Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the Ralph Hale and Martha L. Ruppert Educational Scholarship is a $10,000 award to support ate-bloomers” with academic promise who struggled in high school and early in their college career. Applicants is a “late bloomer” who demonstrates academic promise and continuous grade point average improvement during high school or college; Applicants demonstrates community involvement; maximum cumulative grade point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale; demonstrated financial hardship; graduating high school senior or graduate of a public or private high school in San Mateo County, San Francisco County, or Santa Clara County; planning to enroll or enrolled in two- or four-year college, university or vocational school as a full-time student; United States citizen or eligible non-citizen (eligible non-citizens include United States legal residents and A.B. 540 students); Applicants must be graduating high school seniors eligible.
Eligible Grade Levels: Graduate Student, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Community College Student, High School Senior
Eligible Majors: All Majors
Residency Requirement: No residency requirement
Minimum GPA: No GPA requirement
Deadline: February 28. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.