Foothill Great Perseverance Scholarship
Description:
To recognize students who have overcome a great hardship, such as being the first in their family to go to college, having lived with a disability, overcoming economic hardship, having re-entered college after a period of absence, being a single parent, etc., and who have persevered academically.
One special $1,500 scholarship in honor of Susan Korol Pey.
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Applicant must have overcome a great hardship and persevered academically.
2. Applicant must be enrolled in at least 6 units at Foothill College at the time of the scholarship deadline and disbursement of scholarship funds.
3. Applicant’s cumulative Foothill GPA must be a 2.00 or higher.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Some scholarship funds are designated for first generation college students.
- Donors
- Iris and Hal Korol
- Foothill Great Perseverance Scholarship Donors
- Estate of Nickolas and Shirley Krea
- Denise Smith-Hams and Stephen Hams
- Award
- 14 @ $500; 1 @ $1,500
- Scopes
- Foothill College
- Deadline
- 02/18/2023
- Supplemental Questions
- Are you the first in your family to attend college?
- (Optional) Describe the hardship(s) you have overcome and how you have persevered academically. NOTE: You only need to answer if you did not address this topic in your "My Story" essay or would like to expand on it.
- What have you learned from overcoming hardship and how will you use that knowledge to move forward in your academic and career pursuits?
- Do you live OR work in Mountain View, CA?