Christina Ellis

Because these scholarship judges, I think it sounds like they're these big, fancy official people sitting on some untouchable hill, but they're real people.

Like, you know, they're alumni from different scholarships.

They're teachers.

They're people who care about students.

So it's like if you can get your essay solid enough that it impacts your teacher, that it impacts your parents, your coaches, then it's like that is going to be a really solid essay that has a higher likelihood of actually impacting the judges reading it.

Right.

And that sounds like a lot of effort, but again, once you have those solid essays, those can be recycled for future applications.

Are you a senior right now or a junior?

Yeah.

You're in crunch time.

Have you applied to these colleges yet?

Okay and with these STEM scholarships are you seeing requirements that you have certain STEM experience or what's kind of holding you back from applying for these?

I would encourage you to like dig deep and be creative because a lot of times I've talked to people who think they don't have certain experiences.

I talk a lot about like how to build out your resume and they're like, man, I don't have a lot to put on my resume.

And I'm like, well, have you ever volunteered at your church?

And they're like, yeah, I serve every Sunday.

And I'm like, do you ever serve in your community?

And they're like, yeah, I babysit for my neighbor all the time.

And it's like, those are all things you can put in your scholarship resume.

So I encourage you when thinking about STEM things, are there any things that you have done that could at least show some glimmer of interest?