Grants & scholarships for actors - where are they?!?!

supportive
Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:12:25 +0000

Marbleheader- My family is in the same boat as you. Still married, no tragic thing that my kids had to go through, no hardships, plus, we are Jewish and people have this notion that we are all rich and we are in the majority for college applications. My daughter even asked why we couldn’t be Sephardic Jews because she could at least hit the hispanic box (just joking of course). The only thing that helped us was the fact that both of my kids worked their tales off to make really good grades and were well-rounded. They also were recipients of an interest free loan by the Jewish community and were able to get some good financial aid. My daughter applied for a lot of local scholarships and was able to get $4150. (one of them was really surprising because it was from Kappa Alpha Psi- an African American fraternity that did not discriminate that my daughter is not a boy and we are not African American- my point- apply for as many local scholarships as you can) My son got some excellent Tisch scholarships but were are still in debt. I’ve written this before but this year, my son got over $20,000 in free room and board by being an RA. That is a HUGE and I mean HUGE help. At this point, my freshman daughter who loves acting and has spent the last 7 years in school studying acting is seriously considering changing from a BFA Acting to a minor in acting and a major in communications. There are several reasons for this which I fully support. I totally get where you’re coming from because it’s not our kids’ fault that our families are stable and hard working. Vent all you want!