Ms. Gina Susaeta

Esperanza Counseling Department

Partially funded by the Esperanza PTSA

Dear Students and Parents:

Thank you for purchasing our annual Scholarship Booklet. We hope it will serve as a valuable resource for financial aid and scholarship information. The first several pages will give you a general overview of the financial aid process. Please read this information carefully, as the process can be complicated at times. In addition, we offer a Senior Financial Aid night in November, which goes into further detail about information provided here. We highly recommend that you attend.

The second part of the book is dedicated to scholarships. The scholarships with black dots next to them are sent directly to the school throughout the year. You need to sign up in your counselor’s Black Dot Registry in the counseling office. Your counselor will call you in when they arrive and provide you with the application and necessary deadlines. Deadlines vary on these scholarships from year to year, although the majority of scholarships are due in the spring. Those without black dots must be requested by you. If an address is given, please send a request with a self-addressed stamped envelope. In some cases, two addresses are listed. We suggest you contact both in order to ensure you receive the materials in a timely manner. If a website is given, you can usually download the application directly.

It is important to know that the status of some scholarships may change throughout the year. Some change their address or discontinue the scholarship altogether. We do our best to update this book annually. Please notify us of any changes that you become aware of so we can keep our information as current as possible.

Finally, with the increase in technology, a book such as this can only supplement the information available on the internet. Please pay close attention to the websites listed in this book, as they are the best places to find the most up-to-date scholarship and financial aid information. Good luck in your scholarship hunt.

The Esperanza Counselors