LOOKING FOR COLLEGE MONEY?
SCHOLARSHIPS WITH
MAY – JUNE
2017 DEADLINES
Below, you will find a list of scholarship to get you started on your search. But first, here’s a few key
points to remember when choosing and applying for scholarship:
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Read qualifying instructions carefully – you don’t want to spend lots of time on an award that
you are not right for.
Limit the competition for award by applying to scholarship close to home but don’t be afraid to
apply for national scholarship awards.
Respond carefully to all essay prompts the key is always to be creative and specific, but to also
be sure to respond to the questions you are asked.
If you will be requesting letters of recommendation:
o Make sure to give your recommenders information about the scholarships so that they
can focus on the appropriate attributes in your letters.
o Develop relationships with your school faculty, staff and administration. Make sure that
you choose someone who knows you well and views you in a positive light.
Watch out for Scholarship Scams!! Scam warning signs include: fee requirements, money-back
offers or guarantee, credit card or banking account info requirements, unsolicited emails.
Ask your Program Coordinator or Academic Coach about scholarships not listed in this packet. Also,
your high school counselors work hard to provide scholarship information, so check with your
guidance counselors for more information on scholarships and other opportunities. Lastly, you can
check with specific colleges of your interest to review available scholarships through the institution.
Remember to think outside of the box in your search for funding, GOOD LUCK!!
MAY 2017 SCHOLARSHIPS
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America the Great?! Scholarship Slam
http://www.powerpoetry.org/poetry-slams/america-great-scholarship-slam
Poetry
Scholarship is open to students 25 years of age or younger who are current or former
high school students and who will attend or is attending college within the U.S. or its
territories. Applicant must submit a poem on their personal relationship with the
country.
$1,000.00
May 10, 2017
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Live Mas Scholarship
https://www.livemasscholarship.com/#home
Non Traditional
Scholarship is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of
Columbia, between 16 and 24 years of age, who are on track to apply for accredited
post-high school/post-secondary educational programs. Applicant must submit a video
(two minutes or less) that tells the story of their life’s passion.
Up to $25,000.00
May 12, 2017
Brower Youth Awards for Environmental Leadership
http://www.broweryouthawards.org/apply/
Leadership based
Scholarship is open to environmental change leaders ages 13 to 22 (as of Jul. 1, 2017)
living in North America (including Mexico, Canada, and some Caribbean Islands) and U.S.
Territories.
$3,000.00
May 15, 2017
Jane Austen Society of North America Essay Contest
http://www.jasna.org/essaycontest/index.html
Essay
Contest is open to students world-wide who are enrolled in high school,
college/university, or graduate school. Student must submit an essay on a given topic
related to a Jane Austen work.
Up to $2,000.00
May 1, 2017
Active Life Scholarship to Tackle your Weakness- Get Up! Get Active!
http://www.getupgetactive.org/active-life-weakness/
Essay
Scholarship is open to current high school and college students who are 15 years of age
or older. Applicant must submit three to five sentences answering one question related
to weakness.
$1,000.00
May 31, 2017
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College is Power (C.I.P) Scholarship
http://www.collegeispower.com/scholarship.cfm
Essay
Scholarship is open to students aged 17 years of age and older who plan to start a
program of higher education within the next 12 months or who are currently enrolled in
a program of higher education. Applicant must submit an online form and a short essay
on their primary goal for going to school.
$1,000.00
May 31, 2017
Unigo Fifth Month Scholarship
https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships/fifth-month-scholarship
Essay
Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who are legal residents of the 50
United States or the District of Columbia who are currently enrolled (or will enroll no
later than the fall of 2023) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher
education. Applicant will need to submit a short response to a given prompt.
$1,500.00
May 31, 2017
JUNE 2017 SCHOLARSHIPS
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Mark A. Forester Scholarship
http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/company/mark-a-forester-scholarship.php
Essay
Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in an accredited American university
or college, or will be enrolled for the Fall/Summer semester of 2017. Applicant must
write a 300-500 word essay explaining how they go about honoring America’s military
heroes.
$1,000.00
June 1, 2017
Abbott and Fenner Scholarship
http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm
Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors, as well as all students currently
registered in any accredited post-secondary institution. Applicant must submit an essay
on their educational career and life goals.
$1,000.00
June 12, 2017
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Best Book Light Scholarship
http://www.fromthebowseat.org/contest.php
Social Media Based
Contest is open to middle and high school students from around the world. Applicant
must focus on this year theme of “Ocean Pollution: Challenges & Solutions” and submit a
piece of art, poetry, prose, or film on this year’s theme.
$1,000.00
June 12, 2017
10 Words or Less
https://www.studentscholarships.org/scholarship/10257/10_words_or_less_scholarship
_scholarship.php
Essay
Scholarship is open to anyone between the ages of 14-25 years of age who will be
attending school in the Fall of 2017. Applicant must visit the StudentScholarships.org
Facebook page and share their 10 words or less on why they deserve the scholarship.
$500.00
June 30, 2017
Wells Fargo Bank CollegeSTEPS Sweepstakes
http://www.wellsfargo.com/collegesteps
Essay
Sweepstakes is open to full or part-time students who are in an accredited secondary or
post-secondary educational institution or program (including, but not limited to, high
school, college, university or trade school, or are home schooled in an accredited
program) who are at least 14 years of age as of July 1, 2016. Student must enroll in the
Wells Fargo CollegeSTEPS educational resource program.
Up to $5,000.00
June 30, 2017
Delete Cyberbullying Scholarship Award
http://endcyberbullying.net/scholarship/
Essay
Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are attending or
planning to attend an accredited U.S. college or university for undergraduate or graduate
studies. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to cyberbullying.
$1,000.00
June 30, 2017
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Digital Privacy Scholarship
http://www.digitalresponsibility.org/digital-privacy-scholarship
Merit-based, Essay
Scholarship is open to current high school, college, and graduate school students. Home
school students are also eligible. Applicant must complete a short form and finish the
following statement in 140- characters or less. “I’m taking responsibility for my digital
profile by…”
$1,000
June 30, 2017
Do-Over Scholarship
https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships/do-over-scholarship
Merit-based, Essay
Scholarship is open to students 13 years of age or older who are legal residents of the 50
United States or the District of Columbia and are currently enrolled (or will enroll no
later than the fall of 2023 in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher
education. Applicant will need to submit a short response to a given prompt.
$1,500.00
June 30, 2017
Huntington College Scholarship Sweepstakes
https://huntingtonhelps.com/contest
Essay
Sweepstakes is open to high school students and their parents or guardians who are
legal residents of the United States.
$4,000
June 30, 2017
Scholarship with Monthly Deadlines
This section list scholarships available every month.
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$1,000 Cappex Easy College Money Scholarship
https://www.cappex.com/scholarships/scholarshipDetails.jsp?scholarshipCode=gp
Monthy, Easy
Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are enrolled (or
planning to enroll in the next 12 months) as a high school student or college
undergraduate. Applicant must create a Cappex account.
$1,000
Last day of each month
CollegeWeekLive Scholarship
http://www.collegeweeklive.com/scholarships
Monthly, Easy
Scholarship is open to students who will enroll no later than the fall of 2019 in an
accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning (college, university or trade
school). Open to both U.S. and non-U.S. students. Applicant must register online at
http://www.CollegeWeekLive.com, login, and visit five colleges (go to their page) to be
entered for the scholarship.
$1,000
11:59 Eastern Time on the last day of the month
$1,000 Plan for College Sweepstakes
https://www.salliemae.com/plan-for-college/registration/
Monthly, Easy
Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of
Columbia who are of the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which they reside and who
are students, parents, guidance counselors, or financial aid officers at the time of entry.
Applicant must register for one of the company’s free plan for college tools.
$1,000
Last day of the month
$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
https://colleges.niche.com/scholarship/apply.aspx
Monthly, Easy
Scholarship is open to legal residents of the United States, as well as international
students with valid visas. Applicant must currently attend, or within the next 12 months
plan to enroll in, a college or university. Applicant must login or register for an account
with Niche.
$2,000
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11:00 pm Eastern Time on the last day of the month
$5,000 Social Network Scholarship
https://gotchosen.com/scholarships
Monthly, Easy
Scholarship is open to students 18 years of age or older who have been accepted to a
post-secondary program or college. Open to U.S. and international students. Applicant
must choose any channel on the GotChosen Social Media platform and create a post.
The post with the most votes wins the scholarship.
$5,000
11:59 pm Pacific Time on the last day of the month
$500 “Go Ennounce Yourself” Scholarship
https://www.goennounce.com/static/scholarship1/
Monthly, Easy
Scholarship is open to students enrolled or planning to attend a four-year college.
Applicant must create a GoEnnounce profile and share scholastic and extracurricular
progress and achievements.
$500
30th of every month
Chegg $1,000 Monthly Scholarship
http://www.chegg.com/scholarships
Scholarship is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia
who are at least 15 years of age and currently enrolled in high school or an accredited
college or university in the United States. Applicant must create a Chegg account and
answer a short scholarship question in 600 characters or less.
$1,000
1st day of every month
CollegeXpress Refer a Friend $500 Monthly Scholarship
http://www.collegexpress.com/scholarships/collegexpress-refer-a-friend-500-monthlyscholarship/2016183/
Monthly, Easy
Applicant must share their referral link with friends. For every friend who registers with
CollegeXpress, applicant will receive an entry into the scholarship contest.
$500
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Courage To Grow Scholarship
http://couragetogrowscholarship.com/
Monthly, Short Essay
Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens who are high school juniors and seniors or current
college students with at least a 2.5 GPA. Applicant must answer the scholarship question
in 250 words or less.
$500
Last day of the month
EDvestinU®National Monthly Scholarship Giveaway
https://www.edvestinu.com/scholarship.asp
Monthly, Easy, Short Form
Scholarship giveaway is open to legal residents of the United States or to foreign
students with a valid student visa who, at the time of entry, are enrolled at an eligible
degree-granting college or university. Applicant must fill out short online form.
$1,000
11:59 pm Eastern Time on the last day of the month
Innovation in Education Scholarship
https://www.latutors123.com/scholarship/
Monthly
Scholarship is open to high school and college students in the United States or Canada
who have at least a 3.0 GPA and are a citizen, permanent resident of, or hold a valid
student visa in the United States or Canada. Applicant must submit an essay and letter of
recommendation.
$500
11:59 pm Pacific time on the 20th of the month
Invite a Friend Sweepstakes
http://www.fastweb.com/invite-a-friend
Monthly
Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50
United States and the District of Columbia and at least 13 years of age. For each friend
who signs up with Fastweb through the applicant’s referral link, they will receive an
entry for the sweepstakes.
$500
11:59 pm Easter Time on the last day of the month
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Unigo Monthly Scholarship
https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships
Monthly
Scholarship is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia
who are 13 years of age or older at the time of application and who are currently
enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2021) in an accredited post-secondary
institution of higher learning. Applicant must submit an online short written response
(250 words or less) to the scholarship question.
Up to $5,000
11:59 pm Easter Time on the last day of the month
Varsity Tutors Monthly Scholarship
http://www.varsitytutors.com/college-scholarship
Monthly, Essay
Scholarship is open to legal residents of the United States who are at least 16 years of
age on or before their entry into the Promotion. Scholarship is intended to be used
during this academic year. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic. Once
submitted, the five essays that receive the most votes by the end of the month will move
on to Round 2.
$1,000
11:59 pm Central Time on the last day of the month
YCL Scholarship
http://www.yclscholarship.org/
Monthly, Religion Based
Scholarship is open to high school seniors and currently enrolled full-time college
undergraduates who have been endorsed by their peers, family and spiritual leaders as a
person possessing a profound measure of character, commitment to service, and
financial need. Applicant must submit a scholarship application form, most recent
transcript, and two letters of recommendation.
$1,000
The 15th of the month
Scholarships with Various Deadlines
This section lists scholarships with various deadlines. This can be because there are multiple
scholarships offered from one organization, or that information is still being updated. Check each
scholarship website to see more details.
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Alliance/Merck Ciencia (Science) Hispanic Scholars Program
http://www.alliancescholars.org/applications/
Interest-Based Scholarship and Internship
 Open to high school and college students of Hispanic heritage
 Must be planning to pursue a career majoring in Science, Technology,
Engineering, or Math (STEM)
 Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75
 Committed to work as an intern in a STEM discipline
$42,500 (High School), $2,000 (College)
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Common Knowledge Foundation Scholarship
http://www.cksf.org/index.cfm?Page=Scholarships
Must be at least 14 years old or older and planning on attending an accredited college or
university; International students are also eligible as long as they live and attend a school
in the U.S.
All U.S. high school, college, and graduate students are eligible ( parents can compete,
too)
$250-$2,500
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National Achievement Scholarship
http://www.nationalmerit.org/nasp.php
Academic based for black high school students
Black students may enter both the National Achievement Program and the National
Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
(PSAT/NMSQT) no later than the third year in high school, and meeting other published
requirements for participation.
$2,500
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Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC)/ HACER Scholarship
http://www.rmhc.org/rmhc-us-scholarships
Need Based
 Be a high school senior
 Be younger than 21 years old
 Be eligible to attend a two-or four- year college, university or technical school
with a full course of study
 Be a legal U.S. resident
 Live in a participating RMHC Chapter’s geographic area
 Submit a complete application and all required documentation by the deadline
on the application
 Meet any additional eligibility requirements outlined by each scholarship
program
 Provide verification of enrollment each year at respective accredited postsecondary institution
Four different scholarships are offered. See Website for eligibility requirements and
applications for each one. *pay close attention to deadline details!
$1,000
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United Negro College Fund Scholarships
https://scholarships.uncf.org/
Scholarships and internship programs for black students
Students from black, low-income families
$500-$10,000
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Horatio Alger Association
https://scholars.horatioalger.org/scholarships/about-our-scholarship-programs/
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See website for more information on national, state and targeted scholarship
opportunities.
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Scholarship Search Engines
The following is a list of college search engines you can use to explore more scholarship options.
Refer to the information and tips at the top of this page regarding searching for scholarships.
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Alliance Scholars
http://www.alliancescholars.org/docLib/20091214_ScholarshipGuide.pdf
Science and Technology scholarships and internships
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Big Future Scholarship Search
http://www.alliancescholars.org/docLib/20091214_ScholarshipGuide.pdf
Science and Technology scholarships and internships
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Black Student Opportunities
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search
Scholarship search for black students and other minority students.
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Cappex
https://www.cappex.com/scholarships/
Broad Scholarship Search Engine
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Hispanic Scholarship Fund
http://www.hsf.net/
Includes a directory that allow students to indicate citizenship status and provides
information only on scholarship that the student would qualify for.