Applicant Eligibility Requirements

• The High School Senior College Scholarship Contest is open to high school seniors who are citizens or aliens legally residing in the USA.
• Scholarship funds are payable to the winner’s college/university or certified trade school in the United States; winner must enroll for classes beginning no later than Fall 2020 session.
• Winner selection is NOT based on financial need, GPA or demographic criteria.
• Home-schooled students may apply as long as course of study is equivalent to that of a senior in high school.
• Relatives of AFSA staff or NATIONAL board members may not enter.

Entry Details

1. Scholarship entries are ONLY accepted online through the AFSA scholarship web site (www.afsascholarship.org).
2. Entrants must submit a completed entry form with all required information along with answering an 8-question exam. Before college scholarship funds will be awarded, all information submitted on the entry form by the entrant will be verified. If ANY false or misleading information is submitted on the entry form, the student will be disqualified without notification to the entrant.
3. Each entrant is allowed only ONE (1) ENTRY submittal.  Any attempt to enter again under a different name, address, etc., will automatically disqualify the entrant without notification to the entrant.
4. Entrants selected as winners are required to submit the name and contact information of their chosen college/university/certified trade school* for verification of registration and payment of the scholarship to the school. All forms and processes must be completed within sixty (60) days of contest end date or your scholarship is forfeited.

* A 2- or 4-year college/university/technical/career/online school based in the United States that has completed & received accreditation from an agency recognized by the US Department of Education & is on the list found at http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation or http://www.chea.org