Hey kids there’s still a lot of money out there. Three “OHS only” scholarships are due up in the next two weeks.
#1 – April 27 – Rich McCarthy Scholarship – $1000
#2 – May 1 – Building A Better World Scholarship – ($3000) three separate $1000
#3 – May 4 – Oakridge Alumni Scholarship – $250
Don’t drool your way to the end of the school year just yet…there’s money to be had!
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The Rich McCarthy Oakridge Scholarship is currently a one-time $1000 award, available each year for a graduating senior from Oakridge High School. To qualify, a candidate must exhibit demonstrated academic ability and a strong motivation to succeed and to pursue higher education.
Please go here for the application.
The Deadline to apply is April 27.
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Don’t think that you must finish college in four 17 credit a semester no repeat, no mistake crammed years. Stuff happens…you know? On this blog from Scholarships.com Kayla Herrera from Michigan Tech talks about adjusting on the run and finishing in five. Read it…maybe you won’t be so stressed out.
You can find the full article on scholarships.com.
Everything is blooming and trees are awakening with widening leaves stretching up toward the sky. The birds are chirpingand don’t forget the sound of graduation gowns sweeping across the floor! I should be graduating this year but like so many other college students my age, I have been thrown more than a few curveballs in my time in school and I have another year to go before I can enter into the workforce full-time. I want to assure you that this is okay and completely normal!
Here at Michigan Tech, we have a five-year plan. In order to graduate from Michigan Tech in four years, one must take 18 credits every semester, not includingsummer semesters. Not a fan of killing yourself with books, papers, exams, labs and a part-time job and would prefer to enjoy your time in college? That mentality is adopted by most students atMichigan Tech, making those who graduate in four years or fewer the minority.
Let’s face it – things happen: You change your major and have some serious catching up to do in prerequisite classes, you have a death in the family, youbecome seriously ill and take a semester off, or you just want to study abroad for a while. And that’s all more than fine, people! Yes, money is a huge issue (you can combat this by finding as many scholarships and grants as possible!) but at least we didn’t develop serious illnesses because of stress in an overworkededucational environment!
My advice? Take it easy and give yourself time to soak in all of the newinformation you are learning. Remember, don’t let anyone make you feel inferior for needing to stay in school for an extra year or two. There are colleges out there, just like mine, where the majority of students are on five-year plans – you just have to find them.
In addition to being a Scholarships.com virtual intern, Michigan Tech student Kayla Herrera is a media coordinator for the Michigan Tech Youth Programs and is a writer for The Daily News in Iron Mountain, Mich., Examiner.com and WHOA Magazine. She love a tantalizing, action-packed video game and can’t get enough of horror movies (Stephen King’s books always have her in their grip, though she prefers the old over the new). Writing is what she has always done, and that is what she is here to do.
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Oakridge High School students are currently enrolling for 2012/13 courses. Senior Current Issues is the only course at our High School where you (the students) set the parameters of the curriculum. We will spend the first few days next Fall talking about issues in the world and in the nation, and then go about laying out plans for the semester. I am sure with 2012 as a presidential election year , that students will choose some role for the class in that election. I’m equally convinced that they will want to spend time on college scholarship searches as well. W
hile we cover many other issues in class, national and international, we watch movies and we travel two times a year to Chicago as a group, scholarships for the past three years have been a chosen priority by Current Issue Seniors. They have seemed appreciative of the time and direction given to a thorough college scholarship search. I do not think that it is mere coincidence that students of Senior Current Issues have been historically successful in collecting college money.
Your senior year is going to be extremely busy! You’ll have jobs and athletics and clubs and homework to deal with. Searching for and writing scholarship essays out of class is something that often gets pushed to the back burner in your final year of high school.
Not in Senior Current Issues – here it will be a priority. And in the end where you land in September of 2013 is so much more important to your future than walking across that stage in June.
You might want to consider this when enrolling for classes for next year.
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Please go here for a detailed look at College Loans and Grants.
And go here to read how Congress is reducing its financial support for college students at the very time that tuition is rising through the roof.
Prepare yourself: on July 1, as many as 8 million college students will see their interest rates on federally subsidized student loans double, from
3.4% to 6.8%. According to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, that increase amounts to the average Stafford loan borrower’s paying $2,800 more over a standard 10-year repayment term for loans made after June 30. It’s worse for those students who take out the most money. Those who borrow the maximum $23,000 in subsidized student loans will see their debt load upped by $5,000 over a 10-year repayment plan and $11,000 over a 20-year repayment plan.
This is an excellent example of why you need to pay attention to what is happening in Washington D.C. There is a huge difference between Democrat and Republican positions in regards to financing of higher education. The Republican House Proposed Budget 2012 is not only calling for an end to subsidized Stafford Loans for students of low-income families, it also advocates for lowering the qualification for the full Pell Grant from a family income of $32,000 down to $15,000. $15,000? That’s not enough to raise a family in much more than a cardboard box on the side of the street. After adjusting for inflation, a $15,000 income threshold would be the least generous automatic- zero EFC provision in the history of the Pell Grant program, at a time when tuition is at historic highs. The Obama Budget on the other hand, has proposed legislation to keep the 3.4% interest rate for subsidized Stafford Loans for needy families and advocates an increase in the Pell Grant maximum from $5500to $5635 in 2012/13. Again, in a country as wealthy as ours this lack of support for the students of higher education is abysmal, but its far better than the Republican alternative.
Hard economic decisions must be made in this country if we are to reduce a $14 trillion debt. You must make your own call on who you support at the state and national level in regards to this and many other significant issues that face this nation. However, political choices that balance the budget on the backs of young people who are already suffering from crushing college debt, must be recognized and called out.
It is important for you to understand and consider these differences when making your own political decisions. Time to get informed people. Time to wake up!
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