Scholarships

The Mission Viejo Activities Committee (MVAC) has established and manages a
volunteerism scholarship to honor high school seniors of exceptional character
and dedication to volunteering.  Five individual $1,000 scholarships will be awarded
based on the applicant’s eligibility. 

To be considered students must:

• Complete the application in full
• Submit an essay describing their volunteerism
• Include two letters of reference addressing the applicant’s volunteer experiences
• Have at least 150 volunteer hours of which 25 hours are through the city of
  Mission Viejo

Please see Mrs. Arlotti in guidance for an application

Deadline to have all documents into Mrs. Arlotti is March 1^st, 2019

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College Board has a $25 million commitment to encourage more students to take the steps necessary to get into college. This first-of-its-kind national scholarship program lays out six simple steps that all students can take to get into college. Students have the chance to earn scholarships when they:

1. Build their college list
2. Practice for the SAT
3. Improve their SAT score
4. Strengthen their college list
5. Fill out the FAFSA
6. Apply to college

Students can begin today by signing up on the College Board site. The first step
is to make a starter list of six colleges they want to attend. Just by making that list,
they earn a chance for a $500 scholarship.

Visit the College Board Opportunity Scholarships website for detailed
information and additional resources.

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Criteria:

• First Generation Latino/a applying to a four-year college
• Graduating from an OC high school or transferring from an OC community college and plan to enroll full-time at a four year college in fall 2019
• Completed FAFSA application or California Dream Act Application
• Student Aid Report (SAR) or CALSAR

The deadline to apply is December 31, 2018.

Questions? Contact Michelle Abril at mabril@oc-cf.org or Mayra Chavez at mchavez@oc-cf.org

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Scholarship is worth up to $4,000

Entries must be in by December 31^st, 2018

No minimum GPA requirements

Be sure to read all information before applying.

Please see Mrs. Arlotti for questions. 

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 PFLAG Scholarship application is now available.  Scholarships will range from $500 to $2,500. 

Scholarship eligibility:

1.  Must be a resident of Orange County at the time of the application

2.  Must identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or straight ally

3.  Minimum 2.0 Overall GPA

4.  Age 17-24

5.  Involved in LGBTQ support, education and or advocacy in their school or community

Information and application available December 1st, 2018 at www.pflagsouthoc.com

or see Mrs. Arlotti in the Guidance office.  

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