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Little Village High School Students Apply for IEF Scholarships - It's a busy Thursday after school in the library at Little Village high schools. The sound of clicking on keyboards can be heard as students fill out their IEF scholarship applications. The Illinois Education Foundation or IEF provides last-dollar scholarships to low-income, high-potential students for community college. These motivated students have a good chance of winning those scholarships. They've come to this after school workshop to meet with their GEAR UP coach, Fernando, and the team of GEAR UP staff he's assembled to help the students with the application process. |
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Ricardo a senior at World Language says that DePaul was his first choice, but he wasn't accepted there. That's not stopping him. His goal is to enter a community college, probably Truman, join their bridge program and make his way into DePaul. He'd like to become a history teacher or possibly study law. He says that his biggest challenge is keeping his mind on education and not on his friends. But he's determined. He's also been participating in the PSP Saturdays that Loyola University is conducting. Nothing is going to stop him from achieving his goals. | |
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Sally is the captain of the varsity soccer team at World Language. She says she's learned a lot about leadership, keeping her team on task, negotiating arguments and gaining the trust of the team are all skills she's had to develop. She said that she had to learn how to balance school work and her extracurricular activities for 4 years. She says it takes discipline and has taught her to stay the course. She's interested in the medical field. She's thinking about Harold Washington because they have a good medical program, and it's close to home. | |
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Angel from Infinity is on his way to becoming an accountant, and he plans to begin at Harold Washington Community College. He's taken math all through high school and has been in honors and AP classes. He's chosen accounting because his brother is an accountant who is working on completing his CPA. He chose Harold Washington because it's close to home and easy to get to on the el's pink line. He says that participating in after school sports, football and wrestling gave him the incentive to keep his grades up throughout high school. |
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Denise from Multicultural is interested in Southern Illinois University, but she's planning on taking her first 2 years of course work at Truman Community College. She'd like to study chemistry and is interested in becoming a pharmacist. She'll be the first person in her family to graduate from college. |
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