Class of 2010 – Congrats on making your college dreams into a reality!

Apply Today!
Deadline is May 28, 2010.

ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP

The CSO Opportunity Scholarship is a $1,000, four-year renewable scholarship awarded to
first-generation, low-income, and/or minority high school seniors (class of 2010; entering the college class of 2014) enrolling at a
CSO College Partner.

Scholarship winners are also given the opportunity to serve as bloggers on Center for Student Opportunity's blog to share their college journeys and offer advice to younger students like them on how to make it to college.

Download the application here or email scholarship@CSOpportunity.org to request
an application.

DEADLINE:

May 28, 2010
All completed application materials must be postmarked by May 28, 2010.

ELIGIBILITY:

Opportunity Scholarship applicants are generally characterized by the following:

• Graduating high school (or home-schooled) seniors attending school in the United States
• Attending an eligible four-year college or university partnered with CSO in the fall of 2010. CSO College Partners can be
viewed here.
• First-generation college - students whose parents did not go to or graduate from college, and/or
• Limited financial resources - students who seek financial aid and scholarship support for college, and/or
• Underrepresented/minority groups - students who identify as African-American/Black, American Indian/Alaska native, Hispanic/Latino/ and Asian/Pacific Islander.

Opportunity Scholars are not defined by minimum academic qualifications.

More information on the Opportunity Scholars Program can be found here.