Scholarships
Scholarships
Scholarship and Financial Aid Resources:
- Senior Year: Financial Aid Checklist
- Texas Guaranteed Tuition Programs
- Texas 4-year public colleges offering free tuition based on family/household income.
- Terry Scholars Program
- The Terry Foundation is the largest private scholarship provider in the state of Texas. It provides last dollar scholarships to Texas high school graduates at select Texas public universities.
- Coca-Cola Scholars Program
- Deadline: September 30, 2024 by 4:00 pm
- VFW - Voice of Democracy Scholarship
- Deadline: Must be received by local VFW by October 31, 2024
- Local VFW mailing address:
- Post 12176 Lake Whitney Post
- PO Box 1559
- Whitney, Texas 76692-1559
- Students must submit an audio essay, a typed essay, and a completed entry form.
- Hill County Fair Queen’s Scholarship
- Scholarship is applicable for all, not just fair queen contestants
- Deadline: November 20, 2024
- The Hagan Scholarship
- A national need-based merit scholarship designed to help rural students graduate college debt-free.
- Deadline: December 1, 2024
- US Rice Producers - Ray Stoesser Memorial Scholarship
- Deadline: December 6, 2024
- FFA Grow Ag Leaders Scholarship
- Application opens November 1
- Deadline: January 9, 2025
- Gamma Delta Scholarship
- Deadline: January 15, 2025
- McLennan Community College Scholarships
- One application for many different scholarships (you must first apply to MCC first and use your MCC login and password to access the scholarship application
- Deadline: January 15, 2025
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship
- Student must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
- **Student must have submitted a qualified application for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship (see HLSR application above) to apply for the Hill County Area Go Texas Scholarship that is due April 1.
- Deadline: February 1, 2025
- Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarships
- (DAR offers 26 scholarships) – application opens November 1
- Deadline: January 31, 2025
- Texas Rural Education Association (TREA) Scholarship Information ~ Application Link
- Deadline: February 28, 2025
- DEADLINE extended to March 5, 2025 ~ you will need to complete the online application in one setting
- Association for Compensatory Educators of Texas Scholarship ~ ACET Scholarship Instructions
- Deadline: February 28, 2025
- Texas Telephone Association Foundation (TTAF) Scholarship
- Deadline: March 14, 2025
- Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo Scholarship
- Deadline: March 21, 2025
- Hill County Retired Teachers Association Scholarship
- Deadline: March 24, 2025
- Hill County Master Gardner Scholarship
- Deadline: March 31, 2025
- K | K Enrichment Scholarships
- Several local scholarships available.
- Deadline: March 31, 2025
- Extended Deadline: April 13, 2025
- Aquilla Scholarship Foundation Scholarship
- Deadline: Must be turned in to Mrs. Montez by 3:30 p.m. ~ April 1, 2025
- Hill County Aggie Scholarship Application
- Deadline: 12:00 Noon, April 1, 2025
- Finn Benton Pope Memorial Scholarship
- Deadline: April 1, 2025
- Hill County Area Go Texas Scholarship
- Student must have submitted a qualified application for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship (see HLSR application above)
- Deadline: April 1, 2025
- First Baptist Church of Whitney Scholarship
- Example Cover Letter
- Deadline: April 4, 2025
- Whitney Masonic Lodge Scholarship
- Deadline: April 4, 2025 by 3:00 pm
- RVOS Praha-West Lodge #78 Scholarship
- Deadline: April 5, 2025
- HILCO Scholarship for Excellence
- Applications accepted April 1–April 11, 2025 by 5:00 pm
- Dan Pustejovsky and Clair Gannon Jr. Memorial Scholarship
- Must be from a Hill County Farm Bureau family.
- Deadline: April 18, 2025
- Aquilla Cougar Club Scholarship
- Deadline: Must be turned in to Mrs. Montez by 3:00 p.m. ~ April 28, 2025
- Aquilla Athletic Booster Club Scholarship
- Deadline: Must be turned in to Mrs. Montez by 3:00 p.m. ~ April 30, 2025
- Masonic Children and Family Services of Texas Scholarship
- Deadline: April 30, 2025
- Members Choice Credit Union Scholarship
- Applicants need not be members of credit union.
- Deadline: April 30, 2025
- Melissa Jaster Memorial Scholarship
- Deadline: May 1, 2025
- Citizens State Bank Scholarship
- Deadline: May 5, 2025 by 3:00 p.m.
- Texas Interscholastic League Foundation (TILF) Scholarship
- for UIL competitors
- Student Brochure
- Deadline: May 23, 2025
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