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Arkansas Scholarships

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Opportunity Scholarship This is eligible for immigrant students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status ( TPS), or who came to the US before November 1st, 2016. Lynn Hopper Memorial Scholarship This is for current undergraduates studying business with a pest management minor. Apply here.

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Maryland HBCU Offers Incarcerated Students College Degrees

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Tuition for students is free, courtesy of the Second Chance Pell Grant program. The first, administered by the University of Baltimore , began in 2016 and similarly focuses on a partnership with Jessup Correctional Institution. Over 700,000 incarcerated people are now Pell Grant eligible and have access to higher education.

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New Study Suggests Elite Colleges Should Reinstate SAT/ACT

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"All admissions decisions based exclusively or predominantly on SAT performance … appear to be biased against the African American minority group." The authors found that almost all institutions saw an increase in underrepresented minority applicants after going test-optional.

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The Gates Scholarship

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So, you’re probably thinking about financial aid, grants, work study, and any other way you can fund the next few years of your education (in which case, here's some great information for you ). But the Millennium program’s last cohort was the class of 2016. But that’s not most of us. Gates Cambridge Scholarship Wait, there’s more?

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Princeton Acceptance Rate: How to Get Into Princeton

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The past decade has seen a general decline in acceptance rates, with an acceptance rate for the Class of 2016 of 8.63%. The data backs up this initiative: 61% of the class qualify for financial aid, and 21% of the class are eligible for federal Pell Grants. Essay Guidance. Get our expert guidance on your college essays. LEARN MORE.

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School Spotlight: Allegheny College

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Allegheny requires students to take courses across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences before declaring a major and a minor at the end of sophomore year. million dollar grant to establish a Watershed Conservation Research Center. Music opportunities are open to majors and non-majors.

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HBCUs in Pennsylvania

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Lincoln University was the first degree-granting HBCU in Pennsylvania and now offers 32 majors. About 70% of students at HBCUs receive Pell Grants. Lincoln University was the third HBCU and the first degree-granting HBCU. HBCUs in Pennsylvania are two of the oldest in the nation and have a history of excellence.