ONGOING SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES


Varsity Tutors Scholarship Contest
Varsity Tutors holds a monthly college scholarship contest where students write an essay in response to a monthly prompt. Visitors to the Varsity Tutors scholarship webpage are able to vote via social media for submitted entries. The top five entries with the most votes are reviewed by Varsity Tutors at the end of the month and one winner is subsequently chosen to receive the $200 college scholarship.
Interested students can enter the contest here: http://www.varsitytutors.com/college-scholarship


Sallie Mae Monthly Scholarship
A scholarship that’s quick and easy to apply for is Sallie Mae’s $2,000 Scholarship. It’s only ten questions, and no essay. Better yet, they give out this scholarship monthly, so you can enter every month this year!   



SCHOLARSHIPS WITH FALL DEADLINES


​Heisman Scholarship (TBD, 2024)
heismanscholarship.com/

This scholarship is for male and female student athletes who exhibit excellence in the classroom, on the playing field, and within their communities. Deadline is TBD, 2024.


Coca Cola Scholarship (due TBD 2024)
The 2024 Coca-Cola Scholars Program application is now open. The application deadline is 5 pm est on TBD, 2024.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be:
- Current high school (or home-schooled) students attending a school in the U.S. (or select DoD schools) who will graduate during the 2023-2024 academic school year
- U.S. Citizens (not a Temporary Resident), U.S. Nationals, U.S. Permanent Residents, Refugees, Asylees, Cuban-Haitian Entrants, or Humanitarian Parolees - based on the guidelines utilized by U.S. Department of Education for Federal Financial Aid eligibility
- On track to graduate this academic year (2023-2024)
- Planning to pursue a degree at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution
Applicants may not be:
- Children or grandchildren of employees, officers, or owners of Coca-Cola bottling companies, The Coca-Cola Company, Company divisions or subsidiaries.
- International students (with the exception of students at DoD schools)
- High school graduates
- Temporary Residents (Your Permanent Legal Residence is outside the U.S.)

Apply at: 
www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/apply/


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Hagen Scholarship (due December 1, 2024)
The Hagan Scholarship is a nationwide need-based merit scholarship, designed to provide each recipient with the opportunity to Graduate College Debt-Free. Recipients of a Hagan Scholarship will graduate from an Eligible Public High School located in a county having fewer than 50,000 residents or from a remote rural public high school located in a larger county. There is NO Application Fee. 
Go to: haganscholarships.org/application/

2024 – 2025 Application Timeline
Current phase in red.
1. Application available September 1, 2024.
2.Application Deadline: December 1, 2024. 
3. Applications reviewed for completeness, compliance with instructions, eligibility. 
4. Finalists provide supplemental information in February 2025.
5. Finalist applications read, evaluated, ranked in March 2025.
6. Scholarships awarded by the Grant Committee in April 2025.
7. All Finalists notified.



Bezos Scholarship Program (due TBD)

Change your community. Change you. There’s no experience like the Bezos Scholars Program—a transformative, year-long, no-cost leadership development program that amplifies youth voice, collaboration and action so young people with passion can start making a difference today. Each year, 17 exceptional juniors from the U.S. and Africa, along with educators from each of their schools, are selected as Bezos Scholars.
Student scholars receive leadership training from noted experts along with free college advising and tutoring. At the center of the program are community change projects—fresh, achievable and sustainable approaches to solving urgent problems, conceived and launched by Scholars with our support.
The Bezos Scholarship Program is a program of the Bezos Family Foundation, an independent private foundation that champions the science of learning and its application.

Apply at:
www.bezosscholars.org/