https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 17:52:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959658 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:46:07 +0000 PurplePumps 1959658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I applied and might as well have gotten nothing. Only $500 which basically everyone that applies gets, toward $22k/year tuition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959640 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:34:51 +0000 mrs. wagon 1959640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a couple of small scholarships.</p> <p>Wagon Sr. applied for and received tons of little scholarships and grants! His amount of student debt is miniscule compared to mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959614 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:25:32 +0000 chibee 1959614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep - pretty pricey private university (BC) grants and scholarships covered about 80% of my tuition and the rest i'm paying off in loans! It's still a lot - i have 18k remaining!!! yikes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959593 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:18:51 +0000 Adira 1959593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a couple scholarships, but they were really minimal. Like maybe $1K-$2K tops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959561 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:59:23 +0000 sunshineandsushi 1959561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had scholarships and needs-based grants that paid for all of my tuition and then some. I got refund checks each semester that more than covered my books and living expenses. </p> <p>I also lived in a scholarship house that was run by a nonprofit organization. Instead of getting a monetary scholarship, I lived rent-free and only had to pay one housing bill per semester that covered the living expenses of running the house plus homecooked meals four nights per week and other food. Our housing bill varied on how full the house was, but it ranged from $650-800 per semester. The last year and a half of college, I ran the scholarship house, so I did not have to pay the housing bill at all and they paid me a biweekly stipend. </p> <p>When I graduated college, I had quite a bit saved up from all of my refund checks that helped me get started once I got my first job out of college and moved to a new city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959458 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:01:51 +0000 looch 1959458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaughLines: Come on over and join the discussion in the thread about having a game plan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959417 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:38:13 +0000 Mamasig 1959417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a scholarship which fully paid my tuition and gave me a campus job (state university). But I had to pay for room and board so I still had loans. If I would have gone to my local university and lived at home I would basically have no debt because that university offered me a scholarship paying for tuition. </p> <p>My state has TOPS which covers tuition based on grades and ACT scores. I doubt know the percentages because my kids are still so young. I sure hope it's still around when my boys go to college! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959397 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:23:58 +0000 LaughLines 1959397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Had I gone to highschool in the state where i went to college, I would have gotten an ~10K / year scholarship based on my ACT score, but since i was out-of-state i didn't qualify. And the state i lived in didn't have that scholarship, so it wouldn't have helped to stay in-state anyway. </p> <p>I did get a few $1k-$5k scholarships here and there that i applied for individually (mostly for being a woman in male-dominated fields like economics). But nothing that I would consider substantial, even though i went to a state school that didn't have that high of tuition. </p> <p>Overall - i think the BIGGEST savings achieved for my college savings was the fact that my parents saved up for my college since i was a baby, putting in money here and there when they could and it grew with compound interest over time to pay for my college for me. The amount they actually put in to that savings account was less than the cost of college because the interest earned went toward it too. When you take out loans it is the opposite, you have to pay the total amount of college PLUS the interest expense of taking out the loans. So there is a big gap between saving before adn earning interest vs. taking out loans and paying interest. </p> <p>I know this is not possible for everyone and i am EXTREMELY lucky that my parents paid for my school. Just wanted to throw it out there as a benefit to funds like 529's and something to consider while saving money for future kiddo's school </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959379 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:13:04 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1959379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to an out of state public university and received a scholarship that covered about 66% of my tuition. I also applied for and received several small scholarships in my local community and through my dad's company. I/my parents did not have to pay anything the first two years, but my parents paid some the next few years because tuition doubled in the 5 years I was there. And I worked part time to have spending money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959370 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:09:09 +0000 Anagram 1959370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FAFSA determined that I was ineligible for any need-based grants or scholarships and after that, since I was only an A/B student I assumed I wouldn't get any purely academic scholarships. </p> <p>I went to a state school and took out loans only for tuition--and then worked my way through school to pay all my living expenses. Before my final semester, my dad passed away and I applied for a scholarship through the AA pilot's union (they had a scholarship specifically for children of deceased AA employees...pretty depressing) and I got it. So I didn't work my last semester and took 18 hours and got straight A's--go figure.</p> <p>What was nice about that scholarship is that 5 years later, they wanted a "follow up" to print in a newsletter and they came to the school I taught in, and did a whole piece with photos of my kiddos and they had pilots come and talk to my students about how to be a pilot. My students really enjoyed it, and it was a good press op for the pilot's union, so it was a win-win. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships/page/2#post-1959361 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:01:54 +0000 lamariniere 1959361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a very pricy private university and had an academic scholarship that covered 1/3 of yearly tuition, about the same amount in grants and the last 1/3 was a combo of loans and parental contributions. I had paid internships for 3 of the 4 years that I was in college (and an unpaid one during my study abroad year) but it wasn't much and that money was more like my spending money. I ended up with an average amount of student debt (average for my graduating class year). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1959350 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:48:14 +0000 looch 1959350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, when I was applying to college, more than 20 years ago, you had to go to the library and look for scholarships in a book, and apply by photocopying the application, filling it in and mailing it. I applied for what I could, but I probably didn't apply for enough based on my own selection critieria. I am curious how the scholarship application process has evolved, anyone care to elaborate?</p> <p>I had a great work study job, I had loans and I had some tiny scholarships. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1959348 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:45:06 +0000 krispi 1959348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started off at a smaller private school. I had a couple different scholarships that made up about half of my tuition. After I switched to a state school, 100% of my tuition and most of my books were covered by my state's lottery program. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958913 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:50:58 +0000 BSB 1958913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, I did have grants, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958904 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:48:30 +0000 mrsjyw 1958904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep I had grants and scholarships for undergrad and part of law school and still had tons of student loan debt. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958902 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:47:39 +0000 Ree723 1958902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had lots of grants and smallish scholarships for my undergrad degree at a large state university, but it didn't pay for more than half of my costs</p> <p>For grad school, I won a fellowship and not only had all my tuition and living expenses paid, I also received a stipend on top of that....without having to be a TA or do any work for it. How I got such a sweet deal is beyond me but you won't see me complaining! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958898 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:41:37 +0000 Applesandbananas 1958898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The vast majority of my education was paid for by scholarships. I went to a private university and my education was less than $20k after scholarships for a 5 year program including tuition, living on campus one year, and books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958896 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:39:34 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1958896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fafsa is covering about 50% of my tuition, and I applied for a grant Im eligible for for wbinf a mother and it's paying a portion of my child care costs during the semester.<br /> The rest I pay out of pocket. I applied for several scholarships but only received grants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958815 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:27:17 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1958815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. I didn't have to get a loan until my last two years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958813 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:26:02 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1958813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had something called tuition futures,so I couldnt apply for scholarships to put toward room &amp; board, but I also didn't have to pay tuition! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958810 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:20:17 +0000 erinpye 1958810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a small private college, and applied for and got scholarships that covered about 50% for each year, or maybe it was more, since I graduated after 4 years, with only $20k in loans. I also worked every Summer and did some work study, and every cent I earned went toward my education. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958767 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:52:48 +0000 avivoca 1958767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was awarded a significant scholarship that covered half of my yearly tuition. The rest of my tuition was paid for by another small scholarship, federal grants, and KEES scholarships from the state. In four years, I paid $800 out of pocket in addition to books and supplies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958766 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:51:56 +0000 coopsmama 1958766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I received 12k per year in scholarships for my first university. It was a private school that would have cost about 30k a year. Unfortunately it wasn't a good fit and I transferred to a university I loved but I had no scholarships and FAFSA was meaningless for me because of my parent's income. Tuition and living expenses there were about 45k a year so I graduated a semester early which helped just a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958762 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:49:08 +0000 loveisstrange 1958762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and received a small scholarship. Like 10% of tuition. </p> <p>It was bullshit. I graduated high school with honors, a foreign language and lots of extracurriculars. I did everything they told me would get me one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958749 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:41:23 +0000 yellowbird 1958749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@keepcalmcarrie: both my schools were state schools. I know it's common in my state, maybe not all though? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958745 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:39:10 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1958745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a bunch if different small scholarships, one largish one. In total I got 3/4 of my total tuition (which was much less than room and board). Got $9k; tuition was $12k total for 4 yrs), room and board was an add'l 32k for 4 years but my mom paid that).</p> <p>I was so lucky to go to a UC school before the crazy tuition hikes of the last few years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958744 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:38:04 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1958744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I received pretty large scholarships from 5 out of the 7 schools I applied for (half of tuition or more). One of them was a crazy scholarship that covered tuition, room, board, and books for an bachelors, masters, AND doctorate degree if I stayed at that school.</p> <p>DH received a scholarship that covered tuition so long as his GPA stayed high enough (Yay for the GA Hope Scholarship program). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958742 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:37:01 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 1958742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: Me too. I wonder if that's somewhat common, or if we went to the same school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958725 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:23:34 +0000 lawbee11 1958725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. They covered 50% for undergrad and law school. They were academic so I technically didn't have to submit special applications for them. I still have a ton of loans! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-receive-any-college-scholarships#post-1958721 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:22:03 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1958721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember how many I applied for, but I did receive one for 2 or 3 years. Dollar amount was relatively small, but I went to a state school so it ended up covering all of my instate tuition. I think I still paid out of state fees for one year on top of it (and one year without). </p>