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Aid & Scholarships
| Tuition Funding Sources |
Access more than $41 billion in scholarship awards along with a career personality test and detailed college and career information. |
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| Scholar Match |
Scholar Match connects donors with college-bound students and helps bring college within reach. |
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| Immigrants Rising |
Immigrants Rising transforms individuals and fuels broader changes. With resources and support, undocumented young people are able to get an education, pursue careers, and build a brighter future for themselves and their community. |
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| FAFSA on the web |
Free Application for Federal Student Aid. |
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| FinAid! |
A comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid. |
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| U.S. Department of Education |
Grants, Contracts, Financial Aid, Education Resources. etc. |
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| FastWeb |
Find college financial aid, conduct a scholarship search with the scholarship search engine, and get the money you need to pay for college. |
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| College Board Scholarship Search |
FREE tool to find scholarships, other financial aid and internships from more than 2,200 programs, totaling nearly $6 billion. |
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| Cal Grants |
Students attending qualifying colleges and technical schools in California are eligible for approximately $12,000 a year to pay for college expenses. That's a grant, not a loan! This website tells you all you need to know, including how to submit your FAFSA. |
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| Chegg Scholarships |
Browse over 25,000 scholarships. |
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| California Dream Act |
The California Dream Act allows students who meet AB540 criteria to apply for different types of financial aid. |
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| Hispanic Scholarship Fund |
The nation's largest not-for-profit organization supporting Hispanic higher education |
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| Chicana/Latina Foundation |
Each year the Chicana/Latina Foundation awards merit-based scholarships to Latina college students. |
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| TheDream.US |
TheDream.US is a multimillion dollar National Scholarship Fund for DREAMers, created to help immigrant youth who've received DACA achieve their American Dream through the completion of a college education. |
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| MALDEF Scholarship Guide |
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund scholarship guide |
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| CHCI Next Opp |
Online tool that allows users to search for scholarships, internships, and fellowships by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Also provides helpful reading materials to further educate users about the college-going process. |
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| GoodCall |
FREE data based guide to scholarships of all types. One thing that makes this site unique is that you can search by a scholarship's entry difficulty and competition level. |
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| Zip Recruiter Scholarship |
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| OPL Teen Opportunities lists |
For regular updates on local and national scholarships, see the "Teen Opportunities" binder at your local branch. Or ask for our "Si Se Puede" guide to assist immigrant youth in achieving their college dreams. Available in Spanish. |
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| East Bay Consortium |
More than 200 local (East Bay) and national scholarships. The Consortium also provides approximately 40 scholarships for East Bay students attending 4-year colleges or universities and/or community colleges. |
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| East Bay College Fund |
Scholarships, mentoring, counseling and life skills training for East Bay (primarily Oakland) public high school students from low income families and communities with historically low college attendance rates. |
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| Port of Oakland Asian Employees Association Scholarship |
Scholarship program to encourage deserving Oakland high school students (of any ethnicity) to pursue post-secondary education. |
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| Boys and Girls Club of Oakland |
Scholarships for students who have been active members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland for at least three years. |