Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc.: Ensuring the American Dream
for Future Generations

Undergraduate Scholarship

(application open for high school seniors in Louisiana, Montana and nationwide for students interested in a select number of colleges/universities)

Targeted Scholarships

(application open for applicants in their freshman year of college at a select number of colleges/universities)

Career & Technical Scholarship

• Be enrolled full time as a high school senior in the United States; be progressing normally toward graduation in spring/summer of 2020 with plans to enter a college in the United States no later than the fall following graduation
• Exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree at an accredited non-profit public or private institution in the United States (students may start their studies at a two-year institution and then transfer to a four-year institution)
• Demonstrate critical financial need ($55,000 or lower adjusted gross family income is required)
• Be involved in co-curricular and community service activities
• Display integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity
• Maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0; and
• Be a United States citizen

• Be enrolled full-time as a college freshman at specific colleges/universities
• Exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree
• Demonstrate critical financial need ($55,000 or lower adjusted gross family income is required and/or demonstrate Pell eligibility)
• Be involved in co-curricular and community service activities
• Display integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity
• Maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (check individual programs for GPA requirements); and
• Be a United States citizen

• Have completed high school (or earned a high school equivalency credential)
• Will be enrolled in eligible program in Fall 2020
• Exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a career or technical program (up to 2 years) at an accredited non-profit post-secondary institution in the United States
• Demonstrated critical financial need (must be eligible to receive the Federal Pell grant as determined by completion of the FAFSA)
• Demonstrated perseverance in overcoming adversity
• Be under the age of 30
• Be a United States citizen

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