ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP:
The Center for Student Opportunity (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 four-year college or university.

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

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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 scholarships 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.

TIMELINE

1. May 28, 2010: All completed application materials must be postmarked by May 28, 2010. Incomplete applications will be disqualified from the scholarship selection process.

2. June 21, 2010: Semi-finalists will be selected and notified by email. Semi-finalists will be asked to submit a sample blog post. Scholarship committee will select finalists to advance to the interview round of the scholarship selection process.

3. July 15, 2010: Finalists will be selected and invited for phone interviews.

4. August 4, 2010: Winners of the Opportunity Scholarship will be notified.

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APPLICATION DEADLINE
Submit all completed application materials postmarked by May 28, 2010 via:

Email to: scholarship@csopportunity.org

Mail to: Center for Student Opportunity
ATTN: Opportunity Scholarship
P.O. Box 30370
Bethesda, Maryland 20824

Fax to: (949) 480-9470