On the 8th day of Christmas, CSO gave to me… a chance to lead

Irvin Gomez blogs about what CSO means to him. Check out Irvin Gomez’s video below. Please donate to Center for Student Opportunity this holiday season and help underserved, first-generation college-bound students in their pursuit of college.

On the 7th day of Christmas, CSO gave to me…college info and advice…for FREE

CSO was really helpful in teaching me about college. It was amazing to go a website where people were being honest about college in every possible way. CSO really helped opened my eyes and made me think about what I was looking for in a college. The scholars who write...

On the 6th day of Christmas, CSO gave to me…the ability to kick-start my dreams

First of all, I am so thankful to have had an opportunity to apply for this scholarship. This is an amazing program and I continue to benefit from it. The CSO scholarship has helped my dreams come true because it allowed me to actually consider college. There was no...

On the 5th day of Christmas, CSO gave to me…brand new possibilities

The Center for Student Opportunity has showed me that college is definitely a possibility for first generation college students. I come from a low socioeconomic background and it was an incredible struggle to try and pay for college. But thanks to the CSO scholarship...

On the 4th day of Christmas, CSO gave to me…the chance to break free

Of course CSO has helped me financially, but it is been so much more than that. CSO and the people there have helped me by believing in me, and telling me that I do have a chance. Obviously I am the first in my family to go to college, but that also means I am the...