It’s Not A Lottery
Scholarships are a great way to pay for a college education. It’s important to remember recipients are not determined by a drawing. Scholarships are not lotteries. They are awarded to the student(s) a selection committee feels is the best investment of their funds. It is up to the student to have the qualifications scholarship committees are looking for.
The problem is, the best time for a student to begin this preparation is in the first years of high school, junior high is not too early. School is starting, or has started, thinking of attending college and using scholarship funds need to begin the process of becoming a scholarship recipient. Here are four things students can do now:
1. Take the most challenging classes possible. If a school offers a college preparation program, those are the classes students need to take.
2. Know their limits. If a student has trouble with basic math, algebra will be a mind breaker. There are options, other than skipping algebra and giving up on college or a scholarship. Tutors, and remedial classes can help students past their weak spots.
3.Begin to research scholarships. Find what is available, and what their requirements are.
4. Make a plan. Students are busy people. Sometimes they have too much going on and something slides. To keep their education from being lost they need a plan to fall back on. A plan will allow students to be involved in all their activities, and keep the grades necessary for both college and scholarships.
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I’m only a freshman in high school, but this is a very informitive website! it gave me loads of ideas! thank you very much!
Anonymous, glad you stopped by and found the blog helpful. Keep checking, I’ll be posting more information as the school year progresses. Since you’re a freshman, you’re in the perfect place to make yourself eligible for thousands of dollars of scholarships. Good luck.
This is a great post Nita and a great idea for a book. You are doing the right thing with this blog. There are so many high school students who realize much too late, how important it is to start thinking about it now! Keep working at this. It’s a great idea!
i am one of alexandra’s best friends and i don’t really know all that much about the college systems but i do know that the lottery is not fair and puts some kids below where they would normally be if the college or school were looking for good gpa’s. i think you’re on the right track here.
anonyomous, the lottery I’m referring to is lotto and things like that. When someone pays a dollar or two and wins hundreds. The problem is thousands of people play a lottery but only a few win.
Scholarships aren’t like that. First they don’t cost anything to apply for. If anyone tries to charge you money to get you a scholarship – run the other direction. Scholarships are based on many different things, that’s what this blog, and my book is about, helping students do what is necessary to qualify for scholarships.
While good gpa’s help in getting more scholarships, it’s still possible for students with slightly lower gpa’s to find scholarships. It’s very important they qualify in other areas.
Thanks for reading and please stop by often, and if you have any questions feel free to ask.
It’s looking great Aunt Nita!! I love you!!! Keep at it! I’ll comment about the actual blog next time, but I just wanted to give you some encouragement
. Love you!!!