SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

JACK KENT COOKE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation rewards excellence by supporting high-achieving high school seniors with financial need who seek to attend the nation's best four-year colleges and universities.

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

At a minimum, applicants must:

·         Plan to graduate from a US high school in spring 2014

·         Intend to enroll in an accredited four-year college beginning in fall 2014

·         Earn a cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.5 or above

·         Receive standardized test scores in the top 15%: SAT combined critical reading and math score of 1200 or above (must test by October 5, 2013) and/or ACT composite score of 26 or above (must test by September 21, 2013)

·         Demonstrate significant unmet financial need. We will consider applicants with family income up to $95,000. However, we anticipate that a majority of scholarship recipients will be eligible to receive a Pell grant

For More information and to Apply :: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/college-scholarship-program/

MARY ELLEN LOCHER FOUNDATION 

 MaryEllen Locher Foundation scholarships are given to the children of breast cancer patients, either survivors or deceased. Beginning with the 2014-15 academic year, scholarships are limited to students residing within a 50-mile radius of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 

ELIGIBILITY

• Students applying for scholarships from the MaryEllen Locher Foundation must meet the following criteria:
• Student must have lost a parent to breast cancer or complications relating from the disease or have a parent who has survived breast cancer. 
• Student must have a minimum GPA of 2.0.

NOTE :: Due to the high volume of applicants, we cannot notify each individual student of our decisions. Winners will be posted on our website (melfoundation.org) by mid-May of each year and notified by phone. Checks are paid directly to the college or university, not to the winners themselves.

MORE INFO :: http://melfoundation.org/#/scholarships