Education

College Preparation

Houston has great resources to help you get started down the path to college.

• College Scholarship Information

General Scholarship Information

• Greater Houston Community Foundation Scholarships: The Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF) administers a variety of unique scholarship funds that grant over $3 million annually to college students. The scholarship funds have been established by thoughtful and generous donors and each has a unique set of eligibility criteria and award structure.
• Big Future: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search
• College Greenlight: https://www.collegegreenlight.com/
• FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
• Naviance: https://student.naviance.com/auth/fclookup
• Student Scholarship: http://bit.ly/2KzqrLm
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship: Provides undergraduate students of limited financial means (Pell Grant Recipients) funding to study or intern abroad.
• Critical Language Scholarship (CLS): Offers opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in U.S. based degree programs to learn one of 15 languages through immersive study abroad institutes each summer.
• Fulbright: Provides grants to graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals, and artists to pursue graduate or professional studies, conduct research, or teach English abroad for up to one academic year.
• Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS): Part-time, virtual internships with flexible schedules. Interns can partner with Department of State diplomatic posts overseas and domestic offices, as well as other agencies.. All VSFS interns are unpaid and volunteer ten hours a week from September to May.

Diversity Scholarships

• Student Training & Education in Public Service (STEPS)
  • Use the drop down menu in the top left corner to toggle between scholarships, grants, and academic/career resources, all for minority students.
• EcuMed: https://www.edumed.org/financial-aid/african-american-student-scholarships-resources/
• EMERGE (Houston ISD, Aldine ISD, Klein ISD)
  • EMERGE empowers & prepares high-performing students from underserved communities to attend and graduate from selective colleges & universities across the nation. This program is only offered in Houston ISD, Aldine ISD, and Klein ISD.

Texas Based Resources

• High School Graduation Plan
  • Texas Education Agency: Texas Graduation Plans that breaks down the different types of graduation plans in the State of Texas, and list all requirements needed to graduate
• TASFA - https://www.highered.texas.gov/
  • The Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) is used to collect information to help determine eligibility for state financial aid programs.
• College for All Texans
  • College for All Texans shows different colleges within Texas and information on each of them. There are College Locator, college match up, States Net Price Calculator, apply to college, how ready are you?
• Apply Texas
  • This site allows you to research your options, apply using the Texas Common Application online, and saves the information so that you can use the application for several schools at once.
• College Application Help
  • Use these helpful links to find step-by-step information about how to fill out the Texas Common Application.