"Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us." Charlotte Brontë

Monday, November 14, 2011

ANYONE can get money for school, as long as...

From my scholarship searches thus far, I thought I'd put together an example of the standard eligibility requirements for any scholarship of appreciable value. Here goes.

Applicants must:
-Be natives of Azerbaijan who have moved to Misrata, Libya in the past 3 years
-Be a self-proclaimed member of the LGBT community
-Be studying the uses of petroleum in the War on Terrorism
-Be applying to study at Slippery Rock University (I didn't make that up)
-Be an alumna/alumnus of Hood College
-Have suffered from eczema since age 4
-Have an older brother named Jonathan Magnus Bloomsberg

Okay, maybe that's exaggerating a smidge, but not much. I get all excited when I see grants and scholarships that cover tuition and living expenses--or even those that offer $1,000. Then invariably I realize how far off I am from the requirements. Someday when I'm rich, I'm going to create a scholarship fund, and I'm going to set my own requirements based off of my unique life story:

Applicants must:
-Be the 6th child of 8 (eliminates pretty much any Europeans or Asians)
-Have graduated from BYU with a degree in French Studies (to be used interchangeably with "Have graduated from BYU with a worthless degree"??)
-Be total unqualified for and yet have every intention of studying public health at a U.K. university
-Be a white, middle-class female with average intelligence
-Have no middle name

Take that, student hopefuls!

1 comment:

  1. Lol!! How could no one have commented on this?! Ive missed ur blog...

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