Cedar Ridge Senior News: 2015 I'm First! Scholarship application is now open!

The 2015 I'm First! Scholarship application is open!

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2015

Hello there First-Gen Friend,

It's April, so you know what that means...the 2015 I'm First! Scholarship application is now open! The deadline to apply is Friday, May 22.

The I'm First! Scholarship is a $4,000 scholarship ($1,000 per year, renewable for four years of college) awarded to up to 10 graduating high school seniors who will be the first in there family to go to college and are planning to attend a CSO College Partner institution.

Scholarship winners have the unique privilege to serve as bloggers on ImFirst.org to share their college experiences and offer advice to aspiring first-generation college students on how to make it to and through college.

Ideal candidates will display the follow qualities:

Seeking financial aid and scholarship support for college
Strong writing skills and unique perspective
Strong capacity for reflection for blogging
Experience with or commitment to community service
Leadership experience
Commitment to helping expand educational opportunities for other first-generation students

Scholarship winners are not selected based on academic qualifications such as GPA, SAT/ACT scores or intended majors

Undocumented students are eligible and strongly encouraged to apply!

Apply here by Friday, May 22.

Best of luck!

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An Initiave Of

Empowering first-generation college students to and through college.

We believe that the opportunity for college exists for students who do not have a family history of higher education. I'm First! is an online community providing first-generation college students—and those who advise them—with inspiration, information, and support on the road to and through college.