FAQ for Applicants

The application dashboard must be accessed using either a computer with an internet connection or a mobile device. The link and information regarding the application are found here: www.collegehorizons.org/apply. If you are having trouble viewing the application dashboard, try accessing it using a different browser.

To submit your student application, you must complete all five required tasks. This includes filling out the student application form, providing accurate Tribal/Hawaiian documentation, and ensuring that your three recommenders (counselor, teacher, and parent/guardian) submit their respective forms. Once all tasks are completed, you will be able to click ‘Submit’ in your applicant portal.

To be eligible, each student must be an enrolled citizen member of an American Indian tribe, Alaska Native group, or Native Hawaiian AND provide appropriate documentation supporting tribal enrollment.

Provide documentation such as one of the following:

• An enrollment or membership document from a federally or state recognized tribe or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).  We may also accept a Certification of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) issued by the BIA or a tribe, only if the CDIB includes tribal enrollment information. A tribal membership document must be on tribal letterhead or be an enrollment/membership card that contains the tribal seal and/or an official signature.
• A document issued by an Alaska Native village/tribe or an Alaska Native Corporation Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional or village corporation acknowledging membership or shareholder status; or a CDIB issued by the BIA or tribe, if the CDIB includes ANCSA shareholder status or information regarding membership in an Alaska Native village.  An Alaska Native village/tribe or ANCSA document must be on official letterhead or be an enrollment/membership card that contains the tribal or ANCSA seal and/or an official signature.
• A document issued by the Hawaiian Registry Program, a branch of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), or a Hawaiian Registry Card issued in accordance with OHA’s verification procedures. Documentation from the Ho’oulu Hawaiian Data Center will be also accepted. 

CH will NOT accept a birth certificate for a student, parent, or grandparent as proof of tribal enrollment. CH reserves the right to verify a tribe’s federal recognition status based on the annual list published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Federal Register, as specified in the Federally Recognized Tribes List Act. Further, CH reserves the right to verify a tribe’s state recognition status based on the state’s list of recognized tribes, if available, or through any information made available by the state which confirms that the tribe is recognized by the state’s governmental process for tribal recognition.

Indigenous Peoples from Central/South America and First Nations, Métis and Aboriginal from Canada are not eligible to apply at this time.

For more information on Enrollment, Tracing Indian Ancestry, and CDIB Applications, visit the U.S. Department of Interior Affairs at: https://www.bia.gov/regional-offices/great-plains/tribal-government-enrollment-claims

For more information on Native Hawaiian ancestry verification, visit the Office of Hawaiian Affairs at:
https://www.oha.org/registry

For students attending a Kamehameha high school, visit the Ho’oulu Verification Services at:
https://www.ksbe.edu/verification/

Sorry, you are not eligible to apply. Current 10th and 11th graders may apply. See our Resources page for a list of resources we recommend.

Yes, as long as your grades are showing an upward trend by the time you submit your application. Likely, you will be waitlisted until we receive updated grades.