Students & Alumni Guide

Overview

HERO advisors increase college readiness for males of color and other underrepresented youth.

Application Dates - Year-round open enrollment.

Eligibility

• Must be in 7th – 10th grades
• Must be in enrolled in one of the following schools:

Overview

Urban Scholars provides each student with up to $15,000 to attend a four-year college or university.

Application Dates - Closes February 14, 2014

Eligibility

• Must be committed to earning a bachelor’s degree at a 4-year college.
• Must have a minimum GPA of 2.8 or higher in 9th grade.
• Must sign a pledge to achieve high school requirements.
• Must promise to assist at least one student to attend college.
• Must attend and graduate from a CSF – DC HERO high school
• Anacostia Senior High School
• Ballou Senior High School
• Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School
• H.D. Woodson Senior High School
• Maya Angelou Public Charter School (Evans)
• Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School

Overview

The College Success Foundation - DC Leadership 1000 Scholarship is a scholarship program funded by individuals, foundations, or businesses and provides four-year scholarships to deserving students from Washington DC who need assistance attending college. A College Success Foundation DC Leadership 1000 Scholarship can be customized around a general set of requirements requested by the donor. Scholarships are provided by benefactors who promise to give $5000 per year for each of four years. To learn more about the application process and eligibility criteria, see below.

Application Dates - February 10, 2014 - April 7, 2014

Eligibility

• Must be a high school senior, actively working to prepare yourself academically for admission to a four-year college, demonstrating your academic potential through your commitment to your classroom work and assignments.
• Must have a 2.75 GPA or higher.
• Must plan to be or already pursuing a four-year undergraduate degree.
• Must be eligible for the federal Pell Grant program. You and your family must file a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), if eligible to apply. If not eligible to submit a FAFSA, alternative financial information must be submitted.
• Must attend or have graduated from a District of Columbia Public School or District of Columbia Public Charter High School. If applying for the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation Scholarship, you must attend a DCPS, DCPCHS or a Prince George’s County public high school. 

Overview

The Achievers Scholarship Program was generously funded in 2007 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To date it has provided college readiness, mentoring and support, as well as scholarship financial aid to hundreds of low-income youth in the District of Columbia.

Application Dates - July 21, 2014 - October 17, 2014

Eligibility

• Must be a high school junior enrolled at one of the following 6 Achievers High Schools and will graduate from that high school in spring 2015 (students may only apply once for the Achievers Scholarship and should be approximately a year and half away from high school graduation at the time of application)
  • Anacostia Senior High School
  • Ballou Senior High School
  • Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School
  • H.D. Woodson Senior High School
  • Maya Angelou Public Charter School (Evans)
  • Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School
• Must be actively working to prepare academically for admission to a four-year college, demonstrating academic potential through commitment to classroom work and assignments.
• Must plan to obtain a Bachelor's Degree.
• Must plan to attend an eligible public or independent college or university.
• Must have family total income for 2012(adjusted gross income plus all untaxed) that does not exceed:
  Family of 2 - $39,000
  Family of 3 - $48,000
  Family of 4 - $57,500
  Family of 5 - $66,500
  Family of 6 - $75,500
  Family of 7 - $77,500
  Family of 8 - $79,000

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