ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Current foster youth graduating high school senior and currently enrolled undergraduate two or four-year college students

  • Current foster youth accepted into a trade / technical school.

  • Current foster youth 

  • Currently residing in New York

  • Demonstrated academic promise with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA

  • Acceptance into a two or four year college or trade school starting in the fall.

  • Enrollment into a educational entrepreneurial program

HIGH SCHOOL

COLLEGE

FINANCIAL NEED

Scholarship opportunities available through LEVERAGE YOURSELF are intended to supplement federal, state and institutional gift aid and require that you complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) (links to FAFSA

website: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa or your state's DREAM Act Application):

PERSONAL STATEMENT

In no more than 500 Words total, please address ALL the following prompts (one paragraph per prompt). You may submit your personal statement in essay format, bullet points, or short story, Grammar and punctuation matter.

  • Describe your short-term (during college) and long-term (after college) goals towards college degree completion and the steps that you are taking or will take to help ensure your pathway to college graduation.

  • Reflect on your personal journey; such as family and community influences, accomplishments you are most proud of, personal, social, academic challenges or hardships that you have experienced, and any other life experiences you had to overcome and how it molded you into the young person you are today.;

  • Indicate why you believe you are a good candidate for each scholarship you have been matched to.

Grammar and punctuation matter.

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