Harvard University: Undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition

Harvard University Announcement

Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition.  In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough.  We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution." 

If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition.  The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to

Harvard for free... no tuition and no student loans! 

To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard's financial aid website at: http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu  or call the school's financial aid office at  (617) 495-1581.
 
SEND TO SOMEONE WHETHER THEY CAN USE OR NOT.  THEY JUST MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN.

Gates Millenium Scholarship

 The Gates Millenium Scholarship deadline is January 10, 2010
http://www.gmsp.org/

The Gates Millennium Scholars 2010 Nomination Process has launched. The submission deadline is January 11, 2010 (11:59 p.m. EST).

Click here to access the GMS Scholarship application.

Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they:

• Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander American, or Hispanic American;
• Are a citizen/legal permanent resident or nationals of the United States;
• Have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (un-weighted);
• Will be enrolling for the first-time at a U.S. accredited* college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year student in the fall of 2010; or GED
• Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities;
• Meet the Federal Pell Grant* eligibility criteria; and
• Have all three forms (Nominee Personal Information Form completed by the student, Nominator Form completed by an educator familiar with the student's academic record and a Recommender Form completed by a person familiar with the student's leadership and community service) submitted by the deadline.

In order to be

eligible to be considered for the GMS scholarship, all three forms must be submitted by the deadline.

1. Nominee Form (student application)
2. Nominator Form
3. Recommender Form