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Local Scholarships
- 🎓American G.I. Forum San Marcos Men's Chapter Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍San Marcos LULAC Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026) - copy
- ✨23rd Masonic District Scholarship ($Different Amounts/March 31, 2026)
- ✨Detox.com Scholarship ($Different Amounts/July 31, 2026)
- 🐍One Way Driving School Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Hays County Sherriff's Scholarship ($2000-2500/March 25, 2026)
- ✨RESTORE Scholarship ($1,000/April 15, 2026)
- 🐍SMHS Football Booster Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍SMHS Lady Rattler's Basketball Boosters Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍KnD's Boutique Scholarship ($250/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓Zeta Phi Beta: Cynthia A. Bell Scholarship ($TBD/February 1, 2026)
- 🐍Knights of Columbus Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍SMHS Volleyball Boosters Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓American G.I. Forum San Marcos Women's Chapter Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- ✨Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Scholarship of Excellence Academics ($2500/March 6, 2026)
- ✨Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Scholarship of Excellence Trade & Technical ($2500/March 6, 2026)
- 🐍Bowie Elementary Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Calaboose African American History Museum Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos Ofelia Vasquez Memorial Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓Crockett Elementary Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Dr. Daniel Rojo Medical Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓Four Rivers Association of REALTORS Scholarship ($1000/April 1, 2026)
- ✨Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Scholarship ($2500/January 31, 2026)
- 🐍Johnnie Tirso Rosales Memorial Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓Juneteenth Foundation Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓Kiwanis Scholarship ($1000/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓La Sociedad Mutualista Cuahtémoc Scholarship ($various amounts/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓Masonic Lodge Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Mendez Elementary Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓Ozona Bank Scholarship ($1000/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Pan American Golf Association Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Peggy Harris/Jo Weatherford Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Rice Harrington Memorial Art Scholarship ($3000/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Richard and Joann Robinett Scholarship ($1000/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Rose Brooks Juneteenth Cake Auction Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce Scholarship ($1000/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍San Marcos Baha'is Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍San Marcos Bluebonnets Lions Club Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍San Marcos Educators Scholarship ($500/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍San Marcos Lions Club Scholarship ($3200/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍San Marcos Rotary Club Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🐍Sara Wynette's Wish Memorial Scholarship ($500/March 6, 2025)
- 🐍SMHS Boys Basketball Scholarship ($TBD/March 25, 2026)
- 🎓SMHS Diamond Line Scholarship ($500/March 13, 2026)
- 🐍SMHS Tennis Team Scholarship ($500/March 25 2026)
- 🎓Travis Elementary Scholarship (Up to $1500/March 25, 2026)
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General Scholarships
- "College Here I Come" Scholarship ($1000/May 31, 2026)
- Air Force Association Scholarship ($10,000/April 30, 2026)
- American Culinary Federation Scholarship ($2500/April 30, 2026)
- Around the Corner from College Scholarship ($1000/December 31, 2025 & June 30, 2026)
- Autistic Students Scholarship ($3000/April 20, 2026)
- Ayn Rand Essay Contests (Up to $25,000/deadlines vary)
- Ben Brock Memorial Scholarship ($7600/April 14, 2026)
- Big Future Scholarship ($500-$40,000/monthly opportunities to win)
- Design Thinking Scholarship ($1000/July 31, 2026 for the Fall semester))
- Eight and Forty Nurses Scholarship ($3000/May 15, 2026)
- Frame My Future Scholarship ($5000/April 15, 2026)
- General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant ($4000/April 30, 2026)
- GoTranscript Academic Scholarship Program ($5000/applications accepted year round)
- Innovation in Education Scholarship ($500/the 20th of each month)
- Intertech Foundation STEM Scholarship ($2500/April 15, 2026)
- Just Poetry! Scholarship ($500/Deadlines vary)
- King Eagle Scout Contest ($10,000/deadlines vary)
- Learner Calculus Scholarship ($500/August 1, 2026)
- Lift Parts Express Scholarship ($500/April 30, 2026)
- Live it Up Quarterly Women in Healthcare Scholarship ($3000/June 1, 2026)
- MITER Foundation Scholarship ($1000/April 24, 2026)
- MyMozaic Monthly Scholarship ($1000/Monthly deadlines)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities Scholarship ($10,000/April 26, 2026)
- NGA Foundation Scholarship ($3000/April 30, 2026)
- Nick Lindblad Memorial Music Scholarship ($3000/April 13, 2026)
- NSHSS Scholarships ($various amounts/various dates)
- Numerous Business Scholarships (Various amounts with various deadlines)
- Odenza Vacations College Scholarship ($500/May 1, 2026)
- Point Flagship Scholarships for LGBTQ students (Amount varies/deadlines vary)
- PONY Baseball and Softball Alumni Scholarship ($3000/May 1, 2026)
- Schweiger Memorial Scholarship ($15,000/April 15, 2026)
- SDMS Foundation Sonography Student Scholarship Program ($2500/December 31, 2025 & June 30, 2026)
- TBA Accounting Student Scholarship Program ($1500 per semester up to $12,000/various dates)
- Terry Traditional Scholarship for public colleges in Texas (Full Ride/varies by school)
- U.S. Bank Student Scholarship (up to $20,000/various deadlines)
- Underdog Scholarships (Various amounts/various deadlines)
- Veterans United Foundation Scholarship ($3000/April 30, 2026)
- Washington University in St. Louis Scholarships (Amount and Application Deadlines vary)
About Big Future Scholarship
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The Big Future Scholarship Program is open to seniors in high school who meet the eligibility requirements. If you are an eligible student, by completing a college planning step using your College Board account, you will automatically earn a chance to win a $500 scholarship and an additional chance to win a $40,000 scholarship.
There are no essay, minimum GPA, test score, or citizenship requirements. It’s easy to enter scholarship drawings each month. Simply complete one of the steps before the deadline, and you’ll be automatically entered to win $40,000.
To be eligible for the Big Future Scholarship you:
Must attend a public, private, or home school, located in one of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other U.S. territories and possessions, or are U.S. Citizens or residents who attend a U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (“DoDEA”) school outside of the United States and U.S. territories.Scholarship Value: $500-$40,000
Application Deadline: There are monthly opportunities to win
