Her name is Ifeoma White-Thorpe -- senior at her school in Denville, New Jersey. And she made a simple video, uploaded to YouTube, as part of a submission to the national Selma speech and essay competition. Nothing 'professionally' designed. Just basic. Real. Raw. And right on target.
Check It Out Right Now and Then Keep Reading
What you don't know is that this competition had a lot riding on it for many a poetic student. Ifeoma, of course, had her own agenda: she applied to nine universities in the U.S. --
- Yale
- Columbia
- UPenn
- Brown
- Cornell
- Dartmouth
- Princeton
And, of course, Stanford. Just for kicks. We'll see what happens.
Well, If You Watched the Video, You Now Know What Happened!
That can arguably be the dream sequence of a lifetime for such a student who admittedly had a lot backing her in those applications already. But these nine schools accepted? That's practically the equivalent of winning the lottery!
But as you see, Ifeona now has another issue: financing. Aid. Because these schools don't come cheap.
The point of all of this is simple: this would be an even bigger tragedy knowing the aid just isn't there. Or, better yet, Ifeona, her family, and other families with the same higher learning hunger, aren't even AWARE of the kind of financial aid they could get to achieve those dreams.
Of course, we're not terribly worried for Ifeona. She's got herself straight. But the point of higher learning is to set people up for success, not financial struggle -- especially if you've worked that hard to perform an essay for a national competition -- and ace your AP classes, and serve as the student government president. No biggies, right?
The Point Is Financial Aid Is Out There -- You Just Need to Know Where to Look
The biggest tragedy is when hard-working students get the financial roadblocks and don't even realize that there is help to get you through your college years. JUST SIGN UP RIGHT HERE FOR STARTERS. That's all it takes. Money shouldn't keep you from making it so you can make your own money doing what you love in the career you've always dreamed of from the ivy league school you've always wanted to attend. Right?
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