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CollegeBound Foundation (Baltimore)
CollegeBound Foundation is a Baltimore college access nonprofit that places advisors in Baltimore City public schools. It awards scholarships each year to Baltimore City Public Schools graduates. Advising continues through college. The homepage focuses on advising and awards rather than a public list of individual funds.
Best for: Baltimore City Public Schools students who want advising plus CollegeBound scholarship support, and will confirm each award with its sponsor.
Limitation: Most awards share one application with a March date and no year, the status label is stale, and deadlines may be out of date.
Our rating
2.5out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (1.5 / 5)
- A public search lists named awards with keyword search.
- Each award states its criteria and amount.
- The category filter offers no categories to choose.
Scholarship Quality (2.0 / 5)
- Organization states annual scholarship awarding.
- CollegeBound is the named administrator.
- Public per-award deadlines are not listed on the homepage.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Programs are listed on one page with links onward.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (4.5 / 5)
- Pages show no ads or sweepstakes.
- Privacy policy page resolves on the site.
- No commercial offers on the homepage.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.