If you don't know, I live in Utah, and one of the scholarships offered here is the Olene S. Walker Foundation Transition to Adult Living Scholarship. (If you are in Utah, use your preferred search engine to find the current scholarship application.) Note, if you are over the age of 26, you are outside of the age limit for this scholarship.
Going forward with the point of this post; I decided to e-mail the contact for the scholarship application to ask if they would consider accepting my application despite my age. After a few corresponding e-mails and phone calls, I am excited to say that they decided to go ahead and let me apply, On the other hand, while I was able to apply, I found out this evening that because I am enrolled in a private school, they would be unable to award the scholarship to me based on that. In order to receive the scholarship, I would need to transfer to a public school, despite my contact having a positive opinion of University of Phoenix.
I feel that I'm at a fork in the road right now. I am awaiting her response which will likely come tomorrow. I wrote this e-mail that is long and detailed about why Phoenix has been such a great choice for me but I'm too afraid to send it because I am afraid I will seal my fate in not getting the scholarship. At the same time, I don't want to waste any one's time. That and I'm convinced that chances are slim in finding a Utah based public school that will allow online study, contain the shorter weeks of class, and still maintain such a beneficial level of interaction and authenticity with its students.
I warned you, the ending wasn't happy fuzzy; however, the ending wasn't the point; the middle was. I got the courage to reach out and ask if my application could be considered and I was told yes. Of anything, that was my biggest accomplishment and a testament to what I was raised being told,
"They can't tell you no if you don't ask."
So here's my tip: ASK!!!
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