a difference. And to help you HACER® Más, check out the schedule of the McDonald’s® HACER® Education Tour, our livestream workshops, to help you and your parents, teachers and counselors through the college application process.
Minority, Low-Income Student Scholarship:
The Gates Scholarship: The Gates Scholarship (TGS) is a highly selective, last-dollar scholarship for outstanding, minority, high school seniors from low-income households. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to 300 of these student leaders, with the intent of helping them realize their maximum potential.
Fastweb Scholarships for Hispanic Students: Just like there are many Hispanic serving institutions, there are scholarships just for Hispanic students as well. These Hispanic scholarships seek to promote heritage as well as achievement in the Hispanic community.
Hispanic scholarships are typically provided by families as a memorial but, occasionally, students can find scholarships from larger corporations, as well.
Native American Scholarships
The American Indian College Fund – The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships to students attending Tribal College and University students, and undergraduate and graduate students attending any other accredited public and non-profit private college all across the United States.
The American Indian Graduate Center – The AIGC provides scholarships to American Indians and Alaska Natives pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees at accredited institutions as full-time, degree-seeking students.
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society – AISES provides scholarships to students and provides so much more in student leadership, mentorship, involvement and service.
Scholarship Opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native students is a resources page maintained by the federal Bureau of Indian Education.
Scholarships for Undocumented Students:
Immigrants Rising: List of Undergraduate Scholarships contains scholarships for undergraduate studies that don’t require proof of citizenship or legal permanent residency. This up-to-date list, organized by deadline date, contains scholarships at the local (Bay Area), state and national level.
College Access for Undocumented Students Toolkit: This toolkit contains tips and resources to help undocumented students navigate the sometimes complicated work of applying for college and financial aid.
Maldef Scholarship Resource Guide:The MALDEF Scholarship Resource Guide is a free, informative resource guide for students, parents, and educators with an extensive list of scholarships, including many that do not inquire about immigration status.
Golden Doors Scholars: https://www.goldendoorscholars.org/apply-now
Students in Foster Care:
Foster Care to Success (Opens 1/1/2021): We offer a full range of support to the students in our programs: including one-on-one mentoring, care packages, internship opportunities and academic coaching.
Pennsylvania Chafee Education and Training Grant Program: This federally funded program offers grants to Pennsylvania undergraduate students aging out of foster care who are attending an eligible postsecondary institution.
Athletic Scholarships:
NCAA: As part of its commitment to providing a pathway to opportunity, the NCAA awards scholarships and grants for further education to college athletes who demonstrate outstanding academic and athletic achievement. Colleges and universities are also awarded grants to improve academics and enhance campus culture – all to support student-athletes.
Other Search Engines and Scholarship Programs via Coca Cola Scholars Website
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American Indian College Fund – Provides Native American students with scholarships and financial support for the nation’s 33 accredited tribal colleges and universities.
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American Indian Graduate Center & AIGCS – The largest scholarship providers to Native students in the United States, awarding $15 million in scholarships annually and more than $200 million since inception. For almost 50 years, AIGC has funded students pursing undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in any field of study at any accredited institution of choice, working with over 500 tribes in all 50 states.
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Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund – The nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted to providing college scholarships for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).
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CashCourse – Information that helps college students stay financially informed.
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Chegg – A place to connect with scholarships and learn about colleges.
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College Board Opportunity Scholarships – The program guides juniors and seniors through the college planning process and offers the chance to earn scholarships, from $500 to $40,000, for every action that students complete.
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Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation – Educational and scholarship opportunities for students of all levels.
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Dell Scholars Program – Recognizes academic potential and determination in students that have a definite need for financial assistance.
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Gates Millennium Scholars – Provides outstanding low income African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline they choose.
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Goizueta Legacy Scholarship – Provides scholarships for the children of Coca-Cola employees.
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KnowHow2GO – Complete information on college prep, whether in middle school or seniors.
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HS Finder (Hispanic Scholarship Fund) – Scholarship information for Latino students.
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Peerlift – Proven scholarships, internships, summer programs, and more gathered by fellow students like you. (Founded by a team of 2017 Coca-Cola Scholars!) Learn more about the creation of Peerlift.
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Petersons: It doesn’t matter how much scholarship money is available, if you don’t qualify for any of it. Peterson’s scholarship search tool reaches super hero status with its ability to filter available scholarships by school type, ethnicity, gender, field of study, state of residence, award type, and more!
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Reagan Foundation Scholarships – Scholarship opportunities for outstanding student leaders.
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Scholar Snapp – A free, simple to use data standard that allows students to reuse their application information – including contact information, essays, transcripts, etc. – from one scholarship application to another thereby streamlining the college scholarship application process.
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Scholarships.com– A free college scholarship search and financial aid information.
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Scholarship America – Provides information and resources for your scholarship search.
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund – Provides scholarships, programmatic and capacity building support to the 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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UNCF – Awards 10,000 students each year through 400 scholarship and internship programs so that students from low- and moderate-income families can afford college tuition, books and room and board.
GOOD LUCK!!!