Why Is It Important To Pay For College

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I need scholarships to pay for school otherwise I will still be using my own money that I worked and earned. I am currently working full time and going to school part time because that is all that I can afford to do. I will not be able to go full time if I do not get any scholarships. Going full time is very important for the degree that I am seeking which is pharmacy because going part time means that it will take about ten years instead of five to finish my degree. It would be great to have enough scholarship money to pay for school so that I could go to school full time and only work part time instead. Then I would not have to worry about if I have saved up enough money to go to school because I will already have it. If I have scholarship

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