Chances of success with various degree types

Snowball_City
Sat, 15 Apr 2017 17:50:31 +0000

Regarding scholarships: Some are super competitive so that may be a factor. Does your community college career center or department keep a list of ones that target CC students? I know that many summer research opportunites like to recruit students that are from colleges with limited research options. Perhaps it is the same for the scholarships? IDK.

I just this week read scholarship applications for a local scholarship group. Make sure you read not only in the essay instructions but illustrate why you are eligible. For example part of the eligibility for this one was “planning to give back” to this particular organization and community but the essay prompt was simply about educational and future goals. For me as a reader it was good when this point was addressed and not just about how the scholarship will make it possible to get a degree and they will go on to a lucrative career.

Plus, I was surprised at how many students just dialed it in and wrote one paragraph total - perhaps a sentence or two about each of the three things the essay was to be about. Other students wrote a comprehensive 5 paragraph essay and put a lot more time into it.

If the scholarship requires recommenders from your college: Be sure to give the prof your resume, the scholarship essay and requirement info, info on the organization, and have a sit down meeting with the prof to go over why you are a good candidate. Make it easy for them.

Inroads and SHPE offer really good networking and mentoring opportunities. Pass that info on to anyone you think could benefit from them or to your CC career center.

Good luck figuring all this out. You seem really bright and driven and it is a shame that the languages don’t work with your brain. I wonder if there is a language learning processing disorder? Wouldn’t that simplify things if you could be exempted from it!