Financial aid can help you afford college. Check out these 3 steps on how to get Financial Aid.
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“A group of students and advocacy groups says the standardized testing requirement is biased and unconstitutional.”
“A coalition of students, advocacy groups and a largely black and Hispanic California school district filed suit against the University of California system on Tuesday to stop it from using standardized test scores in its admissions. The move, if successful, could shake up the testing industry and radically reshape college admissions.”
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Crisis hotline for young people of color
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Are you a college freshman or sophomore interested in a career in the medical field? Then check out this FREE MedPrep program that takes place over 3 summers.
Deadline to apply: March 1st, 2020
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Overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections. Interested in digital marketing or data analytics? We're all about overcoming underemployment. That means we're looking for recent college graduates still searching for their first “career job.” Deadline for Spring 2020 cohort is January 20th, 2020.
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Looking for a summer job that will make a difference? Fresh Air Fund is hiring camp counselors, nurses, office managers, program staff, waterfront staff and more! All positions are paid and include housing, food and transportation to and from NYC.
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Program Overview
The Mexican Studies Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to highly motivated students. The scholarship program is intended to help current and future community leaders to advance their educational goals. Recipients will work closely with the Institute staff and community-based organizations to advance the Mexican and/or immigrant community. Criteria for selection are academic achievement, financial need, and commitment to service in the immigrant and/or Mexican community in New York, without consideration of immigration status.
Award Amount
Up to $7,000 to current and prospective CUNY students.
Eligibility Requirements:
Have graduated or will graduate from high school or have earned or will earn a high school equivalency diploma by the end of the 2019-2020 academic year
Intend to enroll full time in an associate or baccalaureate program at a CUNY Campus in Fall 2020 AND Spring 2021
OR If a Graduate Student, must intend to enroll full time in a master's degree program either Fall 2020 OR Spring 2021
Must demonstrate significant financial need
Willingness to be a lifelong learner
Openness to share experiences and accomplishments to inspire other students
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 31ST, 2020 11:59PM EST
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Scholarships don't have to exist in your rich reveries. Let your dreams be your muse - and your ticket to free money for school. One "dreamer" in our I Have a Dream Scholarship Scholarship will receive $1,500 to help make his or her educational dream come true.
Applicants must:
Be thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of application
Be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia
Be currently enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2026) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education
Submit an online written response to the question:
"We want to know... what do you dream about? Whether it's some bizarre dream you had last week, or your hopes for the future, share your dreams with us for a chance to win $1,500 for college." (250 words or less)
DEADLINE TO APPLY : JANUARY 31st, 2020
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The Point Foundation Scholarship is open to LGBTQ undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled or intending to enroll full-time at an accredited college or university based in the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, in the fall of 2020. Students studying at community colleges, online programs, or trade schools, are NOT eligible.
Point Foundation considers many factors when assessing scholarship applicants, including:
A proven track record of leadership and community involvement
Strong academic achievement
Working for the betterment of the LGBTQ community
Financial need
Eligible applicants also:
Must be enrolled or intending to enroll at an accredited college or university based in the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, in the fall of 2020. Students enrolled or intending to enroll in a college or university in a United States territory are NOT eligible.
Must be “out” as a person who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community.
Must be enrolled full-time for the full academic year.
Must be enrolled in a degree-granting undergraduate or graduate/ doctoral program. Post-doctoral research programs are not eligible.
Students studying at community colleges, online programs, or trade schools, are NOT eligible. [But, if you are a community college student, check out our Community College Scholarship]
Community college students must be transferring to a four-year college or university.
Must be at least a senior in high school.
If selected as a finalist, the finalist must be in North or Central America on April 23-25 and be available to fly to Los Angeles in order to remain eligible for the scholarship. All travel expenses will be covered by Point.
IMPORTANT DATES
NOVEMBER 1
Point’s Scholarship Application opens online.
JANUARY 27
Application closes at 11:59pm PST.
MARCH 6
Semifinalists ONLY – supplemental materials due.
APRIL 23-25
Finalists ONLY – in person interviews in Los Angeles.
Basta prepares you to:
Navigate the job search process
Communicate your unique value-add
Be equipped for success on day 1
There are two ways to participate
Job Search + Readiness Program:
Program Description: 10-week program, 50 hours in length, delivered both virtually and in-person
Ideal candidate:
First in their family to graduate from college and a person of color
Seeking a full-time job after graduation
Within 1 year of graduating from a 4-year institution
Previous participant schools include CUNY & SUNY network, Rutgers, Fordham, NYU (and more)
CUNY/ Basta Career Readiness Partnership:
Program Description: Monthly meetups hosted by employers focused on career exposure, networking and gaining industry knowledge
Ideal candidate: Open to all CUNY students across the campuses interested in a career in financial services
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 8TH
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For 10 years, the New Sanctuary Coalition has been led by and for immigrants to stop the inhumane system of deportations and detentions in this country. Our small and scrappy team works with an army of over 500 volunteers to provide person-to-person support to many hundreds of immigrants — the people we call “friends,” not clients — facing detention and deportation.
New Sanctuary springs from New York’s faith-based and social justice communities and forms a unique family of citizens and immigrants, bound by a love of humanity and mutual respect.
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For more than four decades, Covenant House has helped transform and save the lives of more than a million homeless, runaway and trafficked young people. We offer housing and support services to young people in need – currently reaching 74,000 youth every year.
How we serve
Our comprehensive program model builds a life-affirming bridge for young people by engaging youth on the street (Street Outreach) providing no-barrier, safe, short-term housing to meet their immediate needs (Immediate Care), and longer-term transitional housing (Rights of Passage) to assist those who are ready for more independent living.
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The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities.
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It is the mission of Odyssey House:
To provide comprehensive and innovative services to the broadest range of metro New York’s population who:
Abuse drugs
Abuse alcohol
Suffer from mental illness
To provide high quality, holistic treatment impacting all major life spheres: psychological, physical, social, family, educational, and spiritual.
To support personal rehabilitation, renewal, and family restoration.
In all of its activities, Odyssey House undertakes to act as a responsible employer and member of the community, and manage the assets of the organization in a professional manner.
Phone Number: 718-860-2994
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Are you a college senior interested in working in the nonprofit sector? Then apply for the Newman’s Own Fellowship!
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Established in 1967, Bedford Stuyvesant Community Legal Services has provided quality free legal services to the low-income residents of Central Brooklyn. The office has pursued this mission through the dedicated work of its staff of attorneys, paralegal case-handlers, law students, and volunteers, as well as in partnership with law firms and community organizations. Today, as part of the Legal Services NYC family, they continue to provide free legal services, community education and training, and information and resources for local residents.
Phone number: 7187734116
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ASPIRA of New York has been dedicated to serving New York City youth and their families, providing opportunities that would otherwise not be available to them, and serving as an effective advocate, fighting to improve education in the Puerto Rican and Latino communities.
To foster the social advancement of the Puerto Rican/Latino community by supporting its youth in the pursuit of educational excellence through leadership development activities and programs that emphasize commitment to the community and pride in the Puerto Rican/Latino culture.
Phone Number: 718-585-3353
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Argus provides innovative programs which engage and help severely disadvantaged New Yorkers and their families and loved ones free themselves from poverty and drug abuse and chemical dependency build new lives based on responsibility, work, and hope. Argus provides a drug-free, safe, and nurturing environment in which persons living on the fringes of society can acquire education and skills and transform maladaptive attitudes and behaviors. We emphasize self-help, personal responsibility, and mutual support.
Argus also offers health care, educational, and case management programs tailored to adults, their families and loved ones their needs for:
Addiction and chemical dependence evaluation, assessment, and treatment
STD, HIV and AIDS, and pregnancy prevention
Safer sex
Parenting skills
Help with court cases
Work experience
Housing
Education
Job readiness
Skills training and placement
Phone Number: 718 401 5700
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10 things you love about you!
Inspired by David Letterman and his top ten lists, we created the Top Ten List Scholarship. With so many awards based on grades and extracurricular activities, this unique scholarship gives you the chance to show us what's truly special and different about you. Get creative, be serious, or tug at our heart strings. Whatever you do, you only have ten reasons to convince us, so make each one count.
Applicants must:
Be thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of application
Be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia
Be currently enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2025) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education
Submit an online written response to the question:
"Create a Top Ten List of the top ten reasons you should get this scholarship." (250 words or less)
Application Deadline : December 31, 2019
The Top Ten List Scholarship winner will be notified by email or phone on or around March 31, 2020.
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A full–tuition scholarship for a woman in science, technology, engineering, or math.
Funded by Cards Against Humanity.
How To Apply:
Film a three–minute video of yourself explaining a STEM topic you're passionate about. You must be a high school senior or an undergraduate college student to apply.
Your video should be:
A mini–lecture, not a personal statement. Pretend you're a lecturer speaking to a class. Teach us something.
Clear, creative, accurate, and a demonstration of your passion for the subject. Your video doesn't need to be fancy or high–tech. Production value is not a factor.
Three minutes or less in length.
About any STEM topic, not necessarily your field of study.
Scientifically accurate. We encourage you to cite sources you use to research your topic.
Uploaded to YouTube and marked ‘public.’ It should be accessible to the general public and could, but doesn't have to be, targeted at young students.