Tuesday, February 1, 2011

KarKar -- List Thirty Two

The Journey of Scholarships

I missed yet another week,
but I am making up for it by 
doing two again. Of course
 I am not going to make it a habit,
but if you look at the title of this blog,
my excuse is sitting right there 
in that one little word.

Scholarships.

Oh, what a journey it has been.
I have applied for countless 
online ones that I haven't heard
back from at all, which is fine.
But I have applied for five others,
which I have already gained 
so much from, even if I don't get it.

The first one was last year
when I applied and was chosen
by my schools counselors to be
the WSU Lynx scholar. 
This scholarship was not only
the first realization that my life
was heading in a new direction,
but also made me feel like 
I'm already one little step 
inside the college world.

The second one I applied for
several months ago and that 
was the Visual Arts Sterling Scholar.
I ended up being one of the three
finalists for my school with two 
of my friends. It was bitter-sweet
to be the one actually chosen 
and a big part of it was my 
community service.
Since being chosen, I have been
invited to be a member of the
Davis Arts Council and participate
in the first official gallery of Davis County.
That was another little step
inside of my future, whatever it may be. 

The third was for WSU's 
Department of Visual Arts
and my mom surprised me
by getting my first art piece
officially matted, soon to be
first art piece framed and 
entered in a gallery of it's own.
I wrote a Bad-A art statement
with the major help of my mom too,
and then moved on to quite an 
intimidating and exciting interview. 

The fourth was the reciprocal
of my Lynx Scholarship, which 
is the WSU Ambassadors. 
Just yesterday I finished the 
application with more help from
my madre and edited by my grandma.
This one, if I get it, would be
a full ride and a small stipend 
each semester that would probably
cover my books, so cross your fingers!

The fifth one was for Delta 
employee dependents and it
was by far the easiest because I
was able to pull from all the other
ones that I've already made and 
my mom made sure it was post-marked
and sent off today.

At this point, even if I got 
absolute no money from any of it,
I feel like I have accomplished
so much and the support from
my mom and the rest of my family
has been way happy making. :)

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