In the midst of the academic year, we will see countless articles celebrating students receiving a vast amount of scholarship money. In some instances, we will see individual students receiving thousands (and in some cases, millions) of dollars in scholarship monies. In quite a few of these situations, we see the best and the brightest. We see students who a stellar and star performers with awesome grades, fabulous test scores and stellar extracurricular activities.
We celebrate and remember the ‘Spectacular “A” Student’.
But who remembers the ‘Hard working “B” Student’?
Who remembers the student who always misses the Honor Roll but consistently makes the Merit List? Who remembers the student who does ‘ok’ on their ACTs and SATs? Who remembers the student who graduated in the top 25% of their class as opposed to the top 5%? Who remembers the student who may not have STELLAR extracurricular activities but whose activities are still pretty damn good?
What about THESE students?
I mention THESE students because these students are the backbone of the institution of higher learnings. These students are the ones who are good enough to get accepted into college but not good enough to get money to attend. These students are the ones who will take out student loans, go part time, enroll in college work study, or even get a job to pay for school. These are students are good enough to graduate from college but not good enough to get finances to fund their education.
Please know this, I applaud every parent who encourages, nourishes and supports their child’s pursuit of higher education. And for those students who were able to achieve all of the milestones necessary to receive scholarships, I applaud you.
I just want everyone to never overlook those Hardworking ‘B’ students who scraped and clawed their way to get into college. They need our help and recognition as well.
Signed,
A Hard working ‘B’ student with 3 college degrees (Somehow, I did ok)
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