The 2012 CSO Opportunity Scholarship application is now available.

Deadline May 25, 2012.

Center for Student Opportunity's  Opportunity Scholarship is a $2,000 four-year renewable scholarship awarded to first-generation college students graduating in the high school class of 2012 (entering the college class of 2016) enrolling at a CSO College Partner.

Scholarship winners may serve as monthly guest bloggers on the Opportunity Scholars web blog to share insight and perspective about their transition to college and successes thereafter.

ELIGIBILITY

Current high school (or home-schooled) seniors attending school in the United States.

·         Neither parent has earned a four-year college degree.

·         Must be attending a CSO partner college or university. A complete list of CSO College Partners can be viewed here:

·         http://csopportunity.org/college_partners/coll_partners.aspx 

·         Seek financial aid and scholarship support for college.

·         Involved in extracurricular and leadership programs in school or in the community.

Opportunity Scholars are not defined by minimum academic qualifications.