The CollegeCounts Scholarship was created to provide funding assistance to Alabama high school students who demonstrate a financial need and a genuine desire to make a difference in what’s next. If you’re thinking about enrolling at an Alabama college or university, don’t let funds get in the way. The CollegeCounts Scholarship might just be for you!

Eligibility
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for this scholarship:

Be a high school senior or first-time college freshman beginning in fall 2021
Be a U.S. citizen
Be an Alabama resident
Planning to enroll in an Alabama eligible educational institution in fall 2021
Demonstrate financial need
Have a minimum GPA of 2.75
Have an ACT score of 26 or below
(applicants attending a two-year school will not be required to submit ACT scores)

Award Details
Awards of $4,000 for four-year college enrollees and $2,000 for two-year college enrollees.

Award is one-time, non-renewable and granted on a semester basis in the first academic year.

Application Period
Opens – December 1, 2020 – 12:01 am/CST

Closes – February 25, 2021 – 11:59 pm/CST

https://treasury.alabama.gov/collegecounts-scholarship/

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CAREFULLY READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS AND TO COMPLETELY ANSWER ALL REQUIRED QUESTIONS. FAILURE TO DO THIS WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION NOT BEING CONSIDERED.

The ¡HICA! Scholarship Fund directly supports Latino youth in achieving their dreams of higher education. ¡HICA! is committed to expanding college access and career readiness for immigrant youth in Alabama and recognizing the numerous financial, legal, linguistic and cultural barriers they face.

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Deadline: March 31st, 2021 by 5:00 pm

For more information contact HICA at (205) 942- 5505 or e-mail scholarships@hicaalabama.org.

The Psi Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. are pleased to share with you an opportunity for students in 10th -12th grades. The CAP Program is a mentorship program developed to assist high school students with the college admissions process (#CAP). We work with students who apply and are accepted into the program in a variety of methods such as ACT tutoring, virtual college sessions/visits, college admissions and scholarships assistance, and additional programs.

The deadline to submit applications is Friday, October 30th, 2020.  Applications can be submitted via email to pxocap@gmail.com. Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Mrs. Maddox, CTEC counselor, spoke with tenth graders in Mr. Baker’s class on Tuesday, Oct. 20th, and Mrs. Bevilacqua’s classes on Wednesday, Oct. 21st. Click below for more information regarding the Career Technical Education Center.

Questions? Email Mrs. Maddox jmaddox@shelbyed.org

I wanted to send some information regarding UNA’s Virtual Preview Day on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH FROM 5PM-7PM. We will host the event via REMO – a unique virtual conferencing software that allows students to “move” about the virtual event and talk directly to Admissions, Financial Aid, our Colleges and programs – and more!

We are also hosting a Drive Thru College Fair. If you have students who are interested in a full-service visit, they can come to the drive thru fair and then get a tour of our campus immediately after!

Students can register via their MyUNA account at apply.una.edu, or go to una.edu/visit for more information.

I am able to accept transcripts from counselors via email. If you have students who have applied to UNA, please feel free to send me information regarding transcripts or ACT scores.

Ms. Hadley Skalnik | 256.765.4108
Admissions Communication Coordinator
Admissions
UNA Box 5011 | Coby Hall • Florence, AL 35632-0001
http://www.una.edu/admissions/

– AUM has a free application year-round so you won’t need to get a code or voucher for the AL College App week. The application will be open for seniors until August of 2021.

– Automatic (Merit) Scholarships start at an 18 on the ACT. We super-score the ACT at AUM, and our scholarship deadline isn’t until June 1, 2021 for seniors.

– AUM is also offering a waiver on the ACT for Fall of 2021 (because of the virus). This means that if a student has a 2.3-2.99 GPA they will be accepted (conditionally) through AUM Bridge; if they have a 3.0+ GPA they will be accepted and offered our starting scholarship automatically. The ACT/SAT can only help a student, it cannot hurt their scholarships or their acceptance!

Christy Hudgens from the University of Alabama has scheduled a Zoom meeting for any student who is interested hearing more about UA! The meeting specifics and link is below….

Topic: Shelby County High School
Time: Oct 28, 2020 01:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92409707814?pwd=VTljTDVGTVFlTlJ2cEU3Z3Y5czJwdz09

Meeting ID: 924 0970 7814
Passcode: 9TAZ8W

Test-Optional Admissions Policy
Due to the limited access to ACT/SAT testing for the Class of 2021, Troy University is implementing a test-optional admissions policy for undergraduate freshmen applicants for the spring, summer and fall 2021 entry terms. We recognize that COVID-19 has caused numerous complications for high school seniors attempting to prepare for their collegiate careers and we want to be sure that those obstacles are not limiting students from possible enrollment at TROY.

-Applicants must still apply online and submit their high school transcript with minimum 6 semesters of high school grades reported.
-Applicants with a minimum 3.0 cumulative high school GPA will meet our unconditional admissions requirements.
-Applicants with a minimum 2.5 cumulative high school GPA will meet our conditional admissions requirements.
-We still see value in using the ACT/SAT with regards to scholarship awards. -Students interested in being considered for a merit scholarship at TROY must submit their ACT/SAT scores. Keeping in mind the current complications with standardized testing, we have extended our merit scholarship deadline to March 1, as scholarship funds remain available. To assist students with testing, we will host numerous residual ACT dates from November 2020 through February 2021. We encourage applicants interested in TROY scholarships to register to take the residual ACT with us.

For more information email us at admit@troy.edu or connect with your Admissions Counselor at 334-670-3179.

The list of colleges who are participating in next week’s College Application Week is attached below. Some schools require a code to waive your application fee. Either email or come see me in the office to get the code for those schools.