APPLY for the bATEMAN sCHOLARS pROGRAM class of 2025 (2024-2025)

The Bateman Scholars Program is a FREE program to help with college admissions and provide some support in college. Check out our informational flyer, click here. The deadline for finalizing your application (100% complete) is March 15, 2024, at 11:59 pm but why wait! Instructions and the link to apply are below. For applications 100% complete by the deadline, we will offer a free 2-day ACT class with All Pencils Down (12 hours) even if you do not make the program (May 18 & June 1).

The Bateman Scholars Program is a FREE immersive college prep program for current sophomores and juniors who attend a Birmingham City (George W. Carver, Huffman, Jackson-Olin, Parker, Ramsay, Wenonah, Woodlawn) or Homewood High School which includes a laptop computer if deemed needed, counseling for college selection, 45+ hours of ACT test prep, one-on-one mentoring, college visits, interview prep, and financial-aid application assistance, among other supports. We invest over 300 hours as well as significant financial resources to help students successfully navigate the challenging, ever-changing college selection process. Scholars who remain in the program during college and graduate school continue to receive support from College Choice Foundation. NOTE: we do not provide scholarships. We help students find their best and most affordable options in higher education.

For further details and the qualifications for the program: Click here. Note, while other qualifications apply, pay attention to GPA & family income: You must have a 3.7 GPA and a combined family income (both parents/stepparents) of $80,000 or less. If you think your GPA will be a 3.7 after this semester, and you meet the other requirements, you should apply.

READY? The last and most important click: Click HERE to APPLY.

(You will be prompted to sign up with College Choice Foundation first, and then you will be taken to the Application site. Need help signing up? For a step-by-step guide click here . We have partnered with CampDoc to manage our applications so add campdoc.com to your safe sender list to avoid accidental delivery to junk and spam folders. We don’t want you to miss important notices about the Bateman Scholars Program!)

We will offer the following virtual information session: January 29th at 6pm. If you plan to attend, email info@collegechoicefoundation.org for the link. More info sessions may be added (email if interested).

For a very detailed explanation of CCF and to hear from our Scholars, watch our informational video. Click here to watch. This is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. It is dated by a few years, so some of the information may have been updated. It takes about 20 minutes.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@collegechoicefoundation.org or call Josephine Lowery (Executive Director) at (205) 401-4212. We are so excited for you to apply!

Finally, if you are still reading, and want to know where previous classes have attended college, watch their reveal videos: Click here to watch the Class of 2021. Click here to watch Class of 2022. Click here to watch Class of 2023.