Scholarships After College

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Scholarships would allow me to center in my focus on college. Not having to worry about paying for the full tuition of college reveals some stress and will allow me to focus on my studies and livestock judging. One unquie thing about my situations is my parents are not helping me pay for college in order to teach me how to be an adult. I do have some money saved in the bank but it does not even come close to covering the expense of going to community college and then attending a university. The biggest impact these scholarships have on me is that by not paying the full tuition, I will not be in debt for ten years or more after college like a lot of people are. Not having debt after college would allow me to excel in my job becuase it would

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