Application Now Open: College Scholarships and Coaching for Pittsburg High Students
by Making Waves Foundation
Making Waves Foundation partners with you to make college affordable and graduation attainable
The application period is now open for Making Waves Foundation’s college and career success program for Pittsburg High School graduating seniors.
Our college and career success program offers scholarships, coaching, and budget planning to support you on your path to graduating college with minimal to no debt and set up for your first job. Our students, known as Wave-Makers, graduate from college at twice the rate of their peers and 84% earn their degrees debt-free.
Earn your college degree. Reach your career goals. Be a Wave-Maker.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
- Scholarship: Up to $5,000 of need-based scholarship funding annually (award amount vary, for a maximum of 5 years)
- College and Career Coaching: Individualized College Coaching
- Budget Planning: A personal Financial Services Coordinator
- Career Planning: Professional and peer networking opportunities
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
- Plan to attend a four-year college or university
- Have an Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) below $5,000 (from FAFSA or Dream Act application)
- Graduating senior at Pittsburg High School in the Bay Area’s Pittsburg, California in Contra Costa County
DEADLINE to Apply
The scholarship application closes February 20, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
More Information
Making Waves Foundation provides college advising services and scholarships and coaching that encourage students in discovering themselves, growing their strengths, navigating college life, and reaching their career dreams.
Since 2020 Making Waves Foundation has been partnering with Pittsburg Unified School District and Pittsburg High School, providing college planning workshops as well as the opportunity for selected seniors to receive scholarships and college coaching.
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Workshops
Our college advising and planning workshops are designed to equip juniors and seniors with knowledge and tools to support your success.
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Scholarships
Our college and career success program offers scholarships, coaching, and budget planning to support you on your path to college graduation and your first job.
What Wave-Makers Are Saying
“The best part is I know that [Making Waves] is going to be there throughout the whole experience,” shared Re’Niyah Oliver (left), who is attending Texas Southern University to study business.
Brenten Williams (right), who is also attending Texas Southern University to study business, shared: “It means a lot having a team by my side as I go through this journey.”
Hear more from Pittsburg High graduates about their experiences working with Making Waves.
About Making Waves Education Foundation
At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 430 college students.
Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning.
Our alumni network includes more than 730 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 85% graduating debt-free.
