Golden Door Scholarship
FOR SENIORS
Scholarship Benefits:
- Tuition, and room & board for up to 4 years at our partner colleges
- Career readiness support
- Mentor and fellowship opportunities
- Annual community building summit
Who is the scholarship for?
- Applicants must have one of the following documentation or immigration statuses:
- Undocumented, foreign-born people who do not possess a valid visa or other recognized immigration documentation in the United States
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
- U-1 visa
- Pending Asylum case open with USCIS
- Pending Refugee status
- DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
- Applicants must have high financial need.
- Applicants can be high school seniors, recent high school graduates, current college/community college students, or obtained a GED (General Education Development) certificate from a United States Program.
- Applicants must live in the United States for at least four (4) years before applying for the Golden Door Scholarship.
- For high school seniors, applicants must have an unweighted high school GPA of 3.2.
- For college transfers, applicants must have a college GPA of 3.0 and a high school GPA of 3.2 or a GED.
- Please note that US citizens and permanent residents are NOT eligible for the Golden Door Scholarship.
Link to our application: https://www.goldendoorscholars.org/apply
Applications are considered on a rolling basis, so applying early is helpful.
The deadline to apply for the Golden Door Scholarship is Sunday, Oct 1, 2023, at:
- 8:59 PM Pacific Time
- 9:59 PM Mountain Time
- 10:59 PM Central Time
- 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Below are links to register for General Info Sessions, which will take place on September 14, 2023, at 5:00 P.M ET
English – bit.ly/gds-english
Espanol – bit.ly/gds-espanol