Scholarship Description
Over 500 students benefit annually from scholarships and grants awarded through the CollegeBound Foundation. A wide range of community advocates, including foundations, individuals and corporations have selected CollegeBound as their scholarship provider. Special scholarships funded by individual donors or corporations may identify specific criteria. Additionally, CollegeBound funds the need-based Last Dollar Grant program that awards Baltimore City public high school graduates $3,000 annually for up to six years of college. CollegeBound Last Dollar Grant recipients graduate at 2.5 times the college completion rate of students from similar socioeconomic backgrounds.
Renewable and Non-renewable awards are available. Close to $4 Million in scholarships are available. Awards range from $500 to $10,000 for the academic year.
Eligibility Requirements
- 3.0 Minimum GPA
- For residents of the following states: Maryland
- Type of institution award is open to: four-year college
- Award is available to U.S. citizens
Application Requirements
- Application form required
- Transcript required
- Financial need analysis required
- Essay required
- Recommendations or references required
- Special requirements exist (These are specified in text.)
- Resume Required
- Student Aid Report (if available)
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For more than 30 years, the CollegeBound Foundation has helped low-income and first-generation students realize their dreams of a college education. CollegeBound works exclusively in Baltimore City public schools using a nationally-recognized college advising model that has transformed the lives of more than 53,000 students. Today, CollegeBound operates in 21 Baltimore City public high schools, providing full-time college advisors, delivering need-based funding through Last Dollar Grants, and administering a scholarship portfolio close to $3 million.
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