Last chance to reach each out to your Opportunity Scholarship applicants!

Partner Colleges can monitor application statuses in their Partner College ISTS Portal by running the Opportunity Applicant Report.

Applicants should monitor the status of their application on their home page at https://aim.applyISTS.net. They should allow 5 to 7 business days after submitting for ISTS to verify transcripts.

Tracking Application Statuses:

• Not Submitted: Student started an application, has yet to submit.

• Submitted: If within first 5-7 business days, ISTS is verifying transcripts. If the status remains “Submitted” after 7 business days there was an issue with the transcripts. ISTS will notify these students to re-submit their transcripts. Submitted applications will not be reviewed.

• Complete: Transcripts were verified and application is ready for review.

Students can also monitor the status of their transcripts on their ISTS home page:

• Not Received: the attachment has either not been received or has been rejected.
• Processing: the attachment has been received and is being reviewed.
• Rejected: the attachment has been rejected – you can see the reason.
• Accepted: the attachment has been verified and accepted by ISTS.

What to aim for:

Using data from previous rounds (excluding last year's record number of awardees), we've determined that it takes 20 submitted applications to yield the required 10 enrolled Scholars. See this chart:

Here is a recap of January’s PC Power Hour, where we discussed:

• Spring Programming for Scholars and Partner College (January - June)
• Timelines and Deadlines: Scholar Applications, Renewals, Surveys, EVRs, Career Programming and Wellness Supports

Here are the links to the presentation and session recording.

We thank you for your continued engagement in these sessions and look forward to connecting with you in 2024!!

See past PC Power Hour Recordings and Presentations here.  

Looking ahead:

Spring 2024 Power Hour Schedule - we will send you calendar invites a week before.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 @ 11am PST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST,

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 @ 11am PST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST,

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 @ 11am PST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST,

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 @ 11am PST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST

Our Supporting Undocumented Students' College & Career Equity: Strategies for Success (SUCCESS) 2024 Convening will be held at Rice University on Friday, March 29 through Saturday, March 30, 2024. 

The Convening Agenda is now available here.

The focus of the 2024 SUCCESS convening will be to share and equip campuses with cutting-edge practices and resources that support the educational and career equity outcomes for undocumented students, including non-employment-based experiential learning models, pathways to graduate and professional programs, career development for undocumented students, and more!

For more information, please visit the SUCCESS 2024 landing page and registration link.

Here’s a preview of opportunities for Scholars this Spring! Scholars may keep track on the website calendar and we will email them full details and deadlines for each opportunity.

• Conference Grants: Our Conference Grant program will cover hotel, flights, and conference registration fee. Applications open soon! Stay tuned. 
• Inclusive Internships & Fellowships: Some Partner Colleges are partnering with us on our Internship Funding and/or Experiential Fellowship Programs. Check out our website for more information on the different opportunities available.
• ITINs Open Doors Sessions: Everything you need to know about getting and using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to create income and begin building your career, regardless of work authorization. We have two sessions this semester, February 15th and March 14th, at 6:00 pm EST. 
• Tax Matters on February 22nd: Led by Professor Francine Lipman (UNLV’s Boyd School of Law), an expert on working with undocumented immigrants in their tax related endeavors. 
• Immigration Q&A: Our monthly sessions are back starting February 29th at 5:00 pm EST. We will have an immigration attorney live to provide general advice on Scholars' immigration questions and provide relevant resources.

Reminder: Dream Summer Deadline is today, January 31 at 12 pm PST. For more info, see previous info shared here. 

For all emails sent to Scholars, go here

For Past PC Weeklys, go here