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Scholarship Program |
Examples (Spanish) |
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Students applying for Jóvenes Adelante scholarships:
Applications are available in January and February and must be completed and submitted in March (see Calendar for San Miguel or Guanajuato). Copies of all preparatoria grades through the previous semester must be provided along with the application. Final candidates must provide January–June semester grades, when received in July or August, before a decision to grant a scholarship is made. The application asks for personal, health, scholarship, work history if any, and family information, including financial assets, income, and information about any special economic demands or situations that may affect the level of financial support the family is able to provide the student. Applicants are asked to write auto-biographies describing themselves and to explain their personal, academic, and career goals. They are asked what Universities, and what programs, to which they intend to apply. Applicants with the most clearly-defined goals, who have researched University programs and are knowledgeable and realistic about their reputations and costs, and the prospects of employment in their desired fields, have the best chances of receiving Jóvenes Adelante support. Application for the 2012-2013 school year are available now. To help you complete your application we have a sample Budget and a sample Autobiography. Submit applications to:
There is a two-stage interview process. Qualifying applicants are selected from the applications received and scheduled for interviews with teams of two scholarship committee members. Interviewers review the application and autobiography and ask the students questions about themselves, their ambitions, plans, economic situations and family lives. Students are encouraged to ask any questions they may have about the organization, the selection process, and amounts and conditions of financial support. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of maturity, attitude, and how well they can present themselves and articulate what they wish to accomplish in the university and beyond. In early summer in-home interviews are scheduled with the most promising students as determined by their initial interviews. The purpose of the second interview, conducted by a second interview team is to see the applicants in a different surrounding, to meet the parents and get an idea of their level of support of their children’s university ambitions as well as their financial ability to assist them. Students are advised in June or July if they have been selected to receive a scholarship. Awards are provisional until final preparatoria grades have been received and the students have been notified that they passed university entrance exams and have been accepted. Newly selected and continuing scholarship recipients meet the first Sunday of August (and succeeding months) for what is called the Beca (scholarship) Meeting (so named because in our early days Beca payments were made at these meetings; today all students over 18 receive their monthly stipend electronically into their bank accounts). Attendance at Beca Meetings is strongly encouraged as these meetings provide a forum for valuable lessons as well as, an opportunity to build new friendships and make valuable contacts. For our volunteers this provides a gratifying opportunity to get to know the students and to observe them gaining confidence, building friendships and becoming wise advisors to incoming students. Awards are $13,000 pesos yearly for up to five years (depending on the length of the university program in which students are enrolled). Students receive 11 installments (monthly excepting July), with a larger sum in August and January to help them with tuition and other costs associated with the beginning of the semester. The financial needs of our typical students are reevaluated over time and hence the precise amounts of Jóvenes Adelante becas may change based on student needs and our ability to fund increased needs Benefits and Responsibilities of a Jóvenes Adelante Scholarship Students receiving scholarships must strive to maintain a “9” average in their university classes. Students unable to maintain a “9” will receive counseling from a mentor or officer to explore their difficulty and see if there is a way the organization can help them. Students continuing to fail in maintaining a “9” average may be placed on probation or eventually dropped from the program. But this would not happen without genuine efforts to understand the problems the student faces and help them find solutions. Students are also asked to:
The benefits of a Jóvenes Adelante scholarship extend beyond financial assistance to:
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Get started on your journey by reading the Jovenes Adelante Handbook. |
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