Sentences with phrase «giving full scholarships»

Of these students, 12 were selected from public schools within San Francisco and given full scholarships to attend the program.

«My mom used [our undocumented status] as a way to get me to excel in school because she knew the only way I could go to college was to get into an elite school that would give me a full scholarship,» says Diaz, co-director of Act on a Dream, who was at the top of her high school class until her senior year, when her dad lost his job and she began working at Burger King 35 hours a week to support her family.

Yet today, Blackmon, now 21, is a standout student at Southern University at New Orleans, in the Honoré Center for Undergraduate Achievement, an intensive new program that gives full scholarships to young African American men who show promise despite unremarkable transcripts.

She wore a purple and gold University of Northern Iowa Tshirt that gave her a full scholarship.

Not exact matches

If one child decides not to go to school, goes to a cheaper school than expected, gets a full scholarship (more on that in a minute), or for some other reason doesn't use all of the money, you can simply change the beneficiary on the account and give those funds to another child... or even to yourself, if you'd like to go back to school.

Stacey Kole, deputy dean for Booth's full - time MBA program, says that in the past, scholarship awards were often given to applicants who would have come to Chicago anyway.

To give it full credit, it is in fact inter-indisciplinary, since it pervades the curriculum, misinforming teaching and scholarship in a large multitude of domains.

«Well, we'll give him a partial scholarship the first year and a second year he'll get a full scholarship.»

Given those findings, it wasn't surprising that the committee also determined that only 23 % of all athletes on full scholarship at State, and only 48 % at Chapel Hill, graduated.

The younger went to college on full - ride scholarships that were over her cost of education, so she was actually given the extra money for books and living expenses.

«Through this scholarship, Fernando, Tony, Narelys, Ramanjot, and Nayelhi will be given the full financial support to allow each of them to earn a quality college degree and pursue their dreams.

That's the reason he was given a full academic scholarship to Rushmore, an elite California prep school.

The voucher program gives full tax credits for donations to organizations that give private school tuition scholarships to students in low - income families.

This year, the winner will be given a choice between two options: Full scholarship to the 2018 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, including -LSB-...]

This year, the winner was given a choice between two options: a full scholarship to the 2017 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, including meals and economy lodging, or a full scholarship to the 2017 SoCal Christian Writers» Conference, including meals and dorm lodging plus reimbursement of travel expenses.

The only advice I can give my child about getting a higher education is either get a full scholarship to pay for school or don't bother.

If you're planning to attend, are currently attending, or have already graduated from a college or university, you're most likely going to end up having some sort of student loan debt (unless you had really giving parents that covered all your college costs, or if you were smart enough to get full scholarships, which most people don't).

«As the Free Education Committee works to identify a financial path toward full - tuition scholarships, we all can begin building a foundation of increased participation in giving, one that honors and supports the educational values alumni hold dear.

He studied at the Chicago Academy for the Arts and then attended Cooper Union, the prestigious private art college in New York City that until recently gave its art students full - ride scholarships.

Three of the departing trustees — Epstein, Libeskind, and Vachher — have written public resignation letters claiming that the reasons for their departure have nothing with to do with the board of trustees» controversial decision to discontinue the full scholarships that Cooper Union had given to every enrolled student for over 150 years, but rather the ineffectuality of the board itself.

(Technically, the college has a tuition price of $ 37,500 a year, but it gives each student a full scholarship to cover that cost.)

In it, John describes how a five - lawyer Toronto firm, Bennett Gastle, established Cambodian Legal Education for Women (CLEW), a charity that gives full four - year scholarships to young women from rural areas who would otherwise be unable to obtain a university education.

Some students who plan on entering public service make an affirmative decision to attend lower - tier schools which may give them in - state tuition rates or part or full scholarship.

Many colleges even give full or partial scholarships for such candidates.

Harnessing the power of the micro-fundraising site, Indiegogo.com, we launched a campaign to raise $ 10,000 that will give 100 long - term unemployed people a full scholarship to our Job Search Accelerator Program (JSAP).

-- Find scholarships: Even if your campus didn't offer you a full ride, don't give up on college scholarships.