Scholarship.

Ok, so I got an email from the UNL College of Arts and Sciences about a "word cloud" they're putting together to promote the college, and it asked us to write a description and send it in.

Well, I have a few choice words to describe A&S right now, and not very many of them are appropriate to send in or post on here.

Mainly just because their scholarship application process frustrates me to no end.

UNL is divided up into different colleges based on programs and departments. College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Engineering, College of Education and Humans Sciences, you get the idea. Everybody is a part of their college, and their college determines how to award upperclass scholarships. Most of them you just have to fill out the application form online, maybe add in a resume if you want to be considered for certain ones, hit 'submit' and then you're done.

Of course I would be in the one that's difficult and complicated. Not only do you have to fill out the application, you are required to submit a resume, a one-page "narrative of your education and professional goals" and two letters of recommendation. TWO. And they base who they award scholarships to on GPA and "leadership outside of the classroom" like UCARE research and stuff like that.

Ok, I'm a FRESHMAN. I have no idea what my "education and professional goals" are. I'm golden on GPA, but leadership outside of the classroom? Come on, freshman don't do anything. I've only been here a couple months. I couldn't do UCARE research at this point even if I wanted to, the best I could do would be to apply for it for next year. And I got two letters of recommendation out of complete luck, because if those two professors would've said no, I would've been SOL because I'm pretty sure my other prof from last semester wouldn't remember me and my other teachers were TAs or grad students. Awesome people, but probably not the best choice for references.

So basically, I have little to no chance of getting any money for next year unless my 4.0 GPA and the fact that I'm in the Honors Program and am an ambassador counts for anything. I'm hoping it does. I also threw in there that I played intramural broomball. Can't hurt right?