If you are a SMART alum and would like help with college applications or you're interested in alumni internships or volunteer opportunities, please contact Ana Maria Sauthoff  at 415.865.5400, or email her.

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES

• ART Summer: (415) 551-7990 www.sfartsed.org
• PEP (Pre-Engineering Partnerships) at UC Berkeley, (510) 642-2041 www.coe.berkeley.edu/cues/pep
• Crystal Springs Uplands School, (650)342-4175 www.csus.com
• Heads Up Program, Oakland, (510) 531-1300 www.headroyce.org

HIGH SCHOOL JOBS / INTERNSHIPS

• School To Career 415.242.2597
• Afterschool and summer opportunities for high school students
• Web: http://www.sfstcp.org/

• Youth OpportunitySan Francisco (YO! SF) (Afterschool, job-counselling, internships)
• Mission Tel: 415.487.3910
• SOMA Tel: 415.920.8050
• Bayview/Hunter's Point Tel: 415.920.5190
• Web: http://www.yosf.org/

• OpNet (415) 882-1555 Web: http://www.opnetwork.org/
• Paid internships with tech/media companies

• List of academic/research internships: http://www.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/highschool.htm 
• Green Action; Health and Environmental Advocacy Group http://www.greenaction.org/

GENERAL COLLEGE RESOURCES

• College Board: http://www.collegeboard.com/splash/
• register for SAT, PSAT, personalized college search

• Federal Student Aid Applications: http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp
• Submit your FAFSA application to be eligible for Free Federal Aid
  

• US Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/finaid/landing.jhtml?src=rt
• search for financial aid, grants and loans

•  Hispanic Scholarship Fund
• Spanish-language College guide: general information regarding college requirement, loans, scholarships.

• Chicana Latina Scholarship Fund
• Scholarship for Northern Californian Chicana/Latina women
  

• Nelnet College Loans: http://www.collegeplanning.nelnet.net/Default.aspx?cookie=1 
• Private loans for college, and financing advice.

ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• HACU: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Scholarship_Resource_List1_EN.asp?SnID=1991125394
• Search the list of scholarships available to Latino students

•  United Negro College Fund: http://www.uncf.org/index.asp
• Access resources, internships and scholarships aimed at African Americans

•  Comprehensive list of Scholarships available to everyone, on MIT’s website http://web.mit.edu/mites/www/links/links_scholarships.html

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Programs include: College Scholarship Program, High School Scholarship Program, Community College Transfer Scholarship Program, Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS)
Deadlines and award amount vary depending on the scholarship. Click on the above links for more information.

Applicants must meet ALL five eligibility requirements

• Be of Hispanic Heritage: persons descended from Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American (excluding Belize), South American (excluding Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana), or other Spanish cultures
• Be a US citizen OR legal permanent resident with a valid permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551
• Have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent)
• Be pursuing or plan to pursue your first undergraduate or graduate degree
• Must apply for federal financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements

• Chicana/Latina women of the Northern California Counties
• Chicana/Latina women who are enrolled in accredited colleges, universities and community colleges in the one of the listed Northern California Counties. 
• Chicana/Latina women who have been a resident for at least two years in one of the listed Northern California Counties.
• Undergraduate Chicana/Latina students must be enrolled as a full-time college student, have completed a minimum of 15 college semester units after high school graduation, and have at least a 2.5 GPA. 
• Graduate students must provide verification of acceptance to a graduate school. 
• All candidates must have demonstrated leadership and civic/community involvement. 
• Applicants must agree, if awarded a scholarship, to volunteer a minimum of 5 hours in the next year in support of the Chicana/Latina Foundation. 
• Applicants who received a Chicana/Latina Foundation scholarship within the past four (4) years are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.