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2008-2009 APAA Scholarships
Thank you for your interest in the APAA scholarships.
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school
year. Applications for the 2009-2010 school year will be available
beginning in November, 2008. Please continue to visit our website
for the most up to date information regarding the scholarships as
well as other APAA programming.
PURPOSE
The USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association (APAA) Scholarship Program was created to award scholarships to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Southern California. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic achievement, personal merit, demonstration of financial need and contributions made to Asian Pacific American communities.
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicant must be a full-time student (undergraduate, transfer, graduate or professional) enrolled in a USC degree program or will be enrolled (in the case of an incoming first year, transfer or graduate student) for the entire year.
- Applicant must have achieved a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average (on a 4-point system) in his/her high school or college work.
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the U.S.
- Applicant must submit financial aid documents to the USC Office of Financial Aid by the University deadline date and, in most cases, subsequently qualify for financial aid in order to be considered for an APAA scholarship. Trustee Scholars are not eligible.
For more information, please contact the APAA at 213-740-6380 or send an e-mail to alex.chang@alumnicenter.usc.edu.
OCAPICA/United Way
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Scholarship Fund
Students must be High school seniors and students who are currently or will
be attending a two or four year institution that offers accredited, post-secondary
instruction may apply. Applicants must be of Asian American or Pacific Islander
descent and must reside in Orange County, or attend an Orange County university
or college, or have graduated from an Orange County high school. Low income
students and those who are of the first generation in their family to attend college
are encouraged to apply.
The OCAPICA/United Way AAPI Scholarship Fund offers scholarships to Asian
American & Pacific Islander high school and college students who demonstrate
significant merit in academics, workplace, and/or community involvement. Twenty
students will be selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship to offset their expenses
at a two- or four-year accredited institution.
The scholarship is funded by Orange County United Way and is administered by
the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) in
partnership with Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center, The Cambodian
Family, Community Action Partnership of Orange County, Japanese American
Citizens League-Southeast Los Angeles North Orange County (SELANOCO) Chapter,
Kababayan Alumni of UC Irvine, Korean American Coalition-Orange County, National
Pacific Islander Educator Network, Orange County Korean American Health Information
and Education Center, Orange County Korean-U.S. Citizens League, Organization of
Chinese Americans-Orange County, Pacific Islander Health Partnership, Project MotiVATe,
South Asian Network, Taiwanese American Citizens League-Orange County, UCLA Higher
Opportunity Program for Education, Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern
California, Vietnamese American Public Affairs Committee-Southern California.
(NOTE: The APAA is promoting this scholarship on behalf of our community partner
OCAPICA. This is NOT a USC funded scholarship and all inquires should be directed to
the OCAPICA contact below.)
Application Postmark Deadline: March 7, 2008
For application and more information
http://www.ocapica.org/documents/2008Scholarship.pdf
For more information, please contact Peter Thach at
pthach@ocapica.org
or Jennifer Kuo at jkuo@ocapica.org
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