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Scholarships and Financial Aid Page |
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Metropolitan Black Bar Association Scholarship Fund, Inc. P.O. Box 1074 Canal Street Station New York, NY 10013 The Metropolitan Black Bar Association Scholarship Fund Inc., founded in 1985 to aid minority law students attending law school in the metropolitan New York City area, is accepting applications for Academic Year 2006-2007. THE APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE is APRIL 15, 2006. We awarded two (2) $2000.00 scholarships for 2005-2006, and the selection of 2006-2007 recipients will be made in June 2006 with the awards made in September 2006. 2nd semester 1L students and 2L year students are eligible for the program. Any incoming 1L for Academic Year 2006-2007 are not eligible. Our Scholarship letter of introduction and MBBASF Scholarship application are provided for your information and guidance. The deadline for application submission is April 15, 2006. All completed applications are to be returned to the above address. Interviews of selected applicants will be held in May 2006. The awards will be announced in the Fall 2006. If you have any questions about the Scholarship Fund, please contact: Carolyn E. Wade, Esq., MBBASF President, at (917) 294-2224 or Rita R. Brackeen, Esq., MBBASF Secretary, at (718) 452-4045. click here for application form |
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HARVARD'S TUITION ANNOUNCEMENT
- Harvard is offering free tuition for students that have a
family income below $40,000. If you are a mentor or have
nieces and nephews who might be interested, please give them
this information. If you know any one/family earning less
than $40K with a brilliant child near ready for college,
please pass this along. Harvard's Tuition Announcement Highlights Failure of Prestigious Universities to Enroll Low-Income Students March 1, 2004. Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's President Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution." If you know of a family earning less than $40,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $40,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid website at: http://admis.fas.harvard.edu/FAO/index.htm or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581
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