Important Updates

  • In observance of Cesar Chavez Day, Financial Aid and Scholarships will be closed on Friday, March 29, 2024. 
  • The priority filing date for the 2024-25 FAFSA and CADAA has been extended to May 2, 2024. Visit Apply for Financial Aid for details.
  • The Department of Education has announced they will send information from the 2024-25 FAFSA to schools in mid-March. This may result in a delay in financial aid packaging and offers for the 2024-25 academic year. While awaiting your financial aid offer, we encourage you to utilize the UC Davis Financial Aid Estimator to estimate your potential aid.

Fourth Year

In the last year of your undergraduate career, you probably have a strong sense of where you want your education to take you. There are a host of prestigious scholarships available to seniors and recent alum who are looking at graduate school, including: 

If you are applying for Rhodes, Marshall, George J. Mitchell, Fulbright, and/or Gates Cambridge, you will start your application at the end of your third year. You must also apply for admission to the relative University in early fall.

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Stay focused! You want to make sure your grades stay competitive. You will also want to consider:

  • Writing an honors thesis, if you're in an honors program.
  • Publishing research
  • Continuing community involvement at a leadership level.
  • Preparing for interviews by reviewing tips and attending an interview skills workshop.
  • Completing on-campus interviews for prestigious scholarships (if applicable).
  • Participating in mock interviews and finalist interviews (if selected).
  • Contacting the prestigious scholarship advisor once you have been notified of your candidacy status.