Chinese Dollars for Scholars 2025 Scholarship
Submission Deadline June 1, 2025
IMPORTANT: READ the instructions below for completing your Greater NY Chinese Dollars for Scholars application
Finalists will be contacted for interviews approximately the week of June 16th
Awards ceremony will take place on July 12th
Award winners will be notified by email and announced on our website and social media.
Awards Dinner will take place Saturday, July 12th 6pm at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel, Ballroom
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Click here to download a PDF overview of how to create a profile. See below for application tips.
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Information for Greater NY Chinese Dollars for Scholars's scholarship applicants
Our scholarships are for students of Chinese descent who are interested in being actively engaged members of our Dollars for Scholars community. Our scholarship criteria.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIPS LISTED IN THE SYSTEM. PLEASE APPLY FOR ONLY ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON YOUR ELIGIBILITY. WE WILL CONSIDER YOU FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIPS THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION SO YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED AND YOUR APPLICATION EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTS YOU.
NEW IMMIGRANT - ARRIVED IN THE US after 1/1/20. If you are a new immigrant, please apply for this award only.
WONTON FOOD ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP - If your parent or guardian has worked in the Asian restaurant industry in the US for at least one year, please apply for this award only unless you are a new immigrant. This scholarship is open to students nationwide.
Please help us identify how you are eligible for the Wonton Award through your essay, document(s) or Custom Question response. Finalists must provide a) proof of parent/legal guardian working in Asian restaurant business in the US at least one year such as most recent W2. If no W2, other documentation can be accepted. Must be currently working in the Asian restaurant business. b) If legal guardian, court document appointing legal guardianship. These should be uploaded to Documents. Please blot out social security numbers. Please contact us if you need help with this requirement.
TIPS FOR SUCCESS:
#1 TIP: START YOUR APPLICATION EARLY, COMPLETE ALL APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND SUBMIT BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
- Make sure the email that you use in your profile is one you check regularly and will still have access to after graduation to ensure you receive our notifications and check that both your email and phone number are entered correctly.
- Make sure your goals essay and your activities are completed. Be as specific as possible about your contributions and accomplishments the last four years. There is no word limit. Please concisely provide enough information to help us get to know you through your goals and aspirations and what you have done so far or how you might contribute to our Dollars for Scholars community.
- Follow up with your reference(s) if your transcript or reference has not been submitted.
As a courtesy to your school guidance counselor/teacher/reference who has devoted time and effort providing information to support your application, please complete your application so those efforts are not wasted. Remember to be courteous and appreciative when requesting assistance/following up.
- Last StepI Once your application is complete, make sure to go to My Scholarships and hit the SUBMIT/APPLY button to submit your application. Click to submit your application when you are done (once you submit, documents cannot be added including by your references).
Things to Know:
For our application, the Other Awards section is used only to inform us of other scholarship awards you have received for the upcoming academic year.
Documents is where you submit your college financial aid letter and other requested documents.
Name of College Attending - please update this information in your profile or include it in Documents if you have not uploaded your college financial aid information or email us at chinesescholarship@gmail.com if where you plan to enroll changes after you submit your application.
Evidence of Family's Financial Status - all applicants should complete the required information applicable to you.
a) FAFSA SAI (Student Aid Index) and college financial aid offer- please fill in your SAI and upload your financial aid letter (this is the notice that your college sends you indicating how much in grants/other support you will receive and the unmet need, work study or loans to which outside scholarship dollars can be applied. You can upload this to Documents when received or email it to us if received after you've already submitted). b) Answer the financial questions in the system regarding free lunch, Pell grant and SAT/ACT fee waiver eligibility. c) If you have not applied for financial aid or cannot answer b), you may upload a tax document or other proof of financial need or a statement stating that you have not applied for aid or circumstances applicable to you.
Tips for successfully starting applications:
1) From the "Click to Log In" button above, you can create an account and your student profile (information that allows you to be matched to scholarships)
2) After creating your profile, under "My Scholarships," search for matching scholarships
3) When you match to a scholarship (it appears under "My Scholarships"), click on the View button to read the requirements.
4) Fill out the additional questions specific to each scholarship you want to apply for
TROUBLESHOOTING:
- If you are having trouble matching to or submitting your scholarship, click here to review you have completed all the steps. (You must be of Chinese descent to receive our scholarship.)
- There is a Help tab at the bottom of the application "My Information" with answers to frequently asked questions.
- You may also contact Scholarship America's Support desk through the application system if you still have system-related problems.
- IMPORTANT: To ensure your reference receives the email with instructions for them to provide your recommendation/transcript:
- double check to make sure you entered their email address correctly (not mistyped or wrong email)
- make sure they check their spam folder
- if they still cannot locate the email, have them contact dollarsforscholars@scholarshipamerica.org to help troubleshoot.
Add Email and IP Addresses to your Safe Sender list
High Schools across the country have strict internet security measures. Occasionally, this leads to emails from our system being blocked entirely for students, references and school officials when their school email addresses are used.
Please add both our IP addresses and email address to your safe sender list to eliminate any blocked or bounced emails. Our system emails come from the IP addresses of 167.89.8.247 and 108.168.190.109, and our system email address is dollarsforscholars@scholarshipamerica.org. Our chapter email address is chinesescholarship@gmail.com.
If you have questions regarding the scholarship, please contact us at chinesescholarship@gmail.com.
You can also text or call us at (929) 335-3537.
查看有關獎學金金額和其他詳細信息。
注意事項：
請根據資格申請一種獎學金。不要重複申請. 我們會自動審核符合資格的其他獎項。
New Immigrant - 新移民學生需為2020年1月1日後來美的學生。
如果是新移民，請僅申請此獎項。
Wonton - 如果父母或監護人在美國亞洲餐飲業工作至少一年，請僅申請此獎項(除新移民外)。該獎學金開放給全國學生。
- 確保在個人資料中使用的電子郵件是經常檢查的電子郵件，並且在畢業後仍然可以收到，以確保收到獎學金的通知，並檢查有正確輸入電子郵件和電話號碼。
- 填寫所要就讀的大學名稱
- Activities 描述在課外活動中所做的貢獻
- 自傳: Goals 說明申請人興趣、目標或願望
- Other Awards (其他獎項) - 提供有關已經獲得其他大學獎學金的信息。
- FAFSA SAI (Student Aid Index) &大學財政資助證明 (college financial aid award letter): 請填寫SAI並收到時上傳college financial aid award letter到 "Other Documents"). 如果沒有申請大學經濟援助, 可以附上報稅表或文件聲明未申請或其他情況(上傳到"Documents").
- 申請云吞食品獎學金的學生應透過申請表證明其符合該獎項的資格。申請云吞食品公司獎學金的獎項入圍者須提供W2 /納稅表或其他家長/法定監護人在美國亞洲餐館業已工作至少一年的證明。如果法定監護人，法院文件任命法定監護人。目前必須在亞洲餐館業工作。
這些文件可在申請表格上傳到"Documents"
書面申請: 我們建議每一位學生在網上申請，如果新移民在網上申請有不能克服的困難，我們可以提供書面申請表格。
如果你在申請中有任何疑問，請給我們發電子郵件chinesescholarship@gmail.com。
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