Scholarships

       Scholarships are a main form of financial aid for up and coming college students. Scholarships are often offered at the junior and senior level, and there are many opportunities for the students of Chadron High School to receive financial support.

       Although the seniors are the main students colleges aim scholarships at, Mrs. Loni Watson, the guidance counselor of Chadron High School said, "There are some scholarships you can apply for at junior year, for example: boys' and girls' state, writing scholarships..." Veronica Parish, a senior at Chadron High, said, "I never applied at the junior level, but you could if you wanted too." All in all it seems standard for seniors to apply as many seniors said that they didn't apply at the junior level but were aware that they could.

       Scholarships offer a myriad of opportunities. Willy Cogdill, a senior student at Chadron High School said, "The ones I applied for will, hopefully let me receive the money they are worth." As for Parish, the benefits she hopes to receive are "a lot for partial tuition, but some to cover my expenses like books"
   
       Various teachers agree that scholarships are important to keep your debt down, seeing that they are easy money. Ms. Mack, the teacher for the scholarship writing class at Chadron High School notes that, "Scholarships help you get your name out there, and allows you to dig deep and get to know yourself better."

       Applying for scholarships is very simple, considering the value and availability of the financial aid. Mr. Uhing, a teacher here at Chadron High school, said, "There are tons of local scholarships to apply for obviously...but the best place is the guidance office, seeing that a lot of scholarships are sent directly to the counselor." Ms. Mack suggests educationquest.org and appex.com, stating that "...they are national based school websites..." and scholarships are as easy to find if you search the word on Google.