Are you an excellent student but financially disadvantaged and having a hard time because of financial constraints? Then, Remitly is lending you a hand to pursue your college education through its scholarship program.
For a quick background check, Remitly is an online money transfer service, enabling thousands of people in conveniently sending money from the United States to the Philippines monthly.
Remitly believes that educational support is among the most important reasons their customers send money back home, whereas, it created the Remitly scholarship program to give back to the Filipino community that they serve.
Hence, the Remitly scholarship program shall be open until August 31, 2024 and it will provide scholars up to four (4) months of financial support starting from October, 2024 to January 2025.
Under the Remitly scholarship program, scholars will receive a direct monthly financial assistance of USD$100 (Php5,738) over the course of four (4) months allowing qualified students to pursue their educational and professional dreams.
Although the Remitly scholarship program is up for grabs to any resident of Philippines who intend to enroll at a participating institution of higher education, to be considered in the Remitly scholarship program, they must first meet the following scholarship eligibility criteria:
- must be a full-time student enrolled at a participating institution such as Mapua Institute of Technology and University of the Philippines (College of Education and College of Arts and Letters);
- must have a GPA of at least B or equivalent in the previous school year;
- must have no individual grades below C+ (or equivalent);
- must submit completed scholarship application;
- must agree to the scholarship terms and conditions;
- must agree to receive scholarship payment directly; and
- must have the intent to complete higher education program on time.
The selection of winners will be based on the applicants meeting the program eligibility requirements and the contents of their application statement.
There is no need for purchase or service to Remitly required but all applicants must only submit one (1) application at a time as those who will submit multiple applications may result in disqualification. Click here to start filing your application.
Source: Remitly
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