Scholarship information for Washington State students interested in careers in healthcare

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Washington State Opportunity Scholarship

WSOS is administered by College Success Foundation

​The Washington State Opportunity Scholarship helps low- and middle-income Washington state residents earn their bachelor’s degrees in the high-demand fields of science, technology, engineering, math and health care.
The scholarship application for 2019-20 has closed.

The application for 2020-21 will open in the Fall.
To Be Eligible:
  • Must be a Washington state resident (as defined in RCW 28B.15.012)
  • Must have earned a high school diploma or GED from a Washington State high school or institution by June 2019.
  • Must be pursuing an eligible high-demand major (approved majors) in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) or health care.
  • Must be working toward a first bachelor’s degree, (i.e. four-year degree).
  • Must be enrolling in an eligible Washington state college or university fall term 2019. Please note: If you will be attending a public community or technical college fall 2019 that does not offer a four-year degree in your eligible high-demand major you must be planning to transfer to one of the four-year colleges/universities referenced above by the time you have earned 90 quarter credits.
  • Must be planning to enroll at least a half time college student (6+ credits) fall term 2098.
  • Must be a high school senior at the time of application or a college student who will have completed six or fewer quarters, or four or fewer semesters by fall of 2018 as a full-time student (12 or more credits per term). Running Start classes completed before high school graduation do not count against this limit.
  • Must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) through fall quarter or semester 2018 of at least 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale). If you attend a high school that does not provide GPAs, you are eligible to complete the application, and we will follow up with your high school to determine eligibility.
  • Must file the 2019-2020 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.gov or submit the Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA) at readysetgrad.org/wasfa by Wednesday, March 7, 2018. 
    • Please note: Students who are eligible to submit the FAFSA due to immigration status must submit the FAFSA in order to be eligible for this scholarship. Students who are ineligible to complete the FAFSA must submit the WASFA instead.
    • Students need not qualify for aid, but must apply to one of these applications by the deadline stated.
  • Must apply for federal education tax credits if eligible.
  • Must have a family income (adjusted gross income plus all untaxed income) less than the amount listed by family size on this chart. (Note: Unless you qualified to submit the FAFSA as an independent student, the family income amounts are those reported by your parent(s) on your 2019-2020 FAFSA).
Complete information and application available at waopportunityscholarship.org/scholarship-supports/scholarship/new-applicants/

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