Spring, Surgery and Scholarships!

Well spring break was last week. Before we all start cheering for spring break, I had surgery over spring break. On the bright side, my mom came down to Spokane to help me out with my recovery. I am so incredibly thankful that she was there for me. I don't think I would have been able to take the proper care of myself for that entire week without her.

During spring break I intended to send SAS a copy of my passport, and a 2x2 photo. I didn't get to that though. I was so out of it from having surgery I honestly didn't do half the things I wanted to or needed to. Instead, my mom and I ended up brainstorming for scholarships. I will be applying for the Presidential scholarship and the merit scholarship. The Presidential scholarship covers FULL tuition. It would be absolutely amazing and so helpful to be a recipient of that scholarship. Obviously they don't give out a lot of full tuition scholarships so it is highly competitive and I will be editing my essays over and over and over again. The merit scholarship is worth $500-$5000 and not as competitive. It also doesn't have as many requirements. I think it is more likely that I will get a merit scholarship, but I also think I have a chance at receiving the Presidential scholarship.

I recommend for all potential and accepted semester at sea students should think about funding the experience sooner rather than later. Get to it!