Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars Program

Applicants must:

• Plan to graduate from a US high school in spring 2017
• Intend to enroll in an accredited four-year college beginning in fall 2017
• Earn a cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.5 or above
• SAT combined critical reading and math score of 1200 (based on the old SAT scores) or above and/or ACT composite score of 26 or above
• Demonstrate significant unmet financial need. We will consider applicants with family income up to $95,000. However, we anticipate that a majority of scholarship recipients will be eligible to receive a Pell grant

Award: Up to $40,000
Deadline: November 30, 2016
More info: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarship-programs/college-scholarship/

Prudential Spirit of Community Award NEW
Open to all young people in grades 5-12 who live in the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., and have conducted a volunteer service activity within the past year.
Award: $1,000
Deadline: November 8, 2016
More info: https://spirit.prudential.com/

Stokes Educational Scholarship Program (NSA)
You must major in computer science or computer/electrical engineering and meet the following requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be eligible to be granted a security clearance.
• Unweighted GPA of 3.0 or higher is preferred.
• Must be high school senior at the time of application.
• A minimum SAT/college board score of 1600 (1100 Critical Reading and Math, 500 in Writing) or ACT of 25
• Demonstrated leadership abilities

Applicant must submit a one-page essay entitled ‘I want a career at NSA because…’.
Award: Up to $30,000
Deadline: November 15, 2016
More info: https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/icstudents.html?Agency=NSA