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Updated: September 20, 2024 - ALL RECIPIENTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED

Step 4

Candidates have accepted awards and all deadlines have passed for the following schools:

Step 3

Candidates from the following schools have been confirmed, notified and award letters have been posted to accounts:

Step 2

Candidates have been recommended and candidates are being reviewed for the following schools:

Step 1

Stars is scoring applicants and preparing list of candidates recommendations for:

General Program

Texas A&M University

Texas State Technical College

El Paso Community College

Laredo College

UT Health SA

St. Mary’s University – School of Law School

St. Mary’s University

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

Texas A&M University Kingsville

Our Lady of the Lake University

University of Texas at El Paso

South Texas College

Del Mar College

Texas A&M International University

University of the Incarnate Word

Schreiner University

University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

University of Texas – Austin

Texas Tech University HSC El Paso

Texas Tech University

Before Selection

We have completed reviewing applicants and we are working with institutions on details of 24-25 agreements::

Notice to Applicants

  • Lean more about “matching program schools” here
  • Applicants selected as candidates will receive an email from Stars Scholarship Fund prompting them to check their Stars account.
  • Once you receive this email and you log in, you will see the Award Details of the offer and have a link to a PDF of your Award Letter.
  • You must download the letter, print out the Acceptance Form, sign it (hand written signature) and return it to us. Do Not Mail it back.
  • Candidates have 1 week to accept the scholarship offer. Offers not accepted within the deadline are considered a forfeit of the offer and the offer will be rescinded. We will select an alternate recipient in such cases.
  • Acceptance Forms must be returned via email or uploaded. Do not mail. Follow the instructions provided on award letter.
  • Candidates are not officially recipients until Stars has receives signed Acceptance Forms within the assigned deadline.
  • If your school is listed below in Step 4 and you do not see a “Congratulations” notice on your status, you were not selected to receive a scholarship at this time. We do not send out regret notices. Note that if a candidate forfeits their scholarship offer, we will select an alternate recipient.
  • As indicated on the signed Certification Form submitted by each application on #13, the Stars Scholarship is not guaranteed to anyone, including past recipients.