Student story: Searching for scholarships
About this video
A student explains that her family's income meant she didn't qualify for financial aid, so she searched for scholarships instead and now covers at least 80% of her college costs. Her main method was networking: talking to teachers, counselors and employers, plus searching online. She encourages everyone to apply, whatever their financial situation.
You'll be able to
- describe how networking can help me find scholarships.
- explain why scholarships are worth applying for even if my family doesn't qualify for financial aid.
Key words
- financial aid
- Money to help pay for college, often based on a family's income and need.
- networking
- Talking to and building connections with people who might be able to help you.
- college counselor
- A school adviser who helps students plan and apply for college.
Transcript
- With my dad's income, I was not qualified to receive any financial aid. From there I decided to go out and look for scholarships. I've been very fortunate enough to receive enough to where I'm able to pay at least 80% of my college costs. My process about looking for scholarships was going out and just talking to people.
Talking to teachers, talking to college counselors, talking to employers. Just going around and talking to people, networking, being able to ask for help. A lot of people know other people who're willing to help out, help you look for scholarships. Going on the web; just click in and Google scholarships.
I would encourage everyone to go out, no matter your financial situation, scholarships can provide you great resources, great mentors, additonal assitance.
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