Our Scholarships
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need.
$304
Million
Awarded in Scholarships
3,400
Cooke Scholars
Current Scholars and Alumni
$136
Million
Awarded in Grants
"If somebody would say to me that I would be a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, that I would go to an Ivy League school with a full scholarship, that I would graduate at the top of my Community College and give a speech in front of 7,500 people, I would say that must be a good joke," Sagar said.
Sagar Chapagain
Sagar said his community college advisers played a big role in his success, which landed him a spot at Cornell where he majors in biology.
"My advisers, they kept pushing me, they said that you have to do better," Sagar said. "You have to go to a school outside of Maryland, you have to go to one of those elite schools. Because that's where you will get good education, and you will meet people who are different than you or who have different ideas and you will grow a lot as a person."