<p>I didn’t get any thing from the this schloarship and my congrats to those who did.<br>
Still I have to wonder about how this foundation defines “overcoming obstacles and adversity”
At the age of 14 I broke my neck and I am now an quadriplegic with no movement below my shoulders. Before my injury I took life for granted and got ok grades. Now I am a student with a 3.94 GPA, SAT 2090 , will have 9 AP’s with scores so far all 5’s My folks financial situation went from being ok to bankruptcy because they had to renovate my house in order to just be able to live there, my mom had to quit her job in order to provide care for me, and our my family’s income was 10,000 dollars. above the threshold , but I provided the committee with all the details. I just got my a Eagle Scout and my scoutmaster wrote my letter of support. I wrote a essay describing the greuling rehab experience and how a 14 year old relalized his life changed and how he will never walk or use his hands, drive a car, play sports. I also wrote how I missed the first 5 months of 9th grade and when I returned in Feb. of my freshman year l took honor classes and got all A’s and got all 90s +on all my NYS regents exams.
I guess they were looking for other criteria.</p>
<p>I just want to know what obstacles others had who won this scholarship. I am guessing they were just only financial in nature. Right? Now I think that most outside scholarships out there uses income as the most important criteria than merit. Please let me know if I am wrong. I am very discouraged.</p>
<h1>critical financial need ($50,000 or less adjusted gross income per family is preferred, if higher explanation must be provided);</h1>
<h1>involvement in co-curricular and community activities;</h1>
<h1>demonstrated integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity</h1>
<p>No offense, but while the adversities you have faced are severe and you are to be commended for doing so, perhaps they are looking for people involved in the community and lower income than you. I totally understand it may be impossible for you to be involved in “co-curricular and community activities”.</p>
<p>But those are their qualifications, </p>
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<p>critical financial need ($50,000 or less adjusted gross income per family is preferred, if higher explanation must be provided);</p>
<h1>involvement in co-curricular and community activities;</h1>
<h1>demonstrated integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity</h1>
<p>I still do not know what they were looking for. I have many EC’s and President of some the clubs I am in, Eagle Scout, very active in the community Head of the commitee to organize a Blood Drive, Started an organization of peer support and tutoring students from my high school to assist students at the place I rehabbed after my injury, and started the CYO at my church. I even got accepted to Yale, Boston College, Georgetown, Fordham, without mentioning my disability. So I guess i had enough EC’s and community involvement to get in these esteemed places, just too bad I can’t afford them afford them. ( There are like 3 scholarship for the PHYSICALLY ie paralyzed. Totalling 5000 bucks.
I am beginnig to found out how the real world really thinks of the physically disabled. Yes you have overcome the most catastrophic and devasting injury a person could have without dying but still there people who
who thinks it is not severe enough obstacle to overcome. I would trade any winner’s of this so-called scholarship for" those demonstrated integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity "</p>
<p>Just can’t wait until I graduate someday so i can suffer more of this when employers look at me and slam the door in my face.</p>
<p>I won the scholarship back in 2005. I think that the essays s are really all they care about. You can have the best grades in the world, but if you’re essays are not poignant and well-written, then you won’t win. I spent hours working on my essays, and that’s why I think I won.</p>
<p>okwjoe–sorry to hear about the Horatio Alger Scholarship. It is an extremely competitive scholarship, and they choose their scholars based on the states as well. They only have a certain number per state. Do not think that they only look at financial need, community service, and grades. They absolutely look at stories of overcoming adversity, but it’s extremely difficult to choose 100 national scholars from over 20,000 applicants (in saying this, I am not taking anything away from what you’ve experienced because you have an incredible story). As difficult as it is, do not be discouraged about scholarships. Just because you didn’t win one scholarship does not mean you don’t have a shot at others. </p>
<p>I applied for a ton of scholarships and got rejected over 50 times, but that didn’t stop me from not applying for more scholarships. Sure, there were plenty of times that I thought I had the perfect application and story for a scholarship and ended up getting rejected, but I stuck with my goal of getting college funded and kept applying for scholarships.</p>
<p>You have an amazing story that can inspire many people, so keep telling it and don’t stop until you’ve reached your goals. You’re only halfway through this year and there is a world of scholarships still available. I’d hate to see you stop applying now, especially with such a strong scholarship profile, just because of this one scholarship. Keep your head up! Check out the [ChairScholars</a> Foundation Inc.](<a href=“http://www.chairscholars.org/]ChairScholars”>http://www.chairscholars.org/) They award up to $20,000 for the national scholarship for students who have physical disabilities, and it’s another great opportunity for you to apply. </p>
<p>As you go through the scholarship process, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Just like with college apps, you have to give yourself options. With scholarships, you can apply for as many as you want and potentially walk away with funding for college. I hope this is encouraging for you because I think you have the potential to win several scholarships before the year is over.</p>
<p>If you’ve been accepted to Yale, don’t they have a policy to give full scholarships to students with incomes of less than $60,000 a year? Are you also applying to Harvard and other institutions who will give you such full aid?</p>