Applying for a BASIC scholarship? Send us the transcript that goes with your application.
We use this information to review your application. Your name, mailing address, and email are required.
If you're awarded a scholarship, your check is mailed to this address.
The school this scholarship is for — the one you're attending or plan to attend, not schools you attended before.
Which describes you? The questions below depend on your answer.
Graduating Borrego Springs High School seniors need to have volunteered at a community activity or event in order to apply for a BASIC scholarship.
Describe your community volunteer activities, including the event(s) and hours volunteered.
Describe the jobs you have held during your high school years. (Optional)
Tell us about yourself, challenges you faced and overcame, your educational goals, and how your high school experience will help you achieve your goals.
How do you plan to use your BASIC scholarship — vocational school, community college, four-year school, or graduate school? Which schools have you applied to, and where have you been accepted? Do you have a course of study in mind (STEM, Nursing, Business, …)? How long will your studies take, and how do you plan to finance them?
Required — upload your transcript here. PDF, photo, or Word document, 5 MB max.
Send this when you are applying for a scholarship — usually your high school or GED transcript.
Please fill out the information below for your Borrego BASIC profile — it's how we celebrate you and your class.*
Smile! This becomes your photo on the class page.
Something fun — an 'off' or goofy expression.
Share something great about your BASIC experience — what surprised you, what helped you most, or why you'd tell a younger student to go for it.
The people who fund these scholarships really do read these. Tell them what their support has made possible for you — in your own words, however short or long you like.
Practical tips — study habits, applying for aid, handling that first year away from home.
If you are awarded a BASIC scholarship, the Part 2 profile information you shared above — your photos and answers — may be published on our public scholarship page, unless you ask us not to using the option below. You can see our current scholars on the Recent Scholarship Awardees page.
* Borrego BASIC may share profiles like yours — photos and stories — on our website and with the generous donors who make these scholarships possible. If you would rather we not share yours — for any reason, including religious or personal preferences about sharing photos — check the box below and we will honor it, no questions asked.