Atlanta teen receives over $1 million in scholarship funds

[CheezyMane13]

sounds like it is well deserved.

I don't doubt him deserving the money, but I feel that this is way to much in excess, as by the time that he gets his bachelors degree, he will prob have a job, and that will pay for most of his Master's. I know my tuition would have cost 100-125K, and I went to one of the top engineering schools in the world. I have many friends that went for doctorates in medical fields, and they were under half a mil for everything. Seems to me that scholarship people are not investigating in who they are giving there money too. There may have been a student at his school with similar grades and lifestyle and got jack shit. I mean if i really wanted to comment on his speech...I have had friends and loved one killed in front of me, been held up at gun point, live in a city where WHITE is the MINORITY, and have been thru as much if not more then the kid in his speech.

I'm not hating on the kid or anything, congrats to him. I am hating on the people that issue scholarships, and how they should have investigated to see how much this kid was getting from other places. I know when I got my scholarships I had to say what all I was getting so they could see if I really needed the extra money. It irritates me that the one reason that there isn't more kids in college, is because of funding, where we have a kid here that is getting 1 mil to go to school for 4 years. That's enough to instruct 10 engineers, or close to 100 kids at any regular college, or up to 200 if not more at a community college. I think the true reason there isn't more kids in college is because of companies as frivolous as this not paying attention to what there doing with there money.

But of course if there were companies watching there finances we wouldn't be in such a horrible economic downturn that we are now.

[zayres29]

I don't doubt him deserving the money, but I feel that this is way to much in excess, as by the time that he gets his bachelors degree, he will prob have a job, and that will pay for most of his Master's. I know my tuition would have cost 100-125K, and I went to one of the top engineering schools in the world. I have many friends that went for doctorates in medical fields, and they were under half a mil for everything. Seems to me that scholarship people are not investigating in who they are giving there money too. There may have been a student at his school with similar grades and lifestyle and got jack shit. I mean if i really wanted to comment on his speech...I have had friends and loved one killed in front of me, been held up at gun point, live in a city where WHITE is the MINORITY, and have been thru as much if not more then the kid in his speech.

I'm not hating on the kid or anything, congrats to him. I am hating on the people that issue scholarships, and how they should have investigated to see how much this kid was getting from other places. I know when I got my scholarships I had to say what all I was getting so they could see if I really needed the extra money. It irritates me that the one reason that there isn't more kids in college, is because of funding, where we have a kid here that is getting 1 mil to go to school for 4 years. That's enough to instruct 10 engineers, or close to 100 kids at any regular college, or up to 200 if not more at a community college. I think the true reason there isn't more kids in college is because of companies as frivolous as this not paying attention to what there doing with there money.

But of course if there were companies watching there finances we wouldn't be in such a horrible economic downturn that we are now.

^^ this i am short on my tuition this year granted im not that well decorated with achievements as this kid but im not stupid and imo if you are a STUDENT and you apply for a STUDENT loan you should be accepted regardless of credit as long as you can verify that you are in school full time and sustain a min gpa of 2.0

[CheezyMane13]

^^ this i am short on my tuition this year granted im not that well decorated with achievements as this kid but im not stupid and imo if you are a STUDENT and you apply for a STUDENT loan you should be accepted regardless of credit as long as you can verify that you are in school full time and sustain a min gpa of 2.0

What are you referring too...When I went to my school it was 30K my freshman year (room and board included), and 25K every other year (just tuition). The reason i stated all the info i did, is I was lucky to get 8k for scholarships a year, adn then with financial aid, i still had to pay almost 20K my freshman year. This kids is getting 1 mil, thats more then enough then to go to school and get two masters, adn be able to buy a house and cars, and buy a house adn car for his mom. I mean this seems like it was more, "we feel bad for you, now here shut up"