Hey seniors — congrats on knocking out those college apps! Here's everything you should do to kick off your last semester. 🎉
Your January Checklist 🎯
- Get that scholarship money! Now that you’ve got your college applications successfully submitted, focus all of your application grind on scholarships. Putting the work over the next 2 months will potentially save you years repaying loans. Keep reading to see big awards closing soon!
- Send your mid-year reports. Many schools ask for you to send in your senior fall semester grades — ask your counselor if you’re not sure how to send in your report!
- Start tracking your school decisions. As your decisions are released, organize the pros/cons and financial offers of each school you’ve been accepted to. Be sure to include living expenses!
- Watch out for alumni interview invites. Check out our tips to ace your interview!
Upcoming Opportunities
- Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship (Due 1/11): The Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship awards up to $25,000 to hundreds of students with a passion to ignite change in their communities and beyond. Find more info and apply here.
- JFK Profiles in Courage Essay Contest (Due 1/14): The JFK Profile in Courage Essay Contest challenges students to write an original and creative essay that demonstrates an understanding of political courage as described by John F. Kennedy in Profiles in Courage. Learn more and apply here.
- Mensa Scholarship (Due 1/15): The Mensa Foundation Scholarship Program awards more than $150,000 in assistance every year to college-bound students around the globe. Find more information and apply here.
- Amazon Future Engineers (Due 1/25): This program provides students like you with an opportunity to upgrade their careers with a $40,000 scholarship, plus a paid summer internship programming at Amazon. Find more info and apply here.
- McDonald's Hacer Scholarship (Due 2/07): McDonald’s offers Hispanic students $25,000 grants to further their education and be in the front lines of transformation. Find more info here.
From the MM team 💙
Fun Fact 🤩
Dr. Seuss adopted his pen name “Seuss” at Dartmouth to continue working on the college’s humor magazine after he was banned from all campus extracurricular activities.🎩🐱
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Until Next Time,