Keeping the Dream Scholarship 2015 For 2014 Cal-SOAP Scholarship Recipients

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1 Keeping the Dream Scholarship 2015 For 2014 Cal-SOAP Scholarship Recipients Sponsored by: College Access Foundation o Caliornia San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP has received $250,000 to award in scholarships. Award Scholarships will be awarded to previous recipients o the Rewarding College Dreams Scholarship or Keeping the Dream Scholarship. Students must: $1,000 Be enrolled ull-time and attend a Community College and complete an Education Plan/Transer Agreement with the intent o transerring to a 4-year college or university. $2,000 Be enrolled ull-time and attend a 4-year college or university pursuing a Bachelor s Degree. All students who meet the ollowing criteria are eligible to participate: 1. Previous recipient o the Rewarding College Dreams 2014 Scholarship 2. GPA o 2.5 or better. 3. Be enrolled or attend a community college to be considered or the Community College Award, or be enrolled or attend a university to be considered or the University Award. 4. Complete the FAFSA and GPA Veriication orm by the March 2 nd deadline. 5. Provide a photocopy or printout o the Expected Family Contribution as determined by FAFSA. 6. Write a 500 word essay on one o the three provided prompts. 7. Must submit a copy o your inancial aid award letter or the school year (as provided by your college/university) by August 1, Scholarship applications must be postmarked or submitted no later than Thursday, MARCH 16, Students are to mail or drop o their application to the San Diego Cal-SOAP oice. All materials (main application, transcript, EFC, etc) must be sent at the same time or the application will considered incomplete. Students will be notiied by May 1, 2015 regarding their acceptance status. All scholarship moneys will be sent directly to the college or university campus by September 30, 2015, not beore. Please direct any questions to the Scholarship Coordinators at scholarship@sandiegocalsoap.com. Mail or bring application to: ATTENTION: Keeping the Dream Scholarship San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP 6735 Giord Way, Rm. 14 San Diego, CA (858) Ext. 220 Oice Hours: M-F, 8:00am-4:30pm Cal-SOAP is an Outreach Program o the Caliornia Student Aid Commission Keep this Page or Your Records

2 Applicant: Please provide name (last, irst, middle initial) Keeping the Dream Scholarship Program Application Postmarked by: March 16, 2015 Please type or write neatly and legibly in blue or black ink Student Inormation Social Security Number: Name Last First Middle Initial Address City State Zip Code Address Parent Address Telephone ( ) - Cell phone ( ) - Postsecondary School Inormation (Do Not Use Abbreviations) Applying or (please check only one): 4 yr. University Award 2 yr. Community College Award College Name City State Major or Course o Study College Level Student ID#: FAFSA Inormation (Attach photocopy or printout to the application) Did you complete the FAFSA? Yes No Date completed: Month Day Expected Family Contribution (EFC): Current Involvement Are you a part o, or do you actively participate in any academic support programs? Include tutoring, learning centers, and any support programs such as OASIS, Freshman Year Experience, EOP, EOPS, Puente, etc. List as many as possible, and include any you have used in the past. Submit Transcript Inormation A transcript o grades must be included in this application packet. Oicial transcripts may be obtained rom the Registrar s Oice at your college or university. An unoicial transcript, such as a printout o your academic history, is acceptable as long as it includes your current GPA. 1

3 Applicant: Please provide name (last, irst, middle initial) Submit Current Resume Please attach a resume with activities rom the past our years that include the ollowing elements (sample resume ormat at end o packet): Educational Objective Education Work Experience(s) Honors and Awards Community Service Activities Extracurricular Activities (outreach programs, clubs, sports, etc. special skills/talents) Essay Instructions Please attach a 500 word type-written essay double-spaced on one o the ollowing topics: Pick a controversial problem on college campuses and suggest a solution. How has your education contributed to who you are today? Describe your most meaningul achievements and how they relate to your uture goals. The essay must be your own original creative work. Essay will be evaluated on clarity, grammar, and content. Unusual Circumstances (I applicable) Please describe how and when any unusual amily, inancial, or personal circumstances have aected your achievement or participation in school, work experience and/or community activities during the school year. Attach additional sheets i necessary IMPORTANT **PLEASE NOTE: All scholarship recipients must submit a copy o their inancial aid award letter (as provided by your college/university) by August 1, Your inancial aid award letter may either be sent to you by mail or . You may also have access to this document at your online college account. **I you are selected or the Community College Award, you must also send a copy o your Education Plan/Transer Agreement rom a community college and/or provide some other proo o enrollment to the Cal-SOAP oice no later than August 1,

4 Applicant: Please provide name (last, irst, middle initial) Keeping the Dream Scholarship Proessor/Counselor Recommendation Form Please write NEATLY and LEGIBLY in BLUE or BLACK INK Student Instructions: Give this orm to a proessor or counselor. He/she must ill it out and return to you to submit as part o your scholarship application packet. You do NOT need to be present while he/she ills it out, but please remind him/her to return it to you when complete. Applicant s Name The above student is applying or the Cal-SOAP Keeping the Dream Scholarship Program. I selected, the student will be awarded either a $1,000 Community College Scholarship or a $2,000 University Scholarship. Your candid and careul appraisal o the applicant s readiness and commitment is appreciated. Please consider the applicant s ability level as well as social maturity or this scholarship. Proessor/Counselor: Ater you complete this orm, please return it to the student. Students are to submit this recommendation orm, scholarship application, and essay (application packet) to the Cal-SOAP oice. Scholarship postmark deadline: 3/15/12. Please compare the candidate with peers on the ollowing levels: Intellectual Ability Writing/Speaking Ability Willingness to Learn Interpersonal skills Maturity Responsibility Exceptional Above Average Average Below Average Overall Evaluation: Compared to his/her peers I would rank this student in the top No Basis or Judgment 1% 5% 10% 25% 50% Additional Comments: Recommender s Name (Please Print) Name o College Signature Position/Title Phone Number or Address Date 3

5 Applicant: Please provide name (last, irst, middle initial) Release o Conidential Inormation to Authorized Persons/Organizations By signing and submitting this orm, I authorize San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP to share all inormation held by San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP relating to me, including all inormation I provide in my application including, but not limited to, personal inormation, such as my name, mailing address, address and date o birth, and inormation relating to any inancial aidawarded to me and my attendance at any higher education institution (together, my Personal Inormation ), with the College Access Foundation o Caliornia ( CAFC ) or the purpose o researching and evaluating scholarships and programs, and to better enable young people to attend college and university. I urther authorize CAFC to share my Personal Inormation (including my name and birth date) with the National Student Clearinghouse in order to veriy my enrollment in and attendance at any higher education program to which I am admitted. I also authorize CAFC to share relevant portions o my Personal Inormation with (i) governmental agencies responsible or administering public inancial aid programs, including the Caliornia Student Aid Commission, so that CAFC can obtain inormation on inancial aid I receive or to which I may be entitled, (ii) any higher education institution to which I am admitted so that CAFC can veriy my enrollment and obtain inormation on my academic progress (including transcripts), (iii) CAFC s third party service providers, such as CAFC s or San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP s data management system provider, (iv) research institutions which undertake research on strategies to increase access to and successul completion o higher education programs, where transcripts and similar inormation are analyzed by such research institutions so that CAFC can obtain inormation on my academic progress towards a degree or transer to a our-year degree awarding institution, and (v) any other administrative, law enorcement or governmental agencies to the extent required by order or requirement o a court or such administrative, law enorcement or governmental agency. CAFC monitors the progress o students who receive scholarships unded by it and students served by its grantees and partner organizations so that CAFC can better evaluate the eectiveness o these scholarships and other sources o inancialaid in light o its charitable mission.as part o the monitoring process, CAFC may share aggregated inormation that does not include my Personal Inormation and may otherwise disclose non-identiying inormation with third parties or analysis, demographic proiling and other purposes. Any aggregated inormation shared in these contexts will not contain my Personal Inormation. I understand that CAFC will take appropriate steps designed to secure and protect the inormation I provide, to keep it conidential, and to prevent others rom connecting this data to me. To the extent possible, except as set orth in this orm, any inormation that could identiy me will be 4

6 Applicant: Please provide name (last, irst, middle initial) removed or changed beore such inormation is shared with other researchers, organizations, or institutions and beore any research results are made public in an aggregated orm. Except as set orth in this orm, under no circumstances will my identity and Personal Inormation be revealed by CAFC. This authorization will remain in eect until I revoke it, which I may do at any time by contacting Linda Doughty at Any waiver, modiication or amendment o this orm will be eective only i acknowledged in by CAFC. Further, I understand that San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP will maintain a record o this orm, that I am entitled to request and receive a copy, and that I may wish to make a copy o this orm or my own records. This orm will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws o the State o Caliornia, excluding that body o law known as conlict o laws. I any provision o this orm is ound to be invalid or unenorceable, that provision will be enorced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions will remain in ull orce and eect. Failure to enorce any provision o the orm will not constitute a waiver o uture enorcement o that or any other provision. This orm may be executed in counterparts, each o which will be deemed an original, but all o which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Student Name: Date o Birth: Parent s Signature: (i student is under 18) Student s Signature: (i student is 18 or over; i student is emancipated) Date: 5

7 Applicant: Please provide name (last, irst, middle initial) Application Checklist and Certiication Did you attach your EFC? (Page 1 o the FAFSA Student Aid Report that is ed to you) Essay? Transcript? Resume? Recommendation Form? Did you submit the FAFSA by the March 2 nd deadline? Did you answer every question on the application? Did you sign the Release o Conidential Inormation page? I certiy that all inormation on this application is true and complete to the best o my knowledge. I certiy that I meet all eligibility requirements as speciied in this application and the accompanying instructions. I have completed the FAFSA and a Cal-Grant GPA Veriication Form by the March 2 nd deadline. I my Community College Award is renewed, I understand I must submit my updated Education Plan/Transer Agreement and/or provide some other proo o enrollment by August 1, I understand that I must submit a copy o my inancial aid award letter rom my college/university to Cal-SOAP beore my scholarship unds can be released. I understand that the actual scholarship check will be submitted directly to the college or university inancial aid oice by September 30, 2015, NOT BEFORE. I understand alsiication o inormation may result in termination o any award granted. I understand that i I switch colleges or discontinue attending college, I will lose all scholarship money. Applicant s Signature Date Postmarked by: March 16, 2015 Mail or bring application to: Attention: Keeping the Dream Scholarship San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP 6735 Giord Way, Rm. 14 San Diego, CA (858) Oice Hours: M-F, 8:00am 4:30pm 6

8 Applicant: Please provide name (last, irst, middle initial) -DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE WITH YOUR APPLICATION. THIS IS A SAMPLE.- Sample Resume Format Legal Name Address City, State Zip Code Phone number address EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: EDUCATION: College: College Name GPA: Intended Major: Expected Graduation Date: High School: High School Name GPA: Class Rank Graduation Date: WORK EXPERIENCE: Employer s Name Job Title Job Duties: Employer s Name Job Title Job Duties: Date Began-Date End Date Began-Date End HONORS AND AWARDS: Honor/Award Date Received Honor/Award Date Received Honor/Award Date Received COMMUNITY SERVICE (Include all volunteer activities): Community Service Activity Date o Participation Community Service Activity Date o Participation Community Service Activity Date o Participation EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (Include Outreach Programs, Clubs, Sports, etc.): Activity Position Held Date o Participation Activity Position Held Date o Participation Activity Position Held Date o Participation SPECIAL SKILLS/TALENTS Skills or Talents Skills or Talents 7