Scholarships

2024-2025 Scholarship Application

Application Opens: January 15, 2024

Application Deadline: May 15, 2024

The 2024-2025 application is now closed. Additional open dates may become avialable, and will be listed here and on the scholarship portal.

Specific scholarship opportunities that open AFTER the deadline will be listed on the scholarship application portal as they become available.

To increase the possibility of receiving a scholarship award, students should submit their completed applications before the deadline. Students are matched with eligible award opportunities throughout the entire academic year. Recipients will be notified through their ACES email and will have two weeks to accept their award.

Students submit ONE general application to be considered for multiple “auto match” Alamo Colleges Foundation scholarships during the current scholarship application cycle.

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Some academic programs also offer departmental scholarships that require you to complete a separate scholarship application. Please inquire about these scholarships with the academic department handling your major/plan of study.

Although many scholarships require a 2.5 or greater grade point average, there are also several scholarships that require a 2.0 GPA or greater.

Most scholarships require you be enrolled full time (12 credit hours or more). Some scholarships, however, require a minimum of only 6 credit hours (part time).

Yes. The Alamo Colleges District recognizes developmental coursework in consideration toward enrollment hours. Refer to the scholarship criteria for which you are applying.

If it states that developmental courses are not allowed in the requirements of a particular scholarship, then you would not be considered in that pool of applicants; however, the majority of Foundation scholarship opportunities allow developmental courses.

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Alamo Colleges Foundation offers many different scholarships. It is important that you fully complete the application to allow us to consider you for every scholarship for which you may be eligible.

Some scholarships require additional documents such as letters of recommendation, or an additional essay. Someone from the scholarships team or from the relevant college department will contact you to submit these documents if you are considered for such scholarships.

Scholarship judges or scholarship selection committees review and score scholarship applications. Judges/committee members are composed of faculty, staff, and/or community representatives.

Rating points are given to each applicant for GPA, academic plans, extracurricular activities, leadership skills, participation in community activities, and responses to the essay questions.

Selections are based on the applicant meeting the minimum scholarship criteria, and the points given by scholarship judges/selection committees.

Foundation scholarships are awarded and administered without regard to race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. All students are invited to apply for available scholarships

*If you are not a currently enrolled student, and would like to participate in our judging process, please visit Scholarship Judging | Alamo Colleges.

Scholarship reviews begin after the Application Deadline and continue throughout the academic year. You will be notified by email if you are selected to receive a scholarship.

There are some scholarships that are renewable, depending on donor wishes. These scholarships are renewed on a semester-by-semester basis as long as the recipient maintains scholarship criteria and requirements.

At the time of the initial award, you will be notified if the scholarship you are awarded is renewable.

Alamo Colleges Foundation reserves the right to cancel any scholarship at any time if the recipient fails to meet the standards of academic progress, scholarship criteria and requirements, or if falsification of information is reported or determined.

There may be situations where if a scholarship renewal is denied, you can apply for an appeal based on GPA and/or credit hour deficiency, or you have dropped a course, and are requesting an exception for repayment. Please complete the Scholarship Appeal Form.

The scholarship essay is one of the most important parts of the application. The essays are reviewed by scholarship judges and selection committees. Your essay should set you apart by showing letting scholarship judges and committee members know why they should rate your application above all the other applicants.

Essays are scored based on content and grammar.  Be sure to proofread before you submit.

PLEASE REMEMBER ALL RESPONSES SHOULD BE ANONYMOUS AND SHOULD NOT INCLUDE PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS (SUCH AS NAME OR ADDRESS).

Respond to the following two prompts. Please use full sentences and proofread your responses for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Responses must be between 200 and 500 words.

Essay One: Without including your name, tell us about yourself. This is your opportunity to provide information about who you are and what you do.

For example, you may include items like the following:

• Where were you born and where do you live now?
• How would you describe yourself as a person: strengths, weaknesses, and lessons learned in life?
• What activities are you involved in such as employment, family commitments, military service, community service, organizations, hobbies, and/or extracurricular activities?
• What are your personal and professional goals?
• What do you consider some of your personal, professional and/or academic achievements? 

Essay Two: Tell us why you are pursuing a higher education at Alamo Colleges and how a scholarship would impact you. This is your opportunity to explain your academic goals and how a scholarship would directly affect reaching that goal.

For example, you may include items like the following:

• Why are you choosing to continue your education at Alamo Colleges?
• What would receiving a scholarship mean to you?
• What are your academic, educational, career, financial, and/or personal goals and how would a scholarship help you?
• Describe what you are studying and why?
• Are there any specific issues that receiving a scholarship would solve for you?
• What expenses would a scholarship most help with?