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Scholarship Updates

Students are encouraged to check out the following scholarship opportunities available through their high school College and Career Centers. Additional scholarships and awards can be searched through several comprehensive online databases as well as through the Financial Aid Offices of the colleges and universities under consideration.

Most scholarships listed below are for seniors unless specifically noted.

TBA: Deadlines To Be Announced

Scholarship Deadline Criteria
Abbott & Fenner Consultant  6/20/09 Essay, juniors and seniors
Alpha Phi Alpha Ira Dorsey 4/15/09 2.5 GPA financial need considered, attend 4 yr. college
American Chemical Society Scholars Program 3/31/09 Underrepresented minorities, chemistry or related science, financial need, 3.0 GPA
ASBO Dwight Jacobus Scholarship 3/1/09 Business/education major, 3.0 financial need
Ashley Tamburri Scholarship Achievers  3/31/09 Students who are cancer survivors or who are living with cancer diagnosis
AXA Achievement Community Scholarship 2/15/09 Outstanding ambition, drive, involvement in community activities
Beat The Odds Scholarship  4/7/09 High school juniors who have overcome significant obstacles in their lives
Blacks In Government Scholarship  3/31/08 2.5 GPA, Essay, see College/Career for application packet
Carson Scholars Fund  1/3/10 Grades 4-11, 3.75 GPA, nomination

Comcast Leaders & Achievers

12/11/09 Nomination, 2.8 GPA, community service
Cookerly Scholarship for Aspiring Teachers  4/1/09 3.0 + GPA, education major, contact College/Career Center for application
Datatrac Folsom Scholarship  4/13/09 Attend 2 yr. trade/college, citize, financial need, amt. $5000; selected based on potential for success
Delta Signa Theta  2/28/09 2.5 GPA, strong academics, community service, Montgomery County
Discover Card Scholarship  1/31/09 Juniors, 2.75 GPA, leadership, face challenge or obstacle
DOE / Hispanic College Fund  4/15/10 Must attend Hispanic Youth Symposium. Call Lindsay Bernsten 800 644-4223 for info. or your College/Career Center.
Education is Freedom Scholarship  5/31/08 3.5 GPA, financial need
Elks Most Valuable Student  11/2/09 Academics, financial need, U.S. citizen
Gates Millennium Scholar  1/11/10 Underrepresented minorities, financil need, 3.3. GPA, leadership
Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards  3/6/09 Online applicantions only: Academic, Community Service, Engineering, and Math, Healthcare, Journalsim, Sports
HOC The Bernie Scholarship 3/20/09 Minimum 2.0 GPA, live in HOC subsidized housing, application in Career Centers
Ithaca College Martin Luther King  1/26/10 Full tuition Minority, toop 10% leadership
Ivy Vine Charities Scholarship  4/15/09 3.0 GPA, school/community service, call 301-412-2466 for information
Jewish Social Services Scholarship 4/1/09 Financial need, one application multiple awards
Kaplan/Newsweek "My Turn"  1/1 & 2/1/09 Essay competition, $5000 first prize
Kohls Kids Who Care  3/15/10 Students who volunteer in their community
Ladies of Imani Scholarship  3/21/09 3.0 GPA, community service, essay
Leadership Montgomery Youth Community Service Leadership 3/13/09 Community service performed, up to five awards
McDonalds Asian Pacific American  2/16/09 2.7 GPA, leadership, service, need
Robert T. Mangrum Scholarship       10/15/09 Education and career in agricultural/plant related fields; see your high school's CCIC for more information
MD Educational Assistance Grant  3/1/09 Full time student attending college in MD, financial need
MD Guaranteed Access Grant  3/1/09 2.5 GPA, financial need, full time 2 or 4 yr. program
MLK Commemorative Scholarship  5/2/08 Financial need, for students who need incentive to meet their potential
Montgomery College Academic Speciality Scholarship  TBA

3.0 GPA, full tiution and fees for one year, renewable

Montgomery College Scholars  1/23/09 Competitive, honors program w/study abroad; strong GPA, SAT/ACT
National Co-op Scholarship  2/15/09 Science, math, engineering, 3.5 GPA
National Hookup of Black Women  3/20/09 2.0 GPA, community service, extra curricular actiities, see College/Career Center for application
National Press Club Scholarship  3/1/10 Talented minority, journalism, major, 2.75 GPA, $5000 yr for 4 yrs.
Neediest Kids: Keter Betts Music Scholarship 4/14/09 Jazz musician with documented financial need, submit CD, contact College/Career Center for application
NISEI Student Relocation Commemorative Fund, Inc. 3/5/2010 Scholarships for seniors of Cambodian, Laotion, Vietnamese ancestry.  See College/Career Center for application
OCA-DC Organization of Chinese Americans Scholarship 11/02/09 Create a work of art; write a reflection; submit an application; contact College/Career Center for application
PMI Montgomery County  4/15/09 2.75 GPA, scholarship quiz required
Princeton Prize for Race Relations  1/31/09 Cimmitment to advancing race relations
Ron Brown Scholarship  1/9/10 Black students, ecel academically, leadership potential, extracurriculars
Ronald McDonald House National Scholarship Program  2/16/09 Students with limited access to educational and career opportunities
Sam Walton Community Scholarship  4/25/09 $1000, apply online, code SWCS
Sammy Got Milk? Scholarship  3/6/09 High School Scholar Athlete, leadership
Skidmore College Filene Mlusic  1/19/09 Music scholarship, strong academics
Society of Women Engineers  5/15/09 Deserving females planning to study engineering or computer science
Star Montgomery Scholarship 4/4/09 3.0 GPA, African American 9-11th. grade. See College/Career Center for application
Susana de Moya Foundation  4/24/09 For Dominican middle and high school students
UNCF Scholarships  Varies African American, multiple scholarships
University of Mary Washington Alvey Scholarship  4/1/09 Four year, out-of-state, full tuition, room and board, top academics, leadership
University of Maryland Dance  2/17/09 Free tuition, dance major, audition
University of Rochester Kodak Young Leaders Award  3/15-6/15/09 Sophomore or junior, strong leadership, academics, extracurricualr, nomination
US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Program  2/9/09 Multiple scholarships, Asian or Pacific heritage, 3.3 GPA, financial need
USA Funds Access to Education  2/16/09 Financial need, minorities, disabled
Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship  3/1/09 For veterans, spouses and dependent children of active duty membvers of U.S. Armed Forces who served at least 60 days in the specified conflict.
Vietnamese Scholarship MVMA  TBA Vietnamese seniors in MD, financial need
West Virginia University Theatre/Dance Scholarship 2/1/09 For talented dance and theatre students, call for information 304-293-4841 ext. 3120
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