UniFi Scholars

UniFi Scholars seeks to bridge the socioeconomic divide in the college application process and unify students of high academic standing around both their shared standard of achievement and a lifelong proficiency in financial literacy. We envision a future in which academic standing – rather than inherited financial standing – dictates the make-up of elite college campuses and in which all Americans are unified by a common ability to responsibly manage their finances. Objectives Through its innovative partnerships and method of curriculum delivery, UniFi Scholars has four principle objectives: Financial Aid Awareness: Receive a complete and comprehensive education of all aspects of available financial aid resources and student loan repayment; College Matching: Gain a better understanding of which elite universities might be a proper match, to which, due to false stigmatization, they might otherwise choose not to apply; Financial Literacy: Become fluent in the core concepts around saving, budgeting, and personal money management, so that they might begin to provide for their financial futures; and Starter Accounts: Set up personal checking and savings accounts – with the help of our principal bank partner – so that they might build a nest egg for the future.