EDUCATION
By Katie Loudermilk Roberts
Make an Educated Choice About Community College
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n high school, I remember the college and career counselor would constantly promote community scholarships and government grants. My dream was to attend a private college in Lakeland. My anxiety hit the ceiling when I researched the yearly costs of tuition, room and board, food plans, and textbooks. I sat in my guidance counselor’s office in tears questioning if college was worth the money. We spent an hour searching for scholarships that would make a dent in the expenses. I applied for more than 40 scholarships, from the Short People of America Scholarship to the Brown Eyes Scholarship. People would ask why I never received the Bright Futures scholarship. I had the worst testing anxiety, especially when it came to the ACT and SAT testing, and it was not until my sophomore year
of college that I learned how to cope with it. I had two options for college: go into a massive amount of debt and spend my whole adulthood paying it off, or attend my local community college for the first two years. I was torn between the two. I wanted the college experience of living in dorms and being on my own. My dad convinced me to think twice about the first option, and I decided to swallow my pride and enroll at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa. This was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Because of my community college, experience I met my now best friends, saved a significant amount of money, interned with the magazine FOCUS, and built my resume through extracurricular activities that have given me numerous life skills. And, most importantly,
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