Coming Into A Fandom Late

I Had a Full Ride Scholarship and I Still Can’t Go to College.

I’m not an idiot.

I knew more than anything that deciding to go to art school was a dumb idea. Which is why I applied to 40 schools, both liberal arts and universities and art schools. And I got in to about 30 of them. I applied to every scholarship, filled out every form, spent the entire summer before my senior year working on my essays and common applications and studying until I finally got a 30 on my ACT. Because to me, college isn’t just the next step in life. Art school isn’t just a dream. It’s an opportunity to break out of the cycle of poverty that my family has been stuck in for generations, to overcome the scars of the foster care system, to prove to myself that I was good enough. College was my way out. And I got accepted into 30 of the schools I applied to, with different scholarships and financial aid packages and even after all my hard work, I still couldn’t believe it. I got into SCAD, Ringling, Columbia, CALARTS, CCO, and RISD. And out of all the schools, I had never felt more relieved or lucky when RISD sent me my financial aid letter, and it was a full ride scholarship.

All the other schools offered me scholarships, but RISD was my only full ride. So I took it immediately, overjoyed, because I had wanted so baldy to go to RISD and now I actually could.

But I can’t go.

Because my scholarship didn’t cover room and board, something I overlooked in my excitement. And room and board is about $10,000 per semester.

I have been calling and emailing and skyping people from the school nonstop for weeks, switching to the cheapest dorm and getting multiple roomates and working my ass off to try and pay for these impending costs. And I thought I had managed to do it: Finally, after everything, with a payment plan and insurance waiver and sleepless, anxious nights, I got down to about $7,500 a semester. With the money I had saved and been gifted from my Grandfather and outside scholarships, I thought I’d be able to make my first payment, immediately get a night shift job at a fast food restaurant near campus that was open 24 hours, and be able to JUST make it in terms of the money I owed for room and board.

But again, no. It wasn’t enough. It’s still not enough. And that’s the problem: It’s never going to be enough. I just had to use up half the money I had saved on emergency expenses so that my family wouldn’t lose our home, and I feel like dying. I would have to pay off about $1,500 every 3 weeks all year, which means working at least 8 hours full time every day including weekends, minimum wage, and still attending classes full time and not dropping below a certain grade point for fear of my scholarship being revoked. And even then I don’t think It would be enough. I have a full ride scholarship, and college is still too expensive for me.

I have submitted an appeal to live off campus in a last ditch effort to go to school, but it’s mandatory for freshmen to live on campus unless they’re 21 (I’m NOT.) or have family that live close. (Nope.) And even then, it’s strongly discouraged. They rarely, if ever, allow you to live off campus. The cheapest possible living option for me is 45 minutes away in a 1 bedroom place. And I’m more than willing to live there if it means I can go to school, I don’t have a car so I’ll have to take the bus or walk 45 minutes everyday (which I’m willing to do,) so I’m just praying that they read my appeal and let me. Because this is my last chance. This is my shot. This is my dream on the line.

I feel like I haven’t slept in months, and I won’t sleep until probably next year. But I’m going to keep trying.

If you want to help me pay for this boarding tuition, my paypal is fooperdoodle@gmail.com.

I also made a GoFundMe right here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-full-ride-scholarship-doesn039t-cover-boarding

 I take commissions, I make buttons, I will sell my paintings, anything. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Hi! Im phe, im looking for an rp partner for fandom rps, im open to ship rps! Those are what i mainly do actually my fandoms are

Gravity falls

Voltron

Bungou stray dogs

My hero academia

Creepypasta

Hazbin hotel and helluva boss

Shadows house

A bunch more too feel free to comment or message

I actually have a story tjat happend to me and my sister when we where given directions and told 'you can't miss it' , so after my eye appointment we where told to go pick up my glasses and given the name of the place and told 'just up the road a little ways that way you cant miss it' and so i get in the car with my sister and told her we laughed together and said ....knowing us wed miss it... well we drive for a while down the foresty road with nothing but trees and see nothing for what feels like way to long so we figured..we missed it.. and keep going till we find some place to turn around... we turn into the first parkinglot we came across and... it was the glasses place... we litterially..couldnt miss it as its the only thing on that road for miles... by the time you thought youd miss it... itd be ..the only place to turn..

Tldr: we litterially couldnt miss it cause it was the ONLY place to turn around anyway

I'm takin on inktober! I'll be doing two (hopefully) one from @ace-inspace and @spacebunprince

...so...im a Phoenix's shadow???

what if one day, for 24 hours, everyone on tumblr turned into whatever their url is

Yep this is true

With people stealing, getting into fights, and getting trampled to death, Black Friday is the closest thing we have to The Purge.

Hey

If your anxiety, depression, or executive dysfunction is making you scroll endlessly on your phone or laptop

Stop

It’s okay, I’m not mad. It happens to everybody sometimes. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? But it’s time to get up now.

Don’t worry! You don’t have to do that

One Thing,

just get yourself a glass of water for now, or brush your teeth, or pet a cat.

After you’ve done that, maybe you could make yourself a nice cocoa, or open a window. If you’re feeling really crazy you might finish a homework problem, or respond to an e-mail, or wash a dish.

But no matter what, if you get up then you’re moving forward, and I’m

super proud of you!

I know you’re having a difficult time, but I’m really glad you’ve made it this far, and I love you!

Have a nice day my friend, I’ll see you soon, but right now it’s time for you to get up.

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New iPhone Dashboard interface! Much more functional and much prettier.

If you haven’t yet, you can download Tumblr for the iPhone for free. Enjoy!

Day 18! Memes and bloopers!

Have you seen a dog?