Frequently Asked Questions

A scholarship is a financial award for students to further their academic and career goals and is not required to be repaid. Scholarships offered at GCC are intended to be added to other financial support students receive.

Scholarships are designed to reward, motivate, and accommodate students in pursuing academic goals and leadership roles. Moreover, other specific criteria, such as community activities, work experience, and financial situation are taken into account during the scholarship selection process.

GCC gives over 500 scholarships with awards totaling more than $300,000 to our students each year. Individual scholarships may be worth up to several thousand dollars each, and the funds are typically used for class registration fees, books, and other educational expenses at GCC and transfer institutions.

Glendale Community College offers a wide variety of scholarships for a diverse range of students.

See list and description of all scholarships offered at GCC. 

GCC scholarships fall into two main categories designed to meet the needs of students at different educational stages:

• current GCC students who have completed at least 12 units of credit with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher are eligible for scholarships designated for continuing students
• transferring students may receive scholarships from GCC designed to help them
  transition to four-year colleges and universities

Sign up for an account using your student GCC email and password at https://glendale.academicworks.com/ 

Then, log into your student GCC email, where you will receive a confirmation link.     

Click on the link to open access to your application.

Complete the general application and any supplemental questions, if needed. 

When you have finished you may go back and edit your application before the deadline.  

After you have filled out all the required fields you may submit your application. You will be able to go back and edit your application any time before the deadline - October 24, 2025 (Fall Scholarships) and March 23, 2026 (Spring Scholarships)

Once you apply in the fall, your application is valid until the end of the Spring semester. In order to apply for the next school year, you must fill out another application after July 1st of each year.

No, in order to apply for GCC scholarships, a student needs to fill out one simple general application.

The GCC Scholarship Committee, academic departments, or scholarship sponsors make selections based on academic achievement, financial need, major field of study, community service, campus leadership or other criteria established by the scholarship sponsors.

For the fall semester scholarship, you will be notified in the month of December. For the spring semester scholarship, you will be notified in the month of June.

When will I be notified if I receive a scholarship?

For the fall semester scholarship, you will be notified in the month of December. For the spring semester scholarship, you will be notified in the month of June.

How will I be notified if I receive a scholarship?
You will be notified via your GCC student email.

Will all applicants be notified?
No, only scholarship recipients will be notified via GCC student email.

Scholarship award will be received in a form of a check and it will be sent out to the recipients’ mailing addresses.

No. The scholarship sponsor’s information remains confidential.