Financial Aid & Scholarships
Students must have a Federal Student Aid ID to apply for Aid. If you do not have one, you may CLICK HERE to create one.
California Student Aid Commission/Cal Grants
Cardenas Markets Foundation Scholarship
Announcing new Cardenas Markets Foundation Scholarship available now.
The scholarship criteria and application is available via the Cardenas Markets website.
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
WUE is a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in western states may enroll in 150 two-year and four-year college institutions at a reduced level. Member states include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
National Merit Scholarship
Scores from the PSAT/NMSQT are used to determine eligibility and qualification for the National Merit Scholarship Program. The Preliminary SAT (PSAT) is a standardized test typically taken by 10th and 11th graders as a precursor, practice SAT test.
All 10th graders in CBK will have the opportunity to take the PSAT test free of charge on Wednesday October 10, 2018.
RCOE Foundation scholarship
The 2020 information and application are available at www.RCOE.us
The RCOE Foundation Scholarship is an annual scholarship open to students in RCOE programs who will earn their high school equivalency (GED or HiSET) or their high school diploma and will be attending college.
Who can apply?
- who are going to a 2-year or 4-year college,
- who have a minimum GPA of 2.5,
- who have completed their FAFSA,
- who have a college acceptance letter or enrollment confirmation.
- Personal Essay
- Activities/Accomplishment Résumé
- Letter(s) of Recommendation
Important Financial Aid, Scholarship & Testing Dates
FAFSA application submission opened on October 1, 2019. For many Cal Grant state financial aid programs the deadline submission date is March 2nd, with some community college Cal Grants submission deadlines being September 2nd. And the Federal FAFSA deadline June 30th.
National Merit and National Achievement Scholarships are entered by taking the Preliminary SAT (PSAT test). All 10th graders in CBK will have the opportunity to take the PSAT test free of charge on Wednesday October 10, 2018. Additional SAT & ACT testing dates are listed on our College & Career resource page.