2025 Golden Door Scholars: Scholarship Open to Undocumented Students in Select States

Since 2013, Golden Door Scholars has awarded scholarships and mentorship opportunities to undocumented students to support them in their educational pursuits. If awarded, scholarship recipients receive funding to cover the cost of tuition, room, and board to pursue a four-year degree at a Golden Door Scholars regional partner school beginning in the Fall 2025 semester. The application in part requires students to submit a 500-word essay, a 2-minute video, unofficial high school transcripts.

Here are the eligibility requirements:

• “Be graduating/have graduated high school and reside in one of our regional states:

  • North Carolina

  • South Carolina

  • Georgia

• Have one of the following documentation or immigration statuses:

  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

  • Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

  • U-1 visa

  • Pending Asylum case open with USCIS

  • Pending Refugee

  • Undocumented, foreign-born people who do not possess a valid visa or other recognized immigration documentation in the United States

• Demonstrate high financial need.

• Have graduated or will graduate from a United States high school (or have earned or will earn a high school equivalency diploma).

• Live in the United States for at least four (4) years prior to applying for the Golden Door Scholarship.

• Have an unweighted high school GPA of 3.2.

• Be willing to relocate to and enroll full-time in a bachelor’s degree program.

• Be willing to pursue a major aligned with Golden Door Scholars’ preferred majors list.”

The deadline to apply is October 1, 2024

For more information and to apply, please visit their official website: 2025 Golden Door Scholars

Please note that this scholarship opportunity is being offered by Golden Door Scholars and the link to it may not work once the application window has closed.

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