When writing my personal statement for the CBA scholarships, I realized that my college experience really would not be the same without scholarships. There's the obvious benefit of free money, but really there's so much more...
Without the CIS Dept/Hitachi Consulting scholarship my freshman year, I'm pretty sure Dr. Curl (the department chair) wouldn't know me and wouldn't write recommendations for me. I also know for sure that Chris Lord wouldn't know of me and I wouldn't be a candidate for the summer internship there.
If Prof. Guthrie didn't see my scholarship applications, he wouldn't have recommended me for ITC Co-Chairperson. That position right there really altered this past school year...
Damn. Scholarships.
