-- Posted by Vitality0820 at 9:01 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Going into high school I knew that the only way I could get into college was by earning good grades and being active in the clubs at my school because my parents can't afford to put me through college. I graduated from high school in 2005 with a 4.0 GPA ranking high in the top ten percent of my class. I was active in Class council all four years as Secretary and Vice President. I was also Captain of the lacrosse team, member of the Latin Dance Club, Green and White Spirit Club, PALS club, JROTC Colorguard, JROTC Honorguard, and JROTC Choir. I also graduated as a member of the National Honors Society, Rhode Island Honors Society, and Spanish National Honors Society... I would say that I have been a well rounded and hard working student... After high school, financial aid and scholarships didn't even pay for half my of my tuition...I applied to numerous scholarships and received ONE $3000 scholarship... Scholarship organizations and the government claim that they would award and aid the outstanding students, the financially needy students, and the ones active in their schools. I fit in all those categories and I did EVERYTHING my parents, teachers, and everyone told me to do.... So why did I get "shafted" -- Posted by NNN at 9:02 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 unbe-fucking-lievable i am so sorry -- Posted by Cunning Stunt at 9:03 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Overachiever? -- Posted by OverTheAir at 9:03 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Well financial aid is just based on your estimated family contribution, not your academics....but it still sucks, I'm sorry. -- Posted by emmy350 at 9:03 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Jesus! If you can't get them, well, how the hell am I supposed to get one? -- Posted by mandie at 9:04 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 im sorry but you can get everything all the money needed to pay for school because there are others that need the money too -- Posted by Jrmy590 at 9:05 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Go into the military man, after 4 years you have a chance to goto college and they pay for your college tuition. That's what im doing. I'm not quite as smart as you are, but I'm sure i'll get accepted somewhere. -- Posted by CmplctedCheerGrl at 9:07 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 That's messed up.  I graduated with like... a 2.8 GPA and only cheerleading as an activity and I still got most of my tuition paid for... but at the same time I applied for grants and scholarships that dealt with my personal life: ie: Catholic Scholarships, Skin Cancer Scholarships (I had Melanoma), my dad was born in Italy so an Italian "Grant"... -- Posted by Alex2 at 9:08 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 i am pretty involved with my school...Student Representative and a committee where we help out people in our town...next year i'll be way more involved...! -- Posted by freshness at 9:09 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 well gosh -- Posted by Rastafarian at 9:21 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Did you know Asia has more honours childre then North America has children. AKA. we're fucked. -- Posted by guitarist451 at 9:33 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 maybe your school isnt respected at all and maybe you're not as financially needy as you think but that does suck i feel for you but look on the bright side you've got a lot of experience and a lot ofsoadlfjah;skdjfhalkse -- Posted by cali99boy at 2:55 pm on Mar. 26, 2007 Its time for a job. I didn't get any money either. Just paid my way by working multiple part-time jobs or a full-time one. It sucks to have to work but you have to do what you got to do. Don't forget you can always get loans. -- Posted by Vitality0820 at 6:17 pm on Mar. 26, 2007 To cali99boy  : I've worked 2 jobs since I was 15. Would get up for 7 in the am to 2pm then go to my other job from 3-11pm/12am ... and everyday during the summers..so my "time for a job" was waaaayy before I could even legally start. To guitarist451 : My school IS very well respected. We had  one of the top JROTC in the NATION, we had math winners, science winners, track, drill, basketball... you name it. It was a public school one of the best in the state. To Rastafarian: That's because we start everything earlier and we skip middle school... in the Philippines we started doing division and multiplication in 1st grade.... To freshness : Um... obviously not since it's not the way I planned...and there was no bragging in my post... but I'm PERFECTLY content.. thank you very much.. To Jrmy590: I was  -----     <---- that close to going to West Point. My grades would have given me a free ride... but physically... I don't think I could have handled it... plus I was in JROTC four years and I know  what goes on.... they tell you 4 years in the army and then you're free... what they don't tell you is about mandatory enlistment.... which 4 years can become 5,6,7,8,9... I'm all set with that. And to the rest... thanks for the replies! -- Posted by Lordship at 2:58 am on Mar. 29, 2007 Paint youself black. -- Posted by dreamweaver at 4:37 pm on Mar. 29, 2007 Did you take both the ACTs and SATs?  What were your scores?  Did you have a major in mind or were you undecided? I know thats how the top in my class got most of her scholarships.  Also, she made it a big deal to do so many apps a week- which in the end worked out for her.  She ended up getting up to about $300,000 in scholarships, in which she had to turn down over half of them due to them being in a certain school, program, and/or state.  I thought I had applied to a lot myself, but I also realized that the more you do, the better. I personally applied to about 50 different ones... and received 5 of them totaling $5,000.   -- Posted by Preciouz Angel at 1:59 pm on Mar. 30, 2007 I GUESS ALL I CAN SAY IS YOU GOT FUCKED OVER, HEY ITS LIFE DEAL WITH IT!!! -- Posted by babymoi14 at 8:28 pm on Mar. 30, 2007 jeez, you'd think that you'd get one! try a loan or a grant -- Posted by emmie738 at 12:37 pm on April 9, 2007 Yeah my friend applied for like 30 scholarships, and so far  hasn't gotten any. -- Posted by a4autocrossr at 10:50 pm on May 14, 2007 because there are TONS of other highschool kids just like you...don't think youre all that special.... -- Posted by SilverClover at 1:24 pm on May 15, 2007 I applied for about 50 scholarships and got nothing. However, I applied to schools anyway and got a $30,000 grant from my college. Granted, that still leaves more than my family's yearly income to pay for the rest, but just see what your colleges give you. -- Posted by fenrir at 11:00 am on May 16, 2007 Quote: from Jrmy590 at 11:05 pm on Mar. 15, 2007 Go into the military man, after 4 years you have a chance to goto college and they pay for your college tuition. That's what im doing. I'm not quite as smart as you are, but I'm sure i'll get accepted somewhere. Don't take this person's advice...  namely because it's stupid.  If you desire to go into college first thing right after high school, just bite the bullet and go attend some community college level courses near your house / town that'll easily transfer into the college that you'd much rather go to.  That way, you end up paying much less over the same information that people have to pay literally thousands more to receive.  It really doesn't matter where you go to receive your lower courses, what really matters is where you take your major related courses at the school of your choosing. Plus, if you go into the military already with a degree, then you're fully capable of making Officer right after Basic training, or if you're able to take ROTC courses while enrolled somewhere, then you'd definitely be able to make it through. -- Posted by Mindy88 at 8:28 pm on May 17, 2007 my family doesn't qualify for finacial aid, but i got alot of money from the schools i applied to because of my grades. since yours is so high, i would think the schools would offer you something, most private and state would do that unless of course you applied to an ivy league, then that's a competely different story. -- Posted by jiminic2 at 1:33 pm on May 18, 2007 As a parent, I saw my kids apply for all kinds of scholarships and financial aid with no results except student/parent loans.  I don't consider this financial aid...it's delaying the paying process.  I'll be paying for 10 times the years the kids went to college.  Thanks for nothing! -- Posted by dannoonnad at 9:23 am on June 25, 2007 you can try this: http://www.zinch.com/static/college-scholarships.html -- Posted by dreamweaver at 8:44 pm on July 7, 2007 I know how you feel.  I graduated as #5 in my class (given it was a small class but still rather good), NHS for 2 years, several clubs, and several awards outside of the classroom.  I received a couple small scholarships, totaling approx. $4500 but that only helped with my freshmen year. Because I still needed help for my tuition and living at my school, even though FAFSA helped a little bit, my grandmother decided to help me with it.  Really nice, eh?  But this last year, she told me she couldn't help me (due to several reasons) and so I couldn't blame her for it.  BUT WHAT'S REALLY SCREWED UP is because she helped pay my tuition, it really screwed up my financial aid for good.  This next year I only get half of what FAFSA gave me last year, I think I may have lost an opportunity at getting part of my tuition paid by scholarship, and they won't even consider what my parents' income is (which is literally $35G lately).  All this because my grandma helped me out.  I think that's bullshit!  Right now, I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to be able to work, practically, full time and still be able to stay at this school.  I LOVE this school too much to let financial aid screw e out of going. And not to mention I'm entering my third year and dont want to think I wasted my last 2 years going. So remember, either don't let your family members pay for you tuition or figure something out where it won't dramatically decrease your financial aid in the future. -- Posted by mindfrost82 at 11:51 am on July 10, 2007 As someone else said, most aid is based on family income, not academics.  For scholarships, it is best to apply for specialty ones that affect your life. When I first went to college, my parents made too much to get any goverment loans, they had to get private loans.  Now that I'm on my own and going back to college, I can claim myself, but I still only have half of my tuition paid for by loans.  Luckily, my job pays me back for school, so that's a HUGE help. Academics are more for enrolling in the college you want to attend and get accepted.  Colleges look at that more than anything. Scholarships are usually just the luck of the draw, you can do everything that you've done and still not get any. My sister did great in high school and participated in a lot of things.  She got into Baylor but didn't get any scholarships.  Once again, my parents took out loans to pay for it.  She did pretty good in college, and now she's off to med school.  This time its her turn to get the loans, and no scholarships again. -- Posted by adub510 at 1:32 am on Nov. 6, 2007 Quote: from Lordship at 1:58 am on Mar. 29, 2007 Paint youself black. i lol'd.