The scholarship paid for my tuition. I went to a state college and the tuition was very low. I wound up costing the state approximately $1200 over four years. The scholarship did not pay for books or any other college costs. I did not live on campus, I commuted to college on buses--a round trip of approximately sixty miles. I worked during the summers.
I finished college on time and got a job in my hometown. My salary for the first year of teaching was $8000. I lived at home with my parents, but I bought a car. :^)
I taught for twenty-five years, but it wouldn't have happened if I didn't have help in the beginning.
So thank you, New Jersey. I will always be grateful to you.
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Thank you NYC - I went to CCNY for free at a time when you only had to pay GO dues as they were called and they were $14 a year.
Grace,
What a bargain! :^)
This is a nice post that gave me the warm fuzzies. Glad you are who you are.
Mark,
That was sweet. :^)
I figure NJ got the money back because I worked all those years afterward, but I still very much appreciate having the tuition handed to me when I needed it.
Didn't get a state scholarship, though I do not know why, Perhaps because my older brother graduated in June and I went to Montclair in September. But tuition was low back then. My own daughters went to the same school...one is still there...Jersey state schools are great. Still, I've appreciated what I learned back then. It was a bargain for sure.
Irene,
When it came time for our daughters to go to college I told them they had a choice of any of the state colleges, but that was their only choice. :^)
Two of them graduated from Stockton and one from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers.
Our state colleges are great!
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