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Financial Aid Directory
Sponsor
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Catching
the Dream (CTD)
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Title
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MESBEC (Math, Engineering, Science, Business, Education, and
Computers)
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Administrator
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Catching
the Dream
8200 Mountain Road NE, Suite 203
Albuquerque, NM
87110
phone: 505.262.2351 fax:
505.262.0534
e-mail: nscholarsh@aol.com
url: www.catchingthedream.org
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Purpose
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CTD
seeks to improve the quality of life for Indian people by providing
scholarships for high achieving American Indians in fields critical to
the economic, social, environmental, educational, and business
development of Indian Communities.
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Eligibility
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Application
Form required. May be entering freshmen, undergraduate or graduate
students,doctoral or postdoctoral candidates; At least 1/4 degree Indian
blood and Member of a "U.S. tribe"; Attend a
two or four-year accredited college or university on a full-time basis;
Maintain a high GPA; High ACT/SAT scores; and apply to all other funding
sources.
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General Information
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Not
need-based; Scholarships awarded on merit to students who have clear
goals and will most likely improve the lives of Indian people; Applications
read and ranked by the Board of Directors.(CTD was formerly called the
Native American Scholarship Fund.)
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Awards
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Vary.
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Deadlines
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March
15
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Summer
Session
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April
16
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Fall
Semester/Quarter
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September
15
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Spring
Semester/Quarter
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Required Documentation
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Complete
Application Packet, Including Certificate of Indian Blood; Essay; Three
Letters of Recommendation; Financial Need Analysis form; Official
Transcripts; Copy of Standardized Test Scores and Applications to Other
Financial Aid Sources; Copy of Letter of Admission.
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