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College Admissions Essay: Getting Paid For College

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Being a full-time student and having two part-time jobs seem legit. When people hear about what I do for a living and keep going to school, they think I have a lot of money and that paying for college is going to be a piece of cake. That assumption is wrong. People forget that I have bills to pay. I am a labeled as “middle class” and get no financial aid like the Pell Grant or the California Grant. Applying to different universities I was scared that I would get any financial aid and I would have to take out loans. I applied to Lesley University, was accepted, and to top of I received the Presidential. I was so ecstatic because I had never received a scholarship this big in my life. I thought to myself I can go to college. Lesley University

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