Student story: Relying on scholarships when facing immigration challenges
About this video
A student explains that being undocumented meant she couldn't get financial aid through FAFSA, so she applied to about 50 or 60 outside scholarships and won about 12. Because many are renewable, together they fund all four years of her college.
You'll be able to
- explain how outside scholarships can help students who can't get federal financial aid.
- explain what a renewable scholarship is and why it matters.
Key words
- FAFSA
- The US government form students fill out to apply for federal financial aid.
- outside scholarship
- A scholarship from an organization other than the government or your college.
- renewable scholarship
- A scholarship that can be given again each year, not just once.
Transcript
- During my senior year in high school, I realized that being undocumented limited me from gaining financial aid from FAFSA. So I looked for outside scholarships and I think I applied to about 50 or 60, and I got, I think, 12. So that has helped me, has a gone a long way, 'cause a lot of them are renewable and they pretty much are helping me fund my college experience.
And right now, putting together all my scholarship aid, I'm able to fund my whole four years of college.
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