When you get my age and you start contemplating the reality of putting a child through college, you realize you better have prepared yourself for a huge amount of money.
College is EXPENSIVE!
You have tuition
books
room and board
and other incidentals.
Plus you still have to pay for car insurance and gas unless you plan to leave them stranded. If so hopefully it is a campus where they can walk or ride the bus.
We have been stressing and worrying about the cost of college for a few months now.
Of course we are prepared, this did not come as a surprise. We knew graduation and college would come in 2010. But it's still a worry to think about that amount of money in a time when the economy is in such a decline.
Bailee has been auditioning all over for theatre scholarships.
First she auditioned at BYU for their MDT (musical dance theatre) program.
It is VERY prestigious BUT...NO scholarship money available to freshman.
Then the scholarship auditions to UVU, Weber State, University of Utah and last Snow College. She declined auditions from Dixie, SUU and another from UofU.
We were hopeful...but nothing more because she is a girl and the competition is very stiff for girls. It is about a 10 to 1 ratio. 10 girls audition for every 1 boy. So the odds are not as good for girls.
Saturday while we were in Ephraim for her theatre auditions with Snow College a letter came from Weber State. Full Tuition Scholarship!! YAY YAY YAY!!!
Now we wait.... To see if any other offers come in and then she gets to make an informed decision. We should hear from all the schools by the end of March.
So unless she gets into the BYU program which is very difficult. (They only had 8 slots open and over 100 girls auditioned) So again unless she gets into and decides BYU is the place she absolutely must go...It looks like college is Financially Funded!!
I couldn't be happier or prouder!
Whatever decision she makes she has made us proud with all her hard work and dedication to something she loves and is passionate about. If she gives everything else in her life the same amount of dedication and passion she is going to be a very happy successful person.
3 comments:
That is so awesome. I feel like from now (9th grade) on its all about this very moment in her life. I am a mess and I still have 4 years. You should be very proud not only of her but of you!
That's so exciting! What a girl! She deserves it, and so do you, for all the hard work you've both put in!
Way to go Bailee and Nikki!!!! Doug's parents paid for room and board and the kids were on their own to pay for the rest. My parent's made each kid pay their own way. Thank goodness for scholarships and grants!
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