Coca-Cola offers 250 college scholarships each year, including 50 "full ride" scholarships of $20,000. Scholarships are open to current high school students with a 3.0 grade point average who are U.S. citizens or legal residents of the United States. Students must complete a three-part application including biographical, community service and employment information. Applicants will be narrowed to 2,000 semifinalists and will then have to complete a second application including essay questions. Of those semifinalists, 250 finalists are chosen to be interviewed by scholarship foundation staff; 200 of these finalists will receive $10,000 scholarships, and 50 will receive $20,000 scholarships. Apply for this scholarship between August 1 and October 31.
The Walt Disney Foundation offers full-tuition scholarships in several countries. In the United States, the private scholarship is worth up to $50,000 over four years and is awarded to a freshman who is looking to earn a bachelor's degree in business or fine arts. This scholarship can be used at the university of the winner's choosing and is renewable for up to four years. Contact Junior Achievement to apply for this scholarship.
Junior Achievement
One Education Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
719-535-2954
Microsoft awards 13 full-tuition scholarships a year to applicants who wish to intern with the company. While these scholarships are open to everyone, preference is given to "under represented" ethnicities, and preference is given to female and minority applicants. Each scholarship is for full tuition at the student's university and is renewable so long as the student maintains a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Apply for this scholarship by sending a résumé, a high school transcript, answers to essay questions, a letter of referral and a completed application for the Microsoft Internship Program.
Microsoft Scholarship Program
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
This five-year scholarship includes a cost-of-education allowance, which provides the equivalent of full tuition, and a nine-month stipend to graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering, biological or physical science. The stipend is worth either $31,000 or $36,000 a year, depending on other fellowships. This application is open to students who have made a "moral commitment" to use their education to aid the United States in times of emergency. Apply for this grant online at hertzfoundation.org.