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Personal Narrative: Becoming An Adult

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(Becoming An Adult)
How will you deal with financial decisions in college

Many people don’t believe that once you get into your senior year of high school it won’t go by fast. It will be the longest year of your life, but honestly it isn’t. Your last year of high school will be the fastest year of your life, you won’t believe that it’s almost over. But, the one big question that gets asked all the time throughout your last year is what are you going to do after school. Are you going to college or are you going to go to work right away? Most people will go off to college to get some sort of a degree so you can get a better job. You're going to have to pay for college somehow. There are many ways to pay for college but, the ways I'm going to …show more content…

There are so many opportunities out there for people to be able to get the extra money. You can start right when you're a freshmen and get in all the classes for the hathaway, it's a good opportunity to get free money for having good grades in school and taking the classes that are required. There's a lot more scholarships you can get through your town and school. You can get a lot of the main business scholarships they offer, some jobs if your parents have been there for awhile you can get one from them. If you play sports and are really good at that sport and somebody wants you to play for them you can get a full ride to go play for that college or they might even give you money to go play for somebody else. If you’re in a lot of clubs throughout your high school years, you can get money for the clubs you have been active in for those years in school. I'll get a scholarship through my bowling group for bowling. I’ll get some money for winning tournaments and just being in bowling. There are tons of ways you can get the extra money helping you pay for your college years, you just got to apply for them so they know you want them. The only people that will come looking for you is the couches in a sport that has been watching you for a while and really want you to come play for their school. Clearly this is a good thing to be getting into for help paying for …show more content…

They might be the second biggest thing that can help you pay for college other than scholarships. Your parents can start a bank account for you when they first have you so you have that money sitting there building up until it's ready for you to use. There is also a bunch of financial things you can sign up to get extra money from the government if you need that extra help. Some parents don’t have the ability to be able to help their kids pay for college and that's why they have all these financial ads to help the families out that make a certain amount of money and can get a little payment in order to send their kid to college. A lot of people have a fund of money put away for college or just when your kid graduates they get a lot of money to help them pay for college or gas or even stuff for their rooms. Parents try to help their kids out as much as they can if that's paying for their college altogether or just giving a little bit to help pay off some of it and maybe more to help towards the end of your college years. Parents always try to help as much as possible when they send their kids off to live on their own. They want their children to feel safe and have everything they need to get through college. Clearly, parents can be a big help when your going off to

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