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This fall, I will be entering my second year of college and I am in need of financial assistance in order to continue my secondary education here at Virginia Commonwealth University. I am a first-generation college student, who comes from a single parent low income home. In addition, I have a disability that requires special accommodations that make the cost of continue my education more expensive.
My mother being a single mother has worked hard to provide for me with my circumstances even if it adds a burden upon her. She has always taught me to never let my shortcomings stop me from pursuing my goals. While my mother is not able to financial contribute much to my college education. She has however, contributed by continuing
He we go. Just me and myself now. I can write whatever I want and Mrs. Wesbecher can’t read it. To this point I have wrote about a lot of fun things I have done throughout high school, but that was just the PG version. Sophomore year is when things really began to heat up. One day over at Alex’s we found the key to his parents liquor cabinet. We did exactly what 15 year old guys would do, took some sips and wow did we think we were badasses. Looking back opening the cabinet taking a few sips and locking it back up really quick was quite comical. One night during Sophomore year it was Alex, Cal, and I, Alex drank a lot and we started to walk around town (no license yet). We walked around town for a long time with Alex’s sloppy ass. After a while
If you think your educational expenses are more than you and your family can afford, you should apply for financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You will need to apply for financial aid every year by completing a FAFSA. The FAFSA includes all the information necessary to determine your eligibility and must be completed if you want to be considered for any of the federal programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The FAFSA is available in two formats: paper and electronic. If you complete a paper FAFSA, you will mail it directly to the application processor listed on the FAFSA. Or you can apply online at www.fafsa.ed.gov and list school code will receive your processed information.
We spend years of our high school career imagining the college life, the dorms, and the college university experience. We spend months of our senior year deciding where it is exactly that we want to spend the next 4 years furthering our education. It is finally time to apply for financial assistance, only to find out that you do not qualify for financial aid. How will your family afford $8,000-$15,000 dollars a semester of college? How will you get the college experience and the hands on training that you have always dreamt of? Being a part of the U.S middle class, as are many other students, we unfortunately fall into the category of being “Too poor for college, and too rich for financial aid”.
Also, I am not going to go into a trade, so a college education is the only way I'll make it in this financially demanding world. My family supports me with my school accomplishments mentally sometimes, but not financially ever. I have to pay for college myself, so it is really important for me to get in, do well, and then graduate. I believe that college would be important to me either way, but it's different when it is your own money on the table. Also, it is easier to take advantage of your own family's money versus a scholarship foundation's money. I wouldn't want their first impression of me to be that I took money away from someone who would've made better use of their money. Education is the key to every closed door, and the last thing I will do is let myself
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However, parental involvement is still important with college aged students, especially when dealing with the stress of moving away from home, tough classes, and the cost of college education. Wartman and Savage, in Parental Involvement in Higher Education: Understanding the Relationship Among Students, Parents, and the Institution, share that parental involvement is especially important with the encouragement and support for their student’s choice to attend college, along with their tangible support such as providing a college fund for their student and joining the student for campus visits and other preparation events the institution may offer (59-60). Although parental involvement at this level is still important, independence also needs to be established with this new chapter of their lives. Parents should not need to help their college student budget their time or schedule times for them to get started on their homework. At this age, students should be able to handle such tasks themselves, with the prior knowledge and help they have gotten from their parents at a younger age. Wartman and Savage also add that one of the most important ways parents may be involved in their college student’s academics is to be a firm support system (91). Students may need financial and/or emotional support in which
In my household, from the time I was in Kindergarten, my mother expected academic excellence and nothing less. With her help I was an A student, Science fair grand champion, Young authors winner, Community helpers member, Young academic role model and more. At the age of eleven I lost my mother to Invasive Breast Cancer. Being academically successful was her goal for me and up to that point in her life she instilled the values of education and hard work ethic into me. At that young age I had to decide how I was going to continue being academically successful in school and what were my educational goals for myself. Since that day every school year I ask myself that same question,and this year being my senior year it’s more prominent than ever. My short term educational goals are: to apply and be admitted to 4 universities, maintain a 3.7 gpa, pass AP calc and English exam’s with a score of 4 or higher, and graduate with honors.
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My mother has been the motivating force from grade school to secondary school. My mother was the parent that stayed up with me until 12 o’clock doing science fair projects and if we weren’t done, she would tuck me into bed and she would stay awake to finish the project before it was due. My mother was the mighty woman who would stay up late at night and help me write a paper, trying her best to understand the concepts I was learning in class when she did not attend college and she struggled completing high school. Consequently, due to my mother’s lack of educational experience, she made sure her children received the best education. My mother pushed me to go to a magnet school, and I told
From a young age I lived with my mother and she had no desire to help with my academics or furthering my education at all. Until my Sophomore year I moved in with my dad and it all changed. He has supported me in going above and beyond with my education. Some of my goals in life as a teacher is to be able to help students get that care they need that they will not get at home. I want to be there for them and let my students have a wonderful time learning as well. I want to make a career out of helping the future of America but, also the future of Missouri. I became interested in the area of teaching Science my Sophomore year when I had Biology 1 with my teacher Mrs. Courtney DeVault. She showed me that she cared for my future and the other students as well.
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