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 Offers not accepted within the deadline are considered a forfeit of the offer and the offer will be rescinded.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.
- If you received an Award offer and you need to transfer schools or make any changes, you must submit a Recipient Update Request Form.
- 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.