Undergraduate Scholarships

How it Works

Determine Eligibility & Apply

Review the section below to determine the scholarships for which you are eligible.
By filling out one application, you will be considered for all scholarships for which you are eligible.
Click the Apply Now button to start your application.

Craft Essay Responses

Describe your Horatio Alger story.
Share your American Dream experience.
Choose a Horatio Alger Member whom you admire and reflect on the opportunities they were presented in order to succeed.

Connect with Counselor

Enter your Counselor’s email address so that they will receive a request to submit the Counselor Certification Form on your behalf.
Contact your Counselor to ensure that they have received the request (sometimes school accounts block emails, so you may need to resend).

Connect with Support Form Provider

Enter the email address of an adult over the age of 21 who is not related to you and is familiar with the adversities you have written about in your short responses (e.g. neighbor, family friend, counselor, pastor, teacher, etc.). This individual will serve as your Support Form Provider and will receive a request to review and confirm the accuracy of the information you provided in your adversity section.
Contact your Support Form Provider to ensure that they received the request. Once your Support Form Provider completes their review, you will not be able to edit your adversity section.

Submit Documents

High School Transcript (must include your fall grades)
Income Verification (most often your parents’ tax form: if you have a unique situation and a tax form is unavailable, please refer to our FAQ section to determine alternative documentation)

Applicant FAQ

Counselor/Provider FAQ

College always seemed like an unaffordable dream for the majority of my life. I never expected to come to college, but the only reason I am here is because of scholarships like this. The HAA scholarship not only helped lighten the burden of financial stress, but it also gave me access to a support system I could turn to whenever I felt like I did not belong.
Juan Daniel Fernandez
_{2019 Oklahoma Scholar}

Scholarship programs

High School Junior All 50 States & D.C.

National Scholarship

Award Amount: 106 scholarships at $25,000 each

Be enrolled full time as a high school junior in the United States
Exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree at an accredited non-profit public or private institution in the United States immediately after high school graduation (students may start their studies at a two-year institution and then transfer to a four-year institution)
Demonstrate critical financial need ($65,000 or lower adjusted gross family income is required)
Be involved in co-curricular and community service activities
Display integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity
Maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0
Be a United States citizen

High School Junior Nebraska

Aksarben Scholarship – Nebraska

Award Amount: 50 scholarships at $10,000 each (funded in part by Aksarben Foundation and Charles W. Durham)

Be enrolled full time as a high school junior in Nebraska
Exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree at an accredited non-profit public or private institution in Nebraska immediately after high school graduation (students may start their studies at a two-year institution and then transfer to a four-year institution)
Demonstrate critical financial need ($65,000 or lower adjusted gross family income is required)
Be involved in co-curricular and community service activities
Display integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity
Maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0
Be a United States citizen

High School Junior Iowa