We have profiled the QuestBridge National College Match Program, but today’s scholarship program is the QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship Program.  QuestBridge is a really wonderful organization that helps low-income students access education through partnerships with some of the most selective institutions in the country.

The Prep Scholarship Program provides over 1,500 awards for students.  These awards include:

• College counseling through QuestBridge
• Full scholarships to summer programs at colleges
• Paid trips to campuses

For the complete list of award benefits, check out the QuestBridge website.

To be eligible for this scholarship students must:

• Be current high school juniors
• Have an annual family income of less then $60,000

Additionally, the scholarship committee will be looking at students’ academic performance.  The QuestBridge site also notes that “many past award recipeients have also been part of the first generation in their family to attend college.”

If this sounds interesting to you, you can apply for the scholarship online!

The deadline for this scholarship is March 27, 2012!

Best of luck to all students!

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