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Scholarships for first gen college students
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Are there any scholarships for first gen college student? For some reason all the scholarships that I found are already expired.

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For you and other low income first gen high achieving high school students here is a very good list of scholarship/mentoring options for you to get into a top American college. Students as young as 9th and 10th graders should familiarize themselves with some of these:

https://www.thrivescholars.org/

https://www.thegatesscholarship.org/

https://www.hsf.net/

https://www.possefoundation.org/

https://www.questbridge.org/

https://www.matriculate.org/

http://misongi.org/#cap

https://www.open-dreams.org/

https://ledascholars.org/

https://www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/apply/

https://www.teensharp.org/

Good luck.

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