Eligibility & Requirements

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
• You’re a legal U.S. resident
• You’re younger than 21 years old
• You carry a minimum 2.8 GPA
• You’re eligible to attend a two- or four-year college or university 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 heritage

The scholarship recipients are selected based on:

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

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

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

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

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