Do I qualify for a full-ride

Jewitt
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:02:38 +0000

First of all, as of now, I have a 2.5 GPA. I will begin my senior year in high school after the summer. I plan to pull my GPA up to at least a 2.7. At the start of the second semester of my junior year, I had a 2.3, and I pulled it up to a 2.5. So, I think I could get it up to a 2.7-2.8 with hard work. I know that I have made a lot of mistakes, and I will have to make them up when I enter into a university. But, I don’t plan to enter a prestigious university, and I am not delusional enough to attempt to enter one with a 2.5 GPA and a lack of scholarship opportunities to tackle the cost.

I plan to go to a university in which the tuition cost are between $6000-$15000, and at least 48-50% of student have a GPA between 2.0-2.9. Now, let me be clear. I am not attempting to enter into any prestigious school. Nevertheless, I am determined to enroll in a 4 year university. There are many four year universities that will be willing to accept me. I have not received my ACT scores back yet, but I attend on receiving a minimum of 23. I studied both the book and disks, and they appeared to be 10x harder than the actual test. The test was a breeze, and the only thing that probably pushed my score down to a 23 is a bad management of time. I am the captain of my school’s debate team, a member of the chess club, a member of the BH bowl. I am also the campaign manager for the SGA President. I am also known for my rhetorical and oratorical skills, and I once quoted in our local newspaper.

My GPA and ACT is all about acceptance into any four year university, nevertheless, I wish to know based on my low income, will financial aid cover those cost. I have been writing several of essays for scholarship money, and I plan on taking part in both an oratorical contest and continue to take part in those essay contest. My primary concern is the financial aid, because non-academic scholarship money is not guaranteed, though I am confident that my submitted essays were among the best.

I am very concerned with how much money I will actually receive from financial aid. My mother makes about $8000/year, with the potential to make about $15500. I live in a single parent home with an older sister in college. My stepfather is deceased, he killed himself upon my entrance into high school. My birth father…who knows where he is. I pretty much didn’t care about my grades, and didn’t even know the importance of my GPA during my 9th grade year. I can’t even remember my 10th grade year, but I believe that it was the same. I didn’t even consider college until the beginning of my 10th grade year. I was probably at less than a 2.0 during that period of time, and I have been trying to pull it up every sense. I believe that I received an average term of 3.6 in my 11th grade year, and that helped pull it up a lot.

I am sure that I am qualified for the minimum of $4200. Nevertheless, I heard that there is other financial aid that can be given by the school’s feeling of your need. The issue is that I have several medium cost colleges that I have been looking through. Some of them have a in-state tuition $6000, while others, that are outside of my state, have an out-of-state tuition of around $15,000. The problem is that from my understanding, you can’t register for financial aid until you are enrolling in a particular university. If I am accepted to one of the out-of-state universities, will my cost be fully covered?

Better that questioned is answered, let me clearly state my response to ■■■■■■. I don’t care if you have a 4.0 GPA, and I don’t care if you are more deserving. I don’t care if you have worked hard. I don’t care if you feel that I am not college material. If you think I am using my social status to gain an advantage…I am. I will go to someone’s university even if I have to work an 80 hour week to meet ends. I will excel in whatever college I enroll in with a 3.5 or higher. Whatever college I enroll in, I will be as active as possible, and join every club that presents itself. I will not be there for partying or any other superficial bull. I will be there to pull myself up out of this situation that I am currently in. I will than use my involvement and grades to transfer to a better and more prestigious university. This is my plan on correcting the mess that I have created, and I do not need any criticism unless it is backed with statistical evidence.