Posted on 07/04/2010 9:34:31 AM PDT by grey_whiskers
A vanity request here.
I am looking for information on sources to look up and apply for college scholarships.
The problem is, as a *conservative* white male, I am too responsible to be eligible for Obama's "free money" (remember he's all about redistributing wealth to the "rightful owners" [sic]), but not yet rich enough that I can pay the costs out of pocket for a top school, or even a mid-tier school. And there is more than one up-and-coming high schooler in the family.
Wondering about either merit-based scholarships open to white males (as if), or fellowships / scholarships / grants for the price of an essay -- e.g. sponsored by a think tank or corporation in support of a major in a specific field e.g. the Heritage Foundation on how the GOP can leverage the internet to combat the power of "Obama for America", or Archer Daniels Midland for incoming biology majors, that kind of thing.
I'd be especially interested in anyone offering FReeper fellowships to worthy offspring of fellow FReepers. ;-)
Freepmail me for a couple of more details about the student involved...
And, thanks as always to JR, for a site where cconservatives can gather and share information. You ROCK!
First, set up a “scholarship” email account so your main email won’t be clogged with spam and opportunites won’t get lost in the shuffle.
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Invaluable information, but don’t forget that you have no idea who will see the addy so... nakidpartyanimal@yahoo is probably not a good idea.
Get as many GenEd req’s out of the way as quickly as possible via pass/no-pass basis at the super cheap local Junior College —the only things that REALLY count are:
1. where you GRADUATED from
2. your major
3. Your grades for the classes FOR YOUR MAJOR
OK so if you paid to take GE classes at Stanford then you are not smart enough to really be there..
So at the JC if you get a waiver you CAN take 22 units per semester —some take even more.
Who cares if you get C’s? Perhaps you’ll disapppoint your lesbo English teacher that claims the outside world is actually just INSIDE of us —that’s its all IMAGINARY...?
OK so these C’s rank as a PASS and it written as PASS on the transcripts.
Get that stuff out of the way, study up for the ASVAB; if you’re smart it will take just 4 days to earn a score of 99%; I think in principle they do not award a perfect score...If you score high you can chose your job. Chose wisely, finding out via internet the minimum hitch for each speciality.
THEN see a recruiter and do the stupid ASVAB simulation (that’s to confirm you’re not super stupid) and then sit for the ASVAB, then chose your job (if applicable, as some services don’t promise you a specific job), then do basic (not hard), AIT (advanced training, where they sort of teach you your job), then your minimum hitch, and get discharged honorably —maybe stay in the reserves, since you have 3 or so years in anyway.
Helps not to have tattoos, be super fat, or any arrests.
Congrats, your college is **paid for**, and you have just 2 years to go. Also now you have real experience, and won’t suffer nearly the brain-washing you otherwise would have.
OK, but *I'm* the parent ;-) 'Tis for my son.
Last year at my son’s high school, the PTA awarded scholarships to all the kids who applied - because ONLY FIVE applied!
That's a good idea, I'll start turning over the rocks there.
Cheers!
Sounds like Victor Davis Hanson:
On the matter of racial profiling: No one wishes to harass citizens by race or gender, but, again unfortunately, we already profile constantly. When I had top classics students, I quite bluntly explained to graduating seniors that those who were Mexican-American and African-American had very good chances of entering Ivy League or other top graduate schools from Fresno, those who were women and Asians so-so chances, and those who were white males with CSUF B.A.s very little chance, despite straight A's and top GRE scores. The students themselves knew all that better than I — and, except the latter category, had packaged and self-profiled themselves for years in applying for grants, admissions, fellowships, and awards. I can remember being told by a dean in 1989 exactly the gender and racial profile of the person I was to hire before the search had even started, and not even to "waste my time" by interviewing a white male candidate. Again, the modern university works on the principle that faculty, staff, and students are constantly identified by racial and gender status. These were not minor matters, but questions that affected hundreds of lives for many decades to come. (As a postscript I can also remember calling frantically to an Ivy League chair to explain that our top student that he had accepted had just confessed to me that in fact he was an illegal alien, and remember him "being delighted" at the news, as if it were an added bonus.)
FReepmail coming, btw.
Cheers!
I’m sorry - didnt’ catch the parent part. I’m ahead of you - but without a job! We’ve had to go the loan route this year - hope not to next year. Perseverance got us in-state tuition in Texas where my son was born and where his father still lives.
Seeing that estimate (and even the real deal) of the EFC is shocking! If you are touched by unemployment, there is an additional form to complete to adjust the EFC for that loss of income.
Good luck with your college bound kid! NOW is the time to start looking for scholarships... even “got milk” and duct tape scholarships. There are a few that you can apply to every week for a drawing - $1000 here and there adds up!
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