Graduating high school seniors in Lake County are in the process of seeking financial aid as they await decisions from colleges and universities considering their applications, and they may leave m…
Approximately half the $1 million in scholarship money made available to College of Lake County students by the school’s foundation did not go to students because not enough of them applied.
Waukegan Township Supervisor Marc Jones said it awards three $1,000 scholarships to its general population of college students, a $5,000 grant from the Coalition to Reduce Recidivism for a specific area of study and the HBCU awards. “We took the information for hundreds of scholarships, and put it in two applications,” Gonzalez said. “They fill out the general application, and a simplified one if they are in clubs or groups. It gives them ones they are eligible for.”
Participants in Waukegan to College’s program are either the first in their family to go to college, are from a low-income household, or both. Arnold coaching them on financial aid is a key part of the counseling offered. Gonzalez, who graduated from Pomona College, an elite private school in Claremont, California, knows something about stacking small scholarships on large ones. Her tuition — approximately $60,000 — room and board was covered by the school. She received additional smaller grants.
“We’re finding out two years is not always enough,” Price said. “A lot of them are living at home, working and helping their families.”
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