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.

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
Foothill Great Perseverance Scholarship Donors
Estate of Nickolas and Shirley Krea
Iris and Hal Korol
Denise Smith-Hams
Award
14 @ $500, 6 @ $2,000 & 1 @ $1,500
Scopes
Foothill College
Deadline
02/03/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you the first in your family to attend college?
  2. (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.
  3. What have you learned from overcoming hardship and how will you use that knowledge to move forward in your academic and career pursuits?