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Don R. Shepherd Guardian Scholar Scholarship

Offered independently by UCLA Scholarship Center · In honor of Don R. Shepherd

University of California-Los AngelesSan Diego County, California

About this scholarship

A named donor scholarship at UCLA for entering first-year students who spent time in foster care and come from San Diego County.

Who can apply

Entering first-year students at the UCLA College or the engineering school who are residents of San Diego County and spent time in foster care.

Every scholarship in this directory is exclusively for current or former foster youth. Read the sponsor’s own eligibility rules before you start — they decide who qualifies.

How to submit your application

  1. 1. Check the deadline. No fixed deadline published — check the sponsor's site.
  2. 2. Gather your documents. Use the checklist to the side so you are not scrambling at the last minute.
  3. 3. Open the sponsor’s application. The button below takes you straight to UCLA Scholarship Center. Your application is submitted there, directly to them.
  4. 4. Save your confirmation. Keep the confirmation email or reference number, and follow up with the sponsor if you do not hear back.

Amount and deadline not published. The sponsor's page UCLA does not publish the amount or deadline on its site., so we could not confirm the figures. Contact their financial aid or program office to confirm the timing before you apply.

Start your application on UCLA Scholarship Center’s site

Opens the sponsor’s own application. Thank a Teacher does not receive applications and never collects or stores any of your information.