The New York Times College Scholarship Program is a prestigious academic scholarship competition for New York City high school seniors. Past winners have demonstrated academic achievement, a drive for success — especially in the face of financial and other obstacles — and community service. Furthermore, candidates whose parents did not attend college are favored. Each year, since 1999, 20 scholars are announced. However, in 2009, due to financial hardships, the New York Times selected only 12 winners. In 2010, that number was halved to six. In 2014, 10 were selected. There are a total of 253 Scholars to date.
To enter the competition, a student must
be enrolled full-time at a New York City public, private or parochial high school, progressing normally toward completion of high school and planning to enroll full-time in college in the fall following the completion of high schoolbe an American citizen or have a valid green card and alien registration numberEach year the New York Times receives roughly 1500 applications from seniors residing in New York City. The initial application includes an essay, a list of achievements and accomplishments, and the actual application which contains biographical and academic information. Applications are generally due mid-October.
A total of 150 semifinalists are chosen from the original application pool. These semifinalists must complete an extensive follow-up application, due early January, which consists of:
Additional three essaysTwo letters of recommendationOfficial high school transcript and SAT scoresFamily's financial informationApproximately 35 finalists are selected in February who are called in for a personal interview with the New York Times. Finalists must also submit an updated transcript with the senior year Fall semester grades.
By March, 10 Times Scholars are selected. The New York Times Scholars receive:
UP TO $15,500 scholarship for each of the four years in collegeLaptop computerSummer jobs and internships at The New York Times and other organizationsAdvice and mentoring before and during collegeFabricio BedoyaCharmion BrowneQiQi ChengDenise De Las NuecesRebecca Y. DengEdward DiegoRossana EncaladaDaniel GolabJoyce (Xiaoping) HuangFairusa IbrahimDavid LaskyDiana LopezDayniah Manderson-JacksonMarina MeyerovichMirela MirajElizabeth MurrayAnahad O'ConnorA.J. RourkAi-Kristy ThaiLe Ticia WilliamsJiwei YuanSaddam AbisseLionel AndersonKeren BinyaminovIxel CerveraKristina ChanCesar Del SolarJason EwartHyunuk KimSamuel KingMei Ying LaiCorey McIntoshRodolfo Medina, Jr.Cathleen MilesNatacha PascalLillian Loan PhanJohanna PinoRuben PorrasOmar RamosVikiana ReyesSteven RockerRosemary RodriguezMarcin SkomialJonathan AbrahamRonald AlleyneRaisa BelyavinaJennifer ChiuShanikqua CrawfordLetica Fox-ThomasWen Wei HanSelma KandicLauren LaCapraLakisha LucasMark LugoSvetlana MeyerzonShirley Trang PhamAdriana PriceFrancisco RoaWilliam SanchezChristi ScottJamel StoutQing YuanVeronika ArkhangelNegisa BallukuSvetlana BezinyanDonovan ChadertonZhi-De DengFrank EvansAlicia HarperIbrahima BahShekhinah JayLoan LePhuong LeJulissa MejiaAyana MoralesMarvin OrellanaEda PepiAudrey TamAmir TusherTishan WilliamsHui Ling Lily WuMatthew BerkowitzArthur BurkleKristel CarringtonJeannie ChanLa-Toya FranklynSheveen GreeneKenia KnightsYu Mei LinKaleem MarriottAndriy MykhaylovskyyMy Thanh NguyenYelena OfengeymNgozi OkohMansour OurasanahJose RamirezCathleen StoneYi Cai Isaac TongKaterina VorotovaTina WangVeronica ZapasnikMatthew Augustine BerenguerNickisha N. BerlusKartoa ChowDado DerviskadicLatrisha DesrosiersMartha Dua-AwerehJamie GillYingdan GuLaura LeeDalinez MartinezKatherine MinyetyChukwudi OnyemekwuHanna ParkZoraida PichardoSamuil D. RafailovVernon J. RileyMelissa RodriguezEstrella SotoNicholas SteinVera TseylikmanSayeeda AhsanuddinSandra AppiahDaniela CassorlaIrma EncarnacionKeyla EspinalAngelika GarciaStefani GjoniAshley HoustonJustin JimenezNikola KyuchukovDaphne LundiHao NguyenSuvam PaulVanessa SalazarErika SueAnna UmanskayaSandy WongJane YeeChan Juan ZhouEvans AmoahReginald AskewJahmil EadyFeruz ErizkuBianca FarrellImad HarsouniJayson JonesSana KhalidHarmain KhanDorothy LuczakErnest MeadowsStacey MurraySonal NoticewalaJoanne NurseMichelle ReyesEmilyn SosaLuis SotoDavia SteeleySarah TaslimaJoenni AbreuMarlen AmaroGabriella AndersonThandar AungSanty BarreraAman EyasuArian FloresRomaine HallStevens KellyQingnan LiOhn MarMya MarshallYelizaveta (Elizabeth) PiligromovaAna RosadoRobert SantosDiana ShifrinaTrinel TorianLeanne ValentinYing WangTiana WilliamsNatalie AlbermanAlenadreale BantonAndrew BorygaAngel ContreraPhan Hue HaWei HuangOluwanifemi MabayojeCarrie MontgomeryFrancis OppongAmar RamroopDarya SlavinaIsmael XiqueSion ChoiKonstantinos ConstantellisDaniel GarciaPardeep KumarBrian PalaciosShi Giang Ng TongDextina BookerDavid BoucardOlivia ChavezTami ForresterSyed HabibKenneth HicksGuillermo MalenaFaheem ZamanQueen AdesuyiSolomon AjasinYvonne ChaKhalil DraytonBianca DuahShirley LaVarcoFarhana NabiHang Jing QiuAnnalise ArmentaPeggy ChenEddy CruzKevin HidalgoEugenia LotovaBlanca MelendezAmanda SimonKamara SwabyBrianna AlbaneseBryan CaraballoKevin HeJeanne LiSorangel LirianoAshaki LloydMohamed MohamedEun Byoul OhRanjodh SinghBaaba Abaka-YanksonSelena BermeoLikita GriffithCarlos Ycaza-ZuritaKawkab AbidMah NoorPaige PaganFatima KhanDavid Kela]Daniel BlancMichael BorrelloOumou ZakariaShaafi SabirJachai OmotayoJada FitzpatrickWilson ZhangJia Ying (Jessica) MeiEileen CruzShania SinclairAdenique Lisse;Ajifanta MarenahLeonel MartinezSunpreet SinghDaniel Collins Jr.