2021 Bay Area Gardeners Scholarship Foundation Scholarships Application
The BAGSF scholarship application for the 2021 academic year will be open for submission from January 11, 2020. The deadline is March 19, 2021, by 11:59 pm. All applications MUST be submitted electronically.
BAGSF provides financial support to low-income, underserved and underrepresented students who are pursuing a college education. Additionally, we encourage AB540 recipients, undocumented, and first-generation to apply.
BAGSF Awards
If approved, each recipient will receive the following award and must participate in the following events:
- Each scholar will receive a scholarship award of $2,000
- New scholars will receive a Chromebook
- Two scholars will be selected to receive an additional $1000 under the Tapia Family Award of Excellence.
- All scholars will be invited to participate in the From Seeds to Degrees Virtual Workshop.
- All scholars will participate in the Mentorship Program.
Description
The BAGSF Scholarship is designed to assist scholars of all heritage backgrounds in obtaining a college and university degree. The BAGSF program is open to:
- High School Seniors and GED Recipients
- Undergraduate students (all years)
- Community college students transferring to four-year universities
- Graduate students
- New and past applicants are welcome to apply using the most current year’s application.
Requirements
- Must be the first one in your immediate family to attend college
- Minimum GPA of 2.5 * given the pandemic, we can be flexible on GPA requirement.
- Be enrolled in an accredited college, university, or community college in one of the following California counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.
- Reside OR attend an educational institution in one of the above counties
- College and Undergraduate students must: be enrolled as full-time or part-time students when applying.
- Graduate students must be enrolled in graduate school.
- All majors and graduate fields are accepted. Emphasis on STEM majors
- Returning applicants: Must follow the same process as new applicants and meet requirements and criteria.
- Complete the scholarship application and submit all requested documentation
- Participate in the BAGSF Award Presentation, From Seeds to Degrees workshop, and Mentorship Programs.
- Complete 10 hours of volunteering in the BAGSF Fundraising Committee before December 2021.
We have created a checklist to ensure you prepare with the requested information and documentation before applying.
Required Documentation
- Financial Information – All applicants are required to submit proof of financial income by presenting the most current tax filing, W2 form, and or paycheck stub.
- Personal Essay – Preset questions and instructions can be found in the application.
- Academic Achievement – All applicants must submit a copy of their official or unofficial transcripts. To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must have a minimum of 2.5 unweighted GPA.
- Civic and Community Involvement: Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, we have modified the Volunteer Hours School, Community, and Civic Engagement. We will continue to ask applicants to submit hours completed as volunteers. For the 2021 application, we will accept applications that have not completed the 50 hours required. To satisfy this requirement, we will ask each applicant to submit a brief paragraph (250 words) describing how they have supported their communities, family members, and/or overall personal/professional growth.
- Letters of recommendations (2) – We recommend all applicants to work on this as soon as you plan to apply. Recommenders can be a mentor, professor/teacher, counselor, employer. More details can be found in the application.
2020 BAGSF Scholarship Recipients
Audrey Yingwei Xu Stanford University Human Biology Read my story
Brian Perez Wences
University of California, Berkeley
Computer Science
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Brianna Rangel Arroyo
Yale University
Molecular, Cellular/Development Biology
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Daine Becerra Garcia
University of San Francisco
Computer Science
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Moises Correa
University of California, Santa Cruz
Business Management Economics
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Nancy Moran
University of Sourthern California
Civil Engineering
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Sandra Landa-Sanchez University of California, Merced Sociology Read my story
Jessica Sierra Ornelas San Jose State University Master's Degree in Education Counseling Read my story
Mahnoor Wani University of California, Los Angeles Neuroscience Read my story
Marta Lilian Marcos De Silva San Francisco State University Early Childhood Education Read my story
Mistica Espinoza San Francisco State University Spanish Read my story
Federico Rodriguez
University of California, Los Angeles
Human Biology and Society
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Geraldine Urgel University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Biology Read my story
Katiuska Pimental Vargas University of San Francisco - School of Law Lawyer Read my story
Lizette Barragan Cervantes University of California, Berkeley Microbial Biology Read my story
David Parsons San Francisco State University Business Administration and Communications Read my story
Debora Rosas Lopez De Anza College Nursing Read my story
Edith Arias University of San Francisco Organization and Education Leadership Ed.D. Read my story
Eimon Amjadi University of Southern California Psychology Read my story
Victor Hernandez University of California, Irvine Business Information Management Read my story
Yaneth Gutierrez San Jose State University Political Science Read my story
Zahir Mammadzada Goucher College International Relations Read my story