JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program
Deadline: Currently closed. Re-opens January 2018.
You can go to this link to register to be alerted when applications re-open:
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program selects high-achieving youth with financial need and provides them with individualized educational services throughout high school that will enable them to develop their talents and abilities. The Young Scholars Program is one of the most individualized scholarships offered in the United States. Students in the seventh grade—or who will enter eighth grade next fall—are eligible to apply and applications are available in February.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation enables high-ability middle and high school students with financial need to realize their full academic potential. Through the Young Scholars Program, the Foundation has to date supported 600 students from across the nation, providing them with individualized educational advising combined with comprehensive financial support from the 8th grade through high school.
Beginning in the eighth grade, the Young Scholars Program, working through fourteen on-staff educational advisers, enables students to:
Participate in high-quality academic and extracurricular opportunities in their local community, on college campuses, and around the glob
Develop the knowledge, talents, and leadership skills to be significant contributors to their field of interest and society at large.
Set and reach academic and talent goals that will prepare them to be competitive, well-informed applicants for our nation’s best colleges and universities.
