So far, I have only applied to one college. Yay, right? I mean, I certainly feel accomplished, and I’m dying to find out if I got in or not (although everyone insists that I will, except for one person). Mostly, though, what I’m doing to get ready for college is applying to scholarships. It may seem a little premature to apply for scholarships before I’m even accepted into a college (that’s what I thought anyway), but my father has insisted that I do it. And so I have, and allow me to tell you: it’s really, really stressful.
First of all, you have to find scholarships that apply to you. Sure, I downloaded this app called Scholly which is supposed to help you find scholarships, and it’s been working okay, but seriously. Stressful. The next step is typing in all of your information. It takes forever. Your full name, date of birth, address 1, address 2, email, subject you wish to study, college you wish to attend, and so many other things that you would never think of. (At least, I would never think of.) Some people’s computers have that special thing where they just automatically put in your information for you; mine is not one of those special computers. So yeah, the work is tedious, but it takes about five minutes, so it’s not that bad. No, the bad part is the essay. Now, all of the essays are different. Some are two sentences (which I don’t really think counts as an essay but I digress), some are 100 words, some are less than 200 words, less than 500 words, between 500 and 1000 words. They’re all different, and obviously, the writing prompts are all different as well. Let me tell you, some of these writing prompts are weird. It’s hard to come up with some of this stuff, but sometimes it doesn’t even feel worth it. I mean, who wants to write an essay about receiving a package in the mail and how it changed your life for only $500? Well, I did it anyway. And don’t get me wrong, I’m glad I did it. Like I said, I feel accomplished, but jeesh. I want it to be over. I want to be accepted into college. I want to win some scholarships. I just want to know. But, unfortunately, that will take away. So, in the meantime, I shall apply to more scholarships. And possibly some more colleges depending on the application fee. (Seriously, I have to pay you $60 to read my application? If I get accepted, you’ll get ten times that!) Leave a Reply. |
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