Scholarships

Scholarships are very important tools that we as students need to learn to take advantage of. First of all, college does help greatly with financial aid. College is a lot more expensive now than it used to be, and scholarships are a great way to earn some of that cost. The amount of money that families can afford to contribute to their student's college has declined. $5,000 is found to be the most that some families can contribute to their child's education outside of school, which is barely enough to cover textbooks for four years. The cost of apartments, food, books and supplies has also risen to very expensive prices. Many states have made large cuts in public funding, like higher education. This is one of the reasons that collages have increased tuition, which increases the amount of money that students now have to spend. The last reason, and maybe the most important reason, is that college debt is not something that students should go into. One quarter of the US population owes a total of $700 billion in student loan debt. Debt is a very bad thing to have, emotionally, physically and relationship wise. If people have student debt, then they are going to feel trapped to work off the debt at a job which is going to put stress on them both physically and emotionally. Also, if people are being forced to work than they cannot settle down and have a family which will effect their relationships. Scholarships will help to eliminate some of this debt.