[nabs-l] College and Scholarship Apps

Tue Jul 19 18:33:11 UTC 2016

Yes, as I recall you can save your work on the national NFB scholarship essay and come back to it. The most extensive part of it was my essay, because I had to rework my law school application essay to fit within the word count limit, but the rest was just basic information.

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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] College and Scholarship Apps

Kaiti and Justin,

Thanks so much for the advice. A lot of it is stuff I wouldn't really
have thought about, but now I can definitely understand. I haven't
even been on this thing for a week and already I'm gaining such
valuable mentorship and insight. Not everyone could be so lucky.

Best,
Cricket Bidleman

On 7/19/16, Kaiti Shelton via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Cricket and all,
>
> Jameyanne is right, you typically do the Fafsa in the Spring of your
> senior year of high school for the following school year.  This goes
> for subsequent school years as well.  Different schools release the
> information based on the fafsa at different times, but it's usually at
> least a month or so after.  My university does it in June or July, and
> I remember the summer before my freshman year was when I had to make
> loan decisions.  Also, a good tip my parents found out later is that
> if you have a sibling already in college and they need to complete
> multiple fafsas, there is an IRS tool that allows them to put in the
> pin information they used on one completed fafsa to copy over all the
> tax information.  You also can use estimates of tax information if
> your school has an early deadline for fafsa submissions, but your
> parents will need to correct any false figures they entered once their
> taxes are finalized so the school has correct information.  I hope
> that gives you a useful timeline of what to expect.
>
> About scholarships... do apply for the NFB scholarships that are
> offered.  As someone who has received scholarships from Ohio and from
> the national organization, I can say that the affiliates and the NFB
> both really go above and beyond to provide these scholarships for us.
> The mentoring in the national scholarship program is amazing as well,
> and for many students the scholarships also help them get more
> connected with the NFB.  On the other hand, don't fall into the trap
> some students do where they only apply for scholarships from blindness
> and disability organizations.  There are plenty of scholarships out
> there for students entering certain fields of study, from specific
> ethnic backgrounds, and from companies and retailers on a local or
> national scale.  Especially if you have the type of grades that can
> get you into Stanford, you'd probably have a good edge in a lot of
> those.  Sometimes mentioning blindness in those scholarship
> applications can actually be an asset because it shows that you have
> just as good of a track record as a sighted applicant, but had to make
> accommodations or overcome what society sees as a form of adversity to
> do the same work.  Treat that like a job interview, though; sometimes
> it is better to just apply and not mention blindness at all, whereas
> other cases might call for it.  E.G, I apply for most academic
> scholarships without mentioning it, but when a question specifically
> asks why I was drawn to my field of study I am honest in describing ow
> my own disability led me to receive the services I want to provide for
> others.  Sometimes smaller scholarships are announced in the local
> newspaper, and following sites like scholarshipzone.com can sometimes
> help.
>
> Good luck,
>
> On 7/19/16, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Also definitely apply for NFB scholarships.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cricket
>> Bidleman via NABS-L
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 12:20 PM
>> To: Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu>
>> Cc: Cricket Bidleman <cricketbidleman at gmail.com>; National Association of
>> Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] College and Scholarship Apps
>>
>> Justin and Brian,
>>
>> I'll definitely be applying for the NFB of California and NFB national
>> scholarships. I can only hope to be lucky enough to get some of them.
>> Hopefully the FAFSA deadline will come out soon so that I can work on
>> that too. I have to get into college first, before I can get a
>> scholarship from any particular school. Stanford is my dream school,
>> of course. Berkeley is a good one too. Still looking for others.
>>
>> On 7/19/16, Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Cricket,
>>>
>>> I must say I see you being so active on this list everyday and I love it!
>>> I
>>> am also glad to hear that you are about to be attending school and
>>> applying
>>> for scholarships, as this is a very important aspect of your educational
>>> career.
>>>
>>> The first thing I would encourage you to do is visit your college or
>>> universities scholarship portal. Each college should have a portal you
>>> can
>>> access for scholarships. That is your best bet for receive scholarships
>>> since they would only be awarded to students from your respective college
>>> or
>>> university. The second thing I would encourage you to do is apply for the
>>> NFB national scholarship and your local state scholarship program if
>>> there
>>> is one where you live. As a national
>>>
>>> I look forward to hearing more about what you are doing and keep up your
>>> activity on this list it is great to have such a friendly, inquisitive,
>>> and
>>> outgoing student participating on this list. Have a great day!
>>>
>>> Go Devils!
>>>
>>> Bryan Duarte software engineer
>>> ASU Computer Science Ph.D candidate
>>> QwikEyes CEO http://www.qwikeyes.com/ <http://www.qwikeyes.com/>
>>>
>>> “let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things are
>>> passing
>>> away: God never changes. patience obtains all things. whoever has God
>>> lacks
>>> nothing; God alone suffices.”
>>> -- St. Teresa of Avila
>>>
>>>> On Jul 19, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Cricket Bidleman via NABS-L
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Cricket
>>>
>>>
>>
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