Copy/Pasted from Yap State Youth: Scholarships, young students. Dont forget. If I were someone smart, Id go for the NZ one, its covered in full. I think the only reason Yapese are migrating to Guam and Hawaii for college is simply out of inertia. Meaning, were just coming out here and migrating in this direction cause thats where everyone is going, its the U.S. and its been happening this way for years. Hawaii has a high cost of living and its still going on minimum wage ($7.25), which might sound like a lot compared to Yap but its very little in this area. Especially as U.S. standards of education are starting to lack behind other countries. So try another country, China, Japan, New Zealand, even the Australian scholarship for Samoa, Vanuatu and Fiji, its all paid for except airfare. Why waste their generous donations? No more thinking that the Gates scholarship is the only one that can pay for everything cause only 1,000 people receive it across the FSM, Palau, Marshalls, CNMI, Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the entire 50 U.S. states. Im not saying youd never get it but chances are, its more unlikely that you would. And its pretty guaranteed that youre gonna get these other scholarships. Why? Cause no one else in Yap is applying for them. P.S. I think one of the major needs of Yapese students these days is community outreach for higher education. What is an SAT? What is a TOEFL? How do you even get into college? I never knew these things until halfway through senior year which is WAY too late. These questions and more need to be helped answered for students as you cant expect everyone to do everything on their own. Not everyone has access to internet and not everyone can ask their parents cause not everyones parents even went to college. If someone or some group/department (okay, yeah, DoE) would be assigned to conduct outreach in high schools and major villages and help them out, the same way that CoM and Educationusa Com-fsm from Pohnpei do, it would be great.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 03:26:18 +0000
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