Amount: $1,000 $5,000. About: Offered by Coastal Bend Community Foundation, the A. Joseph Huerta “Puedo” Scholarships is a $1,000 $5,000 award to provide financial assistance to students who pursue education in college. Applicants must be graduating seniors from Mary Carroll High School, Collegiate High School, Richard King High School, Foy H. Moody High School, Roy Miller High School, Veterans Memorial High School, W.B. Ray High School, or Harold T. Branch Academy; must have a minimum GPA of 90% on a 100% scale; must be enrolled full-time at an accredited college or university; must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; only to students who graduated from a high school in one of the counties in the CBCF Service Area: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio.
Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior
Eligible Majors: All Majors
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: No GPA requirement
Deadline: March 1. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.