Word: scholarshipped
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...llenaba. "Hab?a llegado a los 40 y no ten?a ni idea de lo que quer?a hacer con mi vida?, recuerda. De manera que se acogi? a un retiro temprano y prob? su suerte en una docena de proyectos sin fines de lucro. Uno de ellos fue el Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), que en aquel tiempo distribu?a $3 millones de d?lares al a?o entre estudiantes latinos necesitados. Y como descubri? desde su puesto en aquel trabajo, esta cantidad no era ni cercanamente suficiente para lidiar con la creciente crisis de la educaci?n. Para el 2010, 1 de cada 5 estudiantes...
...think a lot of people just acted differently when the scholarship committee was there,” he conceded. “It is a game. They did play the game well. They just made themselves stand out more among the students...
Tran didn’t win the competition, which pitted select high-schoolers against a rigorous regime of quizzes, challenges, interviews, and evaluations by a three-member “Scholarship Committee” in a quest for a full-ride college scholarship. He did, however, come away with a $20,000 scholarship and a fame that will likely follow him into the Yard this fall...
Compounding the uncertainty of the competition was the nebulous nature of the scholarship committee’s standards, which Tran said some deciphered better than others...
...little nervous about it. I will continue to go to classes with hearing kids, but I hope I can have some classes with deaf kids too. I don't know exactly what will happen in the future. I hope to go to college. Maybe I will get a scholarship. We will see, but for now I plan to keep learning and growing...