Eligibility & Requirements

Apply to McDonald’s HACER® National Scholarship

What materials and documents are required?

No essay is needed. The only other requirements are these documents:

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Personal statement
Letter of recommendation to be submitted online
List of community service projects
FAFSA report and/or 1040s

How are scholarship winners selected?

The scholarship recipients are selected based on:

Academic achievement
Financial need
Community involvement
Personal statement
Personal qualities and strengths as portrayed in a personal interview, either in-person or by phone

Winners are selected by June. (Check for emails by April to find out if you are a semi-finalist.)

Are you eligible?

Check out the requirements below to find out if the McDonald’s® HACER® National Scholarship is right for you:

You’re a high school senior
Must be a legal U.S. Resident, U.S. Citizen or a DREAMER/DACA recipient
You’re under 21 years old
You carry a minimum 2.8 GPA
You’re eligible to attend a two- or four-year college, university or vocational/technical school with a full-time course of study
You’ll disclose other scholarship programs that you’ve applied for
You’ll enroll and attend an accredited institution in the academic year after your selection (verification needed, as scholarship funds are paid directly to the schools)
You have at least one parent of Hispanic/Latino heritage

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