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Application and Required Documentation

If you are interested in becoming a guardian scholar please make sure to complete the Application and submit the required documentation below.


Step 1: Application


Step 2: Documentation

  1. Personal Statement 

    Student Full Name and Student ID

    12pt font and double-spaced text

    Minimum length is two pages

    Answer "How has your lived experience(s) shaped your outlook on higher education goals?"

  2. Letter of Recommendation

    Student Full Name and Relation to Student 

    Be from anyone such as a social worker, teacher, coach, friend, family member, etc.

    Answer "How could the student benefit from the program?"

  3. Letter of Verification

    EX. Chaffee Grant Eligibility Form  

    EX. Letter from anyone that can verify foster care or homelessness status.

 

 


Document Naming & Submission 

 Student First and Last Name_Document type

 Ex. JohnDoe_Personal Statement


                                                                       Submit documentation to lsanchezsandoval2@ucmerced.edu