2025 Royal Business Bank Scholarship Program

 
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$4,000 in Scholarship Awards Available

Four $1,000 Scholarships Available for High School Seniors
Planning to Attend College as a Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Student in the Fall of 2025
Royal Business Bank is committed to supporting youth residing in its business service territories to fulfill their dreams of obtaining a higher education.

ELIGIBILITY:

  • High school seniors who reside in:

    • New York - New York County, Kings County, Queens County, Richmond County

    • New Jersey - Middlesex County

    • California - Los Angeles County , Orange County , Ventura County

    • Nevada - Clark County

    • Illinois – Cook County

    • Hawaii - Honolulu County, Oahu only

  • Plan to attend a U.S. Accredited 4-Year College/University or a Community College as a 1st year student in the Fall of 2025 (if selected, must submit college acceptance letter for verification)

  • A minimum cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.0

  • A household income at or below the County Low Income Level (if selected, must provide 2023 or 2024 tax return for verification)

  • Open to ALL MAJORS and there is NO ETHNICITY REQUIREMENT

  • Employees of Royal Business Bank and their immediate family members are NOT eligible to apply

APPLICATION CHECKLIST:

  • Application Form

  • Recommender Form

  • High School Transcript

INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES:

Sample Application

Low Income Level Chart

Sample Recommender Form

APPLICATION:

Applicants only have to fill out the common application once to apply to all scholarship programs they are eligible for

APPLICATION LIVE DECEMBER 2024

 

The scholarship awards will only be used to cover the cost of tuition for attending a college/university, as defined by the institution attended.

All materials must be RECEIVED by 11:59pm PDT, Monday, April 21, 2025. Anything received (whether mailed, emailed, or faxed) past that date and time will not be considered, regardless of the postmark. Application and recommender forms MUST be submitted online – Hard copies will NOT be accepted.

Questions or inquiries?

Contact by phone: (213) 624-6400 ext. 6 or by email: scholarships@apcf.org.


Scholarship Awardees

Click the links below to see the scholarship recipients from years prior:

2024

Aarya Drover; Chicago, IL - Loyola University Chicago

Huixin Chen; Staten Island, NY - Boston University

Kayla Vo; Staten Island, NY - Binghamton University

Laisha Ajtun; East Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Berkeley

2023

Anna Kove; Las Vegas, NV - University of California, Los Angeles

Devin Chung; College Point, NY - University of Buffalo

Hannah Karanick; Anaheim, CA - BIOLA University

Marija Stojanoska; Indian Head Park, IL - DePaul University

2022

Ashley Farinango; Chicago, IL – Elmhurst University

Anna Chen; Rego Park, NY – New York University

Jang Choe; Henderson, NV – Harvard University

Raegan Bowen; Long Beach, CA – Spelman College

2021

Hamish Buran; Malibu, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Hannah Kim; Los Angeles, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Jennifer Chen; New York, NY – Columbia University

Nicole Lam; San Gabriel, CA – Yale University

2020

Erica Hseuh; Irvine, CA – Princeton University

Tracy Jiang; Brooklyn, NY – Harvard University

Daina Marie Wilson; Chicago, IL – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Victor Ye; Hacienda Heights, CA – University of Southern California

2019

Amber Raigoza Arnaout; Glendale, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Amisha Chowdhury; Glendale, CA – University of California, Berkeley

Angela Park; Norwalk, CA – San Francisco State University

Angelique Pompee; Brooklyn, NY – New York University

Barbra Lyons; Torrance, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Claire Binfield; Las Vegas, NV – Mitchell College

Claire Oh; Los Angeles, CA – Fordham University

Cruz Sainz Rodelo; Los Angeles, CA - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

David Yi; Cypress, CA – University of Pennsylvania

Dejie Zhen; Los Angeles, CA – Bowdoin College

Estefania Flores Ramirez; Los Angeles, CA – California State University, Davis

Genevieve Barrett; Garden Grove, CA – University of California, Irvine

Haesung Jee; North Hills, CA – Harvard University

James Tran; Placentia, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Josselyn Melendez; South El Monte, CA – University of California, Irvine

Joy Lin; Flushing, NY – Stony Brook University

Joyce Lian; Brooklyn, NY – Cornell University

Kaylee Situ; Los Angeles, CA – University of California, Berkeley

Miriam Sills; Los Angeles, CA – University of Chicago

Muhammad Shaikh; Brooklyn, NY – University of Pennsylvania

Nicole Kim; Los Angeles, CA – University of Pennsylvania

Sohaib Usman; San Gabriel, CA – University of California, Davis

Tiffany Aleman; Alhambra, CA – California State University, Los Angeles

Wendy Wu; Alhambra, CA – University of California, Irvine

Yunhee (Eunice) Park; Valley Village, CA – Yale University

2018

Aleesa Chua; Los Angeles, CA – University of Colorado

Amira Chowdhury; Glendale, CA – University of Pennsylvania

Caroleen Wissa; Lancaster, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Cathy Duong; Garden Grove, CA – Yale University

Chika Adiele; Las Vegas, NV – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dan Ta; Cypress, CA – University of California, Irvine

Emily Ramirez; Simi Valley, CA – Pomona College

Justin Hogenauer; Cerritos, CA – University of California, Berkeley

Kerilyn Matson; Las Vegas, NV – University of California, Los Angeles

Kyndall Dowell; Hawthorne, CA – University of California, Berkeley

Luis Tun; Newbury Park, CA – University of Southern California

Miguel Marquez; Berkeley, CA – University of California, Berkeley

Naomi Summers; Oxnard, CA – University of California, Santa Barbara

Nhat Linh Vo; Garden Grove, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Olivia Velasquez; Oxnard, CA – University of Southern California

Rita Ohan; Glendale, CA – University of Southern California

Samantha Kerns; Lakewood, CA – University of California, Berkeley

Sarah Kim; La Palma, CA – California State University, Long Beach

Sedona Thomas; Longdale, NV – Columbia University

Stan Petska; Las Vegas, NV – University of Washington, Seattle

2017

Gladys Ortiz Perez; Oxnard, CA – University of California, Davis

Harrison Ku; Irvine, CA - – University of California, San Diego

Jasmin Avagyan; Las Vegas, NV – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Jessica Hernandez; Los Angeles, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Junhee Bae; Las Vegas, NV – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Kellina Tran; Garden Grove, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Maddison Milla; Bellflower, CA – Chapman University

Madelyn Hart; Lomita, CA – University of California, Davis

Mrrik Noubarentz; Glendale, CA – University of California, Irvine

Noah Wittman; Torrance, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Sarai Gomez; Los Angeles, CA – University of California, Berkeley

Sehee park; Buena Park, CA – University of California, Santa Barbara

Stephanie Batres; La Puente, CA – University of California, Los Angeles

Terran Artis; Los Angeles, CA – University of California, Irvine

Trevor Staffieri; Fountain Valley, CA – Westmont College