Scholarships for Women & Hispanics
A number of college scholarships are offered to minorities, such as women and Hispanics. Some awards are for those still in high school, while other scholarships are geared toward people returning to college or already studying at a higher education institution. While financial need and grade point average (GPA) are important, some scholarships do not consider either when deciding upon award recipients.
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Society of Women Engineers
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Society of Women Engineers offers a number of scholarships to members and non-members. Awards are offered to current college students as well as graduating high school seniors. In 2009, SWE offered more than $470,000 to 180 scholarship winners. Applicants must be pursuing an engineering career, and some awards require pursuing a relevant degree at specific colleges.
AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program
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AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program is geared to women over 40 years old. Financial need is a major factor in the award process, according to the scholarship website. Those returning to the workplace after an extended absence, in a job with limited pay and/or advancement opportunities or women raising another relative's children are given additional priority consideration. Awards range from $500 to $5,000, and up to 100 scholarships are usually offered to selected applicants.
Funds can be used for either technical school training or undergraduate college education. However, the scholarships cannot be used to pay for graduate school expenses.
AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program
http://www.aarpfoundationwlc.org/
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
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Hispanic Scholarship Fund offers numerous awards to high school seniors, community college students transferring to a four-year university and people currently enrolled in an accredited junior or four-year college. A few scholarships for graduate study are also offered.
Full-time college enrollment is required for most HSF awards. One exception is for community college students who attend part-time but will transfer to a full-time four-year university degree program. Many programs require specific majors and proven financial need, while others are more general.
Hispanic College Fund
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Hispanic College Fund is another major resource for eligible students, both those graduating from high school and those already in college. HCF also features special internship and mentorship programs through some of the offered scholarships.
Each applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and pursue full-time college attendance. According to the HCF website, past scholarship winners have entered careers at companies such as NASA, Lockheed Martin, Estee Lauder and Google.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
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National Association of Hispanic Journalists offers scholarships to entering college freshman and current university students. Some scholarships also include internships at newspapers; all awards are earmarked for those pursuing a career in print or broadcast journalism. In 2009, NAHJ offered $91,000 to new scholarship recipients and $19,000 to six continuing scholarship students. Since 1987, the journalism society has awarded more than $1.6 million in scholarships.
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