New York Times College Scholarship Program

The New York Times College Scholarship Program is a prestigious academic scholarship competition for New York City

New York City

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high school seniors. Past winners have demonstrated academic achievement, a drive for success — especially in the face of financial and other obstacles — and community service. Furthermore, candidates whose parents did not attend college are favored. Each year, since 1999, 20 scholars are announced. However, in 2009, due to financial hardships, the New York Times selected only 12 winners. In 2010, that number was halved to 6 finalists. There are a total of 218 Scholars to date.

Program entry requirements

To enter the competition, a student must

be enrolled full time at a New York City public, private or parochial high school, progressing normally toward completion of high school and planning to enroll full time in college in the fall following the completion of high school
be an American citizen or have a valid green card and alien registration number

Initial application

Each year the New York Times receives roughly 1500 applications from seniors residing in New York City. The initial application includes an essay, a list of achievements and accomplishments, and the actual application which contains biographical and academic information. Applications are generally due mid-October.

Semifinals

A total of 150 semifinalists are chosen from the original application pool. These semifinalists must complete an extensive follow-up application, due early January, which consists of:

Additional three essays
Two letters of recommendation
Official high school transcript and SAT
SAT
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scores
Family's financial information

Finals

Approximately 35 finalists are selected in February who are called in for a personal interview with the New York Times. Finalists must also submit an updated transcript with the senior year Fall semester grades.

The New York Times Scholars

By March, 20 Times Scholars are selected. The New York Times Scholars receive:

UP TO $7,500 scholarship for each of the four years in college
Laptop computer
Summer jobs and internships at The New York Times and other organizations
Advice and mentoring before and during college

1999

Fabricio Bedoya
Charmion Browne
QiQi Cheng
Denise De Las Nueces
Rebecca Y. Deng
Edward Diego
Rossana Encalada
Daniel Golab
Joyce (Xiaoping) Huang
Fairusa Ibrahim
David Lasky
Diana Lopez
Dayniah Manderson-Jackson
Marina Meyerovich
Mirela Miraj
Elizabeth Murray
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Anahad O'Connor
Anahad O'Connor
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A.J. Rourk
Ai-Kristy Thai
Le Ticia Williams
Jiwei Yuan

2000

Saddam Abisse
Lionel Anderson
Keren Binyaminov
Ixel Cervera
Kristina Chan
Cesar Del Solar
Jason Ewart
Hyunuk Kim
Samuel King
Mei Ying Lai
Corey McIntosh
Rodolfo Medina, Jr.
Cathleen Miles
Natacha Pascal
Lillian Loan Phan
Johanna Pino
Ruben Porras
Omar Ramos
Vikiana Reyes
Steven Rocker
Rosemary Rodriguez
Marcin Skomial

2001

Jonathan Abraham
Ronald Alleyne
Raisa Belyavina
Jennifer Chiu
Shanikqua Crawford
Letica Fox-Thomas
Wen Wei Han
Selma Kandic
Lauren LaCapra
Lakisha Lucas
Mark Lugo
Svetlana Meyerzon
Shirley Trang Pham
Adriana Price
Francisco Roa
William Sanchez
Christi Scott
Jamel Stout
Qing Yuan

2002

Veronika Arkhangel
Negisa Balluku
Svetlana Bezinyan
Donovan Chaderton
Zhi-De Deng
Frank Evans
Alicia Harper
Ibrahima Bah
Shekhinah Jay
Loan Le
Phuong Le
Julissa Mejia
Ayana Morales
Marvin Orellana
Eda Pepi
Audrey Tam
Amir Tusher
Tishan Williams
Hui Ling Lily Wu

2003

Matthew Berkowitz
Arthur Burkle
Kristel Carrington
Jeannie Chan
La-Toya Franklyn
Sheveen Greene
Kenia Knights
Yu Mei Lin
Kaleem Marriott
Andriy Mykhaylovskyy
My Thanh Nguyen
Yelena Ofengeym
Ngozi Okoh
Mansour Ourasanah
Jose Ramirez
Cathleen Stone
Yi Cai Isaac Tong
Katerina Vorotova
Tina Wang
Veronica Zapasnik

2004

Matthew Augustine Berenguer
Nickisha N. Berlus
Kartoa Chow
Dado Derviskadic
Latrisha Desrosiers
Martha Dua-Awereh
Jamie Gill
Yingdan Gu
Laura Lee
Dalinez Martinez
Katherine Minyety
Chukwudi Onyemekwu
Hanna Park
Zoraida Pichardo
Samuil D. Rafailov
Vernon J. Riley
Melissa Rodriguez
Estrella Soto
Nicholas Stein
Vera Tseylikman

2006

Sayeeda Ahsanuddin
Sandra Appiah
Daniela Cassorla
Irma Encarnacion
Keyla Espinal
Angelika Garcia
Stefani Gjoni
Ashley Houston
Justin Jimenez
Nikola Kyuchukov
Daphne Lundi
Hao Nguyen
Suvam Paul
Vanessa Salazar
Erika Sue
Anna Umanskaya
Sandy Wong
Jane Yee
Chan Juan Zhou

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2007

Evans Amoah
Reginald Askew
Jahmil Eady
Feruz Erizku
Bianca Farrell
Imad Harsouni
Jayson Jones
Sana Khalid
Harmain Khan
Dorothy Luczak
Ernest Meadows
Stacey Murray
Sonal Noticewala
Joanne Nurse
Michelle Reyes
Emilyn Sosa
Luis Soto
Davia Steeley
Sarah Taslima

2008

Joenni Abreu
Marlen Amaro
Gabriella Anderson
Thandar Aung
Santy Barrera
Aman Eyasu
Arian Flores
Romaine Hall
Stevens Kelly
Qingnan Li
Ohn Mar
Mya Marshall
Yelizaveta (Elizabeth) Piligromova
Ana Rosado
Robert Santos
Diana Shifrina
Trinel Torian
Leanne Valentin
Ying Wang
Tiana Williams

2009

Natalie Alberman
Alenadreale Banton
Andrew Boryga
Angel Contrera
Phan Hue Ha
Wei Huang
Oluwanifemi Mabayoje
Carrie Montgomery
Francis Oppong
Amar Ramroop
Darya Slavina
Ismael Xique

2010

Sion Choi
Konstantinos Constantellis
Daniel Garcia
Pardeep Kumar
Brian Palacios
Shi Giang Ng Tong

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