SATING FOR DOLLARS
After you ace the SAT, you will decide that, because you are such a good,
involved student with a kick-butt SAT score, you could get into a prestigious
college. You will develop a passion for this particular college, but your dreams
of attending will be crushed when you learn that it costs about three times as
much as you can possibly afford.
I would not be at Vanderbilt without my SAT score. It didn’t just get me in—it scored me a sweet scholarship, too.
—Samantha
At this point, you have several options. You could turn your back on the
material world and join a socialist commune where money is not an issue. You
could create a Kickstarter charity campaign called “Educating Our Future
Leaders” and solicit everyone in your address book. You could sell your little
brother, but you probably wouldn’t make enough money.
Or you could try to win some scholarship money. Ask your guidance
counselor about scholarship opportunities and research them online (try
fastweb.com, cappex.com, or college scholarships.com) or in the library in the
most recent scholarship books you can find. Many of these books are huge and
daunting, but you will soon realize that you don’t qualify for many of the
scholarships in them unless you live in Santa Fe, your birthday is February 29,
and you’re a direct descendant of an original signer of the Declaration of