Scholarships
Amount: Up to $40,000. About: The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is designed to help students attending two-year institutions transfer to four-year institutions. Applicants must be second-year community college students or have recently graduated, plan to enroll full-time in a baccalaureate program at an accredited college or university, meet a minimum GPA requirement…
Amount: Up to $55,000 per year. About: The Cooke College Scholarship Program is an undergraduate scholarship program for high-achieving high school seniors. Applicants must be high school seniors planning to enroll full-time in a baccalaureate program at an accredited college or university, meet a minimum GPA requirement of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, and demonstrate…
Amount: $3,000. About: Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) annually offers a range of scholarships to its members. To be eligible for any of KKG’s scholarships, applicants must be initiated members, be in good standing with the fraternity, be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree, have paid any necessary financial dues, and meet minimum GPA requirements. The…
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by the Junior League of Washington, the Meg Graham Scholarship is annually awarded to graduating seniors living in DC who are passionate about volunteerism. Applicants must be Washington DC residents, attend a DC public, private, parochial, or charter school, plan to enroll at an accredited four-year college or university, meet a…
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: Every year, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum runs the Profile in Courage Essay Contest, in which U.S. high school students compete for a share of nearly $20,000. Students are asked to submit a 700- to 1,000-word essay that describes and analyzes an act of political courage by an…
Amount: $5,000. About: Administered by The University Network (TUN.com), the Jacoby & Meyers Latinx Community Scholarship is a $5,000 award. Applicants must be of Latinx descent, reside in California, be high school seniors or first- and second-year college/trade school students, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, and be actively involved in community…