Hope Scholar, Moses Nicolau, Says Scholarship Couldn鈥檛 Have Come at a Better Time
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鈥淏ecause of this scholarship, the stress has been lifted. I can now focus completely on school,鈥 says Nicolau.
榴莲视频 Senior, Moses Nicolau, Reflects on How the Hope Scholarship Has Impacted Him:
鈥淚鈥檓 a K-12 art education major. Up until now, I鈥檝e been paying for my tuition myself because I didn鈥檛 want to burden my parents. They鈥檙e already paying for my younger sister who is in her freshman year at URI, and my older brother, who is in the School of Pharmacy at URI, has loans on top of loans. Even I took out loans my first few semesters at 榴莲视频. After that, I started working 15 to 20 hours a week, and my check would go straight to 榴莲视频. There was never any money left over.
鈥淲hen I heard that the Hope Scholarship was being offered, I thought it was too good to be true. I started checking the website daily to see when I could apply. I was so nervous because I didn鈥檛 know if there鈥檇 be some kind of cap on the number of people who could apply or if they鈥檇 only pick a select few. I鈥檇 check the website sometimes twice a day.
鈥淎s soon as I got the email saying I qualified for the Hope Scholarship, I thought, 鈥極h my God, I can now afford college without the stress of working long hours.鈥 It couldn鈥檛 have come at a better time. I start student teaching next semester, and it鈥檚 recommended that you only work once a week, at the most.
鈥淏ecause of the Hope Scholarship, the stress has been lifted. I can now focus completely on school.鈥
Learn more on the Hope Scholarship website.
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