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Need some
scholarship inspiration? Read how Angie's rigorous
schedule paid off, big time!
Persistence Pays College Cash
By Feona Sharhran Huff
November 2000
The CollegeBound Network NewsClick --
Monday through Friday, Angie Leung's day begins
with a 6:30 a.m. stretch and jog. At 8 a.m., it's
off to Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School,
San Francisco, CA. Once there, it's class after
class after class. At lunchtime, she even studies
while she eats. After school, Angie hits the playing
fields; she plays volleyball, softball, basketball,
cross country, and track and field. Around 6 p.m.,
she goes back to school for tutoring in math and
physics, her toughest subjects, she says. By 8
p.m., she finally arrives home and gets to bed
around 1 a.m.
And the next day? It's the
same routine. On the weekends, Angie finds time
to volunteer with Habitat For Humanities, Make
A Wish Foundation, and other groups. Through all
this, she maintains a 4.71 grade point average.
How does she do it? "Time
management was something I had to figure out,"
she says. "I make a 'To Do' list every morning."
Of course, she admits to getting little sleep.
Angie's dedication paid off,
literally, when she was awarded Mervyn's California
and the Women's Sports Foundation's $10,000 scholarship,
as well as money from the Tylenol Scholarship,
and the Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship. Besides
her dedication, Angie says it was also her research
that made the 'college cash' difference.
Going on-line, checking with
your guidance counselor, checking out scholarship
books from the library, and most importantly,
applying for every scholarship that comes your
way, are just a few of her pointers. A visit to
her guidance counselor was Angie's first step
toward winning scholarship money for Stanford
University, where she began this fall.
Her motto: "I
can attain much more if I put my time and effort
into it." She believes the same of her fellow
students, too. Whatever you want, you can have,
says Angie. That even goes for money to pay for
school.
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