LETTER: Raking in scholarships

To the editor:

The other day, I sat down next to a girl that had received a pretty long list of scholarships — when I say pretty long list, I am being very modest. She had received over $15000 in scholarships for this year alone. My mouth dropped when I heard this.

I was like, “Wow there are no worries for tuition for you, are there?”

The student laughed and replied: “Nope, that’s for sure. In fact, all the extra money I don’t use just goes into my bank account, and I can do whatever I want with it.”

That made me think a little; it actually made me think a lot. Don’t get me wrong, hats off to that student for getting those scholarships, that wasn’t easy, but $15,000? That doesn’t make much sense does it? With all the hard work the student has done, I think they deserve to go to school without any financial worries. It doesn’t take $15,000 to do that, though. Just think how many other students could have been helped with all that extra cash  that student will just go buy a new car with. After her housing, food, tuition, fees and books, I’m sure there was enough left for at least three more students’ tuition. Where is the line drawn that they have too much scholarship money?

Landon Hilleyard