Deadline is May 1, 2009 for Hispanic high school students in the Dallas, TX area.
Are you Hispanic and in high school or know someone who is? 200 Hispanic high school students will get the chance of a lifetime to attend the Dallas Hispanic Youth Symposium at Southern Methodist University. Forward this post to friends and family. Get la raza to apply for this opportunity.
The Hispanic College Fund will be a part of this event and students will learn what it takes to go to college and receive as many scholarships as possible. There will be scholarships awarded at this event as well, how cool. Take a look at the program as it is filled with neat experiences. What better way to build a student’s confidence than to let them sit in a college classroom for several days and learn all it takes to be successful in college.
I hope you can read my excitement, I wish I had a child in high school so they can be one of the 200. Keep that in mind, they are looking for the best of the best so write the best essay and be true to who you really are. Just look at the highlights below.
Program highlights include:
- Workshops on how to prepare for, apply to, and finance college – taught by college admissions counselors!
- Career workshops that introduce students to engineering, science, math, and more!
- “Issues to Action” – Workshops focusing on the role of community involvement and public policy with competitions and prizes for actionable solutions
- $14,000 in scholarship monies – Awarded to winners of the art competition, essay competition, talent competition, and speech competition! (Participation is not mandatory.)
- “Hispanic Heroes” – Breakout group meetings with Hispanic role models from the community. 90% of symposia attendees leave the program with a mentor!
- College and career fair
What are you waiting for, make this a priority for you and all your friends. SMU is such a nice campus, you may even want to attend school there as well. Si Se Puede!