“What are my career plans?” “To graduate from college with a degree in what I love, get my dream job, and start earning money for my family of course.”
“Why am I applying for this award?” “College is expensive, duh, and I don’t have much put away for it and don’t want thousands of dollars in loans when I’m older so I need scholarships like this to help me pay for college.”
“Why should you choose me?” “I have lots of extracurriculars, an internship, and some work experience along with community service, a good GPA, and a boatload of awards related to my field, and I need the money to pay or else I’ll have to drop out.”
These questions and many others from basic information to more complex, thoughtful things like are just some of the many that I’ve been tirelessly answering for scholarships even before I started college. As a first generation student hailing from a single parent family, I’ve known for years that if I wanted to attend college, I would need to find (a) way(s) to pay for it, and there are tons out there. Institutional aid, federal grants, state merit aid programs, scholarships from outside sources and college themselves, loans, work-study programs, part time jobs, and out of pocket are just some of the methods available to do so. …show more content…
I am also fortunate enough to go to school in a state that offers a statewide merit scholarship based on test scores and community service, and are using it to help me pay. Consequently, if I am going to have a job in college, it might as well be one that pays well, and applying for scholarships like these definitely fits that criteria and helps me pay for college. Finally, I wouldn’t object to getting a real part time job along with studying if it helps me avoid loans, and all of these opportunities are helping me to avoid excess student loan
“Why am I applying for this award?” “College is expensive, duh, and I don’t have much put away for it and don’t want thousands of dollars in loans when I’m older so I need scholarships like this to help me pay for college.”
“Why should you choose me?” “I have lots of extracurriculars, an internship, and some work experience along with community service, a good GPA, and a boatload of awards related to my field, and I need the money to pay or else I’ll have to drop out.”
These questions and many others from basic information to more complex, thoughtful things like are just some of the many that I’ve been tirelessly answering for scholarships even before I started college. As a first generation student hailing from a single parent family, I’ve known for years that if I wanted to attend college, I would need to find (a) way(s) to pay for it, and there are tons out there. Institutional aid, federal grants, state merit aid programs, scholarships from outside sources and college themselves, loans, work-study programs, part time jobs, and out of pocket are just some of the methods available to do so. …show more content…
I am also fortunate enough to go to school in a state that offers a statewide merit scholarship based on test scores and community service, and are using it to help me pay. Consequently, if I am going to have a job in college, it might as well be one that pays well, and applying for scholarships like these definitely fits that criteria and helps me pay for college. Finally, I wouldn’t object to getting a real part time job along with studying if it helps me avoid loans, and all of these opportunities are helping me to avoid excess student loan