Financial Aid Scholarships 

A vital part of Ateneo’s strategic thrust for Education Reform and Transformation is the provision of opportunities for social mobility among high-potential students from lower socio-economic backgrounds.  

In line with this thrust, the Senior High School is offering financial aid scholarship grants to academically gifted but financially challenged students from public, parochial and private junior high schools. 

• The financial aid granted may cover 100%, 85%, 75%, 50% or 25% of tuition and fees for the year.
• Smaller fixed-amount tuition-and-fees grants may also be granted on a case-to-case basis. 

Financial aid scholarships are never granted automatically.  All applicants who need and aspire to get a financial aid scholarship must apply by following the procedure below.  Please note that application for financial aid has to be done along with the application for admission.  Students must first apply for admission through the online system before they can apply for financial aid.   

While intellectual ability, past academic performance, leadership and service are factors in the screening of financial aid applications, financial aid scholarships are not granted on these bases alone.  The financial need of the applicants must be clearly evident based on the financial aid application form and supporting documents.

Applicants and their parents are strongly advised to be completely truthful in their financial aid application. Any form of misrepresentation or dishonesty- whether in the financial aid application or in any part of the admissions process- may result in the denial or revocation of admission and/or financial aid grant. Such actions may also serve as sufficient grounds for the University to take appropriate legal action. 

Application Requirements and Procedures for Financial Aid

1. Applicants for financial aid must download the Financial Aid Application Form.

Scholarship and financial aid applicants must complete the Financial Aid Application form carefully, answering all questions with the aid of their parents or guardian. The filled-up form must be saved as a PDF file not exceeding 10 MB.

Note that the form requires the applicant to attach photographs of the applicant's residence (showing the full view of the whole house, kitchen and bedrooms). Proprietors of micro-businesses (e.g. sari-sari stores, carinderia, print shops, etc.) must also attach a photo of the front or operating area of the business.

2. Aside from the accomplished application form, the applicant should also prepare the following supporting documents. The documents should be scanned and saved as PDF files not exceeding 2 MB.

• Letter from parents or guardian clearly outlining the family’s financial situation and indicating the need for financial aid.
  • Please answer the following guide questions in the letter:
    • What is the background (where are you from, how many people reside in your household, what do the parents do for work, are there any child/ren working, etc.) of your family? Please provide a complete overview of your family.
    • What is your family's financial status (what are your family's source/s of income, how much are you earning, who is providing financial support to the applicant, what are your expenses, do you have savings?, etc.)?
    • Why are you applying for a Financial Aid Scholarship for your child/ward?
• Report Cards:
  • For applicants for Grade 11, SY 2026-27:
    • Final Grade 8 Report Card
    • Final Grade 9 Report Card
• Clear scan of the parents’ Annual Income Tax Return or Certificate of Tax Withheld (OFWs are exempted from this requirement). In the absence of these documents, submit a notarized Certificate of Non-Filing of Income Tax issued by the BIR’s Revenue District Office in your area. Make sure all pages of the submitted document are scanned in full.
• For proprietors of businesses: a copy of the company’s Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
• For OFWs: a copy of the latest employment contract.
• For employed parents and siblings: scanned copies of the parents’ Pay Slips for the past two (2) months. If the employed parents and/or siblings cannot provide Pay Slips, then alternatives would be the following documents to be scanned into one PDF:
  • Latest Employment Contract
  • Bank statements for the past 2 months showing salary being credited into the employed parent/sibling bank account
  • Certificate of commission from the employer, which may also show other incentives provided to the employed parent/sibling
• Photo/scan of the following Utility Bills for the past three (3) months:
  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Telephone
  • Credit Card/s (if applicable; include all pages of the bill that show purchases made on credit)

The completed application form together with ALL the other required supporting documents should be uploaded in the following portals within the indicated time periods only:
 

3.  The accomplished application form together with ALL the other required supporting documents should be uploaded in the following portal within the indicated time periods only:

4.  Only applications with complete requirements will be processed.

5.  Applicants accepted on appeal are disqualified from receiving financial aid.