ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP
The 2022-23 Opportunity Scholarship
Round is now CLOSED.
TheDream.US Immigration Eligibility Criteria
You are eligible to apply for our scholarship if you meet the following eligibility criteria (and the additional eligibility criteria set forth below):
- Have DACA; TPS; or came to the country before November 1, 2016, and otherwise meet the DACA criteria;
- Came to the United States before the age of 16 (if you were born in the U.S. – you are not eligible for our scholarship);
- Have significant unmet financial need
- Live in and have graduated or will graduate from high school in a locked out-state by the end of the 2021-2022 academic year;
- Graduated or will graduate with a GPA of 2.8 or better on a 4.0 scale;
- Have taken the SAT or ACT (optional);
- Have not earned more than 21 credits at a 4-year college or university before the Fall of 2022 (not counting credits earned in a pre-college or dual enrollment program in high school); and
- Intend to relocate to and enroll full-time in a bachelor’s degree program at an Opportunity Partner College in the Fall term of the 2022-2023 academic year.
Important Dates
The application for the 2022-23 Opportunity Scholarship is open from November 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022.
Final notifications will be sent to applicants via email in late March 2022.
Guides
Download the Opportunity Scholarship Application Guides.
To Download our Flyers, Click Here.
Questions?
We’re here to help, so do reach out!
Email: [email protected] and reference TheDream.US Opportunity Scholarship Program in the subject line.
Telephone: 1-855-376-7076 and ask for the TheDream.US Opportunity Scholarship Program
Note: We do not accept unsolicited requests from potential partner colleges.