Importance of Scholarships

Scholarships are important because it gives you a better opportunity at success. You don't have to pay for college, and it benefits you pretty well. The fact that college costs a lot more than they use to, scholarships are very helpful. The economy stinks and your parents have no money for you to attend college, scholarships could help you get there. You just have to find the right scholarship that fits your interest. When you get loans and stuff you have to try and pay those loans off, but why do that when you have the ability and opportunity to get a scholarship? There are students right now who are working extremely long hours trying to bust their butt to pay for college and are overly tired in the process. Applying for scholarships is an easier way for you to still get into college and not having to work those long hours just to pay for college. Loans are helpful as well but they come with a drawback. You eventually are going to have to pay those loans off and it might be harder than you think. Grants and scholarships come in handy and could help you in so many ways by paying fees and tuition. I'm going to apply for scholarships and grants and see what happens.

Reflection Blog

A). What I have left to do?:

•    Bring up my SAT score  
•    Bring up my GPA 
•    Start applying for colleges that I want to go to
•    I have to take the ACT because I haven't took it yet 

B). When Will These Tasks Get Accomplished?:

  I have many colleges I want to attend but most of them require a higher GPA grade and require a higher SAT score.These tasks will get accomplished somehow this summer or in the Fall of 2015. I don't have an exact dates yet. 

C). Academically Am I Where I Need To Be?:

 Academically I am where I need to be but I'm not where I want to be and I have to find a way to get there. This is accurate because my grades are not how I want them and I imagined them. My grades are really good but I'm not satisfied with them. I feel as if I can do better because I have the ability to do better and I'm going to get this all accomplished by time graduation in 2016 arrive.

D). Are these colleges really the ones for me or do I need to modify my research?: 

 

 I think two of these colleges are really not for me but I also think I need to do more research on where else I want to go and where it's a good program for my future career as well. The reason why is because I feel like there are more colleges with better opportunities and with less requirements to get into. However, I believe I have what it takes to get there and be successful in the process. I will progress and make success and I'll do whatever it takes to get there.

College Degree vs U.S School Systems

A college degree is necessary and worth the cost simply because it has a benefit for you getting a descent job to make descent money. Most people can't receive jobs without any type of education anyway. So having a college degree is necessary because not only do it prove that you have extended your education but it always proves that you are capable of a professional job in the particular field. Having college degrees is an open door to a bigger and better life in your future. 70% of Americans don't have a college degree and that's not good at all. More students should try extending there education to become successful in life or at anything that they do. Its worth it in time, social and economic success. Its worth it in social success because you get the chance to show how well you work with people. Time proves that you took the time to do something productive in your life. 

I would rate the U.S school system to the extreme only because their grades and everything with college degrees and etc run differently. For instance, in Somalia which is in northeast of Africa and very small they only have 35 Universities there and doesn't take much for them to get into a university. They don't need scholarships or anything. They don't even have to pay for some of the Universities. Their grading scale is way different from the U.S grading scale. They universities are really small so the professors actually take their time to help them and explain any type of assignment that is give. So I believe the school system in the U.S is very extreme compared to Somalia.