2026 MHG Companion Scholarship: What the Numbers Show
This overview highlights key scholarship insights, including application progress, discovery channels, regional reach, support needs, academic profile, and student voices.
How Students Found the MHG Scholarship
School counselors and school personnel were the strongest discovery channel, showing how trusted educational networks help connect students with scholarship opportunities. Scholarship search websites, families, friends, and MHG outreach channels also helped students learn about the scholarship.
This chart groups discovery channels into major categories to highlight the important role of school counselors and school personnel in helping students discover the MHG Scholarship.
From Student Interest to Scholarship Recipients
The scholarship journey moved from broad student interest to completed applications and will lead to the selection of 100 scholarship recipients.
This chart shows the application journey from students reached to started applications, completed applications, and final scholarship recipients.
Regional Reach Across Southern California
Students came from across Southern California, with strong interest from Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties. This regional reach reflects MHG’s growing visibility and community network.
This chart shows student reach by county and highlights MHG’s growing presence across Southern California.
Why Scholarship Support Matters
Applicants reported a range of personal, financial, educational, cultural, and social challenges. These responses reinforce the purpose of the Companion Scholarship: supporting students not only with financial awards, but also with mentorship, encouragement, and community connection.
Applicants could report more than one challenge area, so the categories represent reported support needs rather than a single-count total.
Applicant Academic Profile
The completed applicant pool includes 243 submitted applications. Grade 12 students represent the largest share of completed applications, while applicants are represented across all five grade levels.
Student Voice: Themes from Essays and Recommendation Letters
Essay word cloud: This chart reflects recurring words and themes from students’ scholarship essays, giving insight into how applicants expressed their aspirations, challenges, values, and future goals in their own voices.
Recommendation letter word cloud: This chart reflects recurring words and themes from recommendation letters, showing how teachers, counselors, mentors, and other recommenders described applicants’ strengths, dedication, growth, and community impact.
More Than a Scholarship Program
The 2026 MHG Companion Scholarship is more than an award program. It is a growing student support platform that connects financial assistance, mentorship, community recognition, and student voice. MHG will continue using these insights to strengthen outreach, improve the student experience, and support future scholars.
Financial Support
Awards help reduce financial pressure and encourage students to continue pursuing their academic goals.
Mentorship
Students can connect with mentors and community leaders for guidance, encouragement, and long-term growth.
Recognition
The program celebrates student effort, resilience, service, and potential through public recognition.
Future Opportunities
MHG aims to expand student support through community events, project opportunities, and future scholar engagement.
Insights Into Selected Scholars
(Created on 6/4/2026) The following sections present key characteristics of the 100 students selected for the MHG 2026 Companion Scholarship. We explore financial need, grade levels, and GPA distribution to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the awardees.
Financial Need Score Distribution
This chart shows the weighted blend of income, home value, support documentation, and property type among the selected scholars. Higher scores indicate greater financial need.
This chart highlights the distribution of financial need scores among the 100 selected scholars.
Grade Level Distribution
This chart shows the grade levels of the 100 selected scholars, highlighting that most recipients are juniors and seniors (Grades 11–12).
This chart highlights the distribution of scholarship recipients by grade level.
Unweighted GPA Distribution
This chart shows the GPA distribution of the selected scholars, giving insight into their academic performance across all grade levels.
This chart highlights the distribution of unweighted GPAs among the 100 selected scholars.
Building a Stronger Student Support Community
The 2026 MHG Companion Scholarship is a growing student support platform that connects financial assistance, mentorship, community recognition, and student voice. MHG will continue using these insights to strengthen outreach, improve the student experience, and support future scholars.
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