"Emily Stutz had applied for every scholarship offered through her high school, worked two jobs and maintained a 4.0 throughout high school. But it still wasn’t enough to fund her college education…
With the deadline to commit to a school coming up in less than a month, Stutz joked with her family that she would stand in the street and ask for the $20,000 to $30,000 a year she needed for her education…But after more thought, she decided that might not be such a bad idea after all."
She managed to raise $16,000 on a GoFundMe since Thursday. This irks me a little because she thinks that begging for money on the street and online for a college she can’t afford is a better option than considering a community college to transfer route. I wouldn’t say she is lazy since she is working and doing well in school, but I would think she is deluding herself to consider begging for $30,000 a year…Thoughts???
When it came time to apply to college I felt as though I would be all set to get in and go to any school, that is what everyone told me. I always worried about money but I was assured by many people to not give up on my dreams and with my grades & after financial aid, I would be fine.<<
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do your research and don’t rely on bad advice.
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While I was extremely thankful and appreciative of the merit money awarded, at $50,000+, all of my schools are unattainable.<<
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if you’re worried about money don’t apply to unaffordable schools, then get upset that they don’t open the vault for you.
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I pictured myself at the school of my dreams studying psychology on the pre-medical track, working my way to med school.<<
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funny thing, it’s possible to get a college education without going to dream school
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I applied to state schools as well but they do not offer merit so they all cost me around $20,000 since no financial aid money was awarded.<<
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well, that does stink, but she should have explored other state schools that offer merit aid to OOS
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My parents have had immense financial struggles and simply cannot come up with $20,000-$30,000 a year.<<
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join the club, honey. it stinks but that’s hardly a unique situation.
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So I'm going to try it! If people will give to the "homeless" panhandlers then maybe they will consider sparing a dollar or some change to an aspiring doctor who has all the academic, but no financial means to attend college ... as a little social experiment it is time for me to see if the people in my community are willing to help me out like they help out the other panhandlers..<<
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that just sounds stunningly tone-deaf, insensitive and out-of-touch.
i find it interesting that she does not mention her SAT/ACT, as that is major factor in the merit aid she feels she deserves.
sorry, this sounds really entitled to me. but it seems to be working, i guess.
She’s from Massachusetts. Many on CC have reported getting scholarships from UMass Boston, Lowell and other state schools. It’s not like psychology is a rare major.
^True, an instate kid with 3.5 and 1200 (cr+math) SAT, 27 ACT can get tuition and fees paid at UMASS Boston.
UMass Lowell is more competitive but it DOES give merit.
I think Umass Amherst gives the least amount of Merit, maybe a 2K total.
She didn’t bother to look up how much the schools she applied to would cost and only applied to expensive schools? Not much sympathy here, sounds very entitled.
Oh I am not complaining about people using their private dollars to help her. The people will allocate resources towards where they see fit. My interest in the article was her supposed lack of research in other colleges that are more affordable/less desirable and that in order to fund her “dreams” she needs to beg on the street…plus on her GoFundMe she says that she thinks it’s more worthwhile to go on the street to make more money than she ever would in a job…
“I’ve read so many stories about these people [homeless/panhandlers] and countless times when they are told to get a job, they respond they make more standing there so why should they? So I’m going to try it!”
Just curious, if she was playing an instrument while seeking donations with the same sign (I have no idea whether she’s musically inclined), would it be considered a job, and would people consider it an appropriate way to raise money for college?
I had a high stat kid that needed to settle for a less selective school that gave her a generous merit award. It really wasn’t settling because my daughter loved the school. Fortunately my daughter wasn’t a college snob feeling like she had to attend highly selective schools. She would have been OK with attending one of the much more affordable state schools had the merit award and a renewable scholarship had not come through.
This girl will eventually have a reality check when she sees how quickly that money is gone.