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DPSof HI4:05AM March 10, 2011
Nice post, thanks for writing!
seolaceof AL8:31AM May 06, 2010
this is very lucurative for those people who assuruing online money..Really its too good .
sudha kumariof GA11:22PM August 27, 2009
I don't see how they think this doesn't keep people in the state. If someone has the Governor's Scholarship, they obviously have HOPE as well, so that $900 goes a long way to cover residence hall and meal plan costs. With FAFSA and this scholarship, I didn't have to pay anything out of pocket to attend UGA, while Duke or Harvard would have cost thousands. Practically free college education? I'd say that appeals to a lot of students.
In the end, that's almost $1000 that I don't have anymore. And in the grand scheme of the state budget, is $1.3 million really so much?
SDof GA12:53AM August 26, 2009
It should go without saying that the money did "serve its purpose." After receiving the Governor's Scholarship for only one year, and then receiving a letter just a couple of weeks before the end of school telling me that this was in the best interest of the state, I'm very disappointed and a bit disgusted as well. As a matter of fact, I turned down an offer from the aforementioned Harvard to attend Mercer University in Macon, GA. Go figure...
Just another "Top" studentof GA10:37PM August 18, 2009
+1
soundtracksof AL6:22AM July 17, 2009
They sure did a poor job in notifying students. I've been counting on that money, considering it was "promised" to me for four years, and finding out a month before I need it that it's not coming isn't easy to swallow. Did I mention that the way I found out was having to e-mail the Georgia Financial Aid people wondering where the application had gone? If they wanted to discontinue the scholarship they should have let it continue for those that had already been granted it for four years, and just not given it out to future students.
Current Governor's Scholarof GA10:45AM July 15, 2009
GoOSNt
Pqylfqowof UT6:53PM July 13, 2009
Great. Now i can say thank you!
negative publicity somaof NV5:39AM July 04, 2009
As a prior Valedictorian from Georgia, I am sincerely disappointed that the legislature chose to cut funds to this scholarship. As it is, Georgia lags behind in educational support and resources. It is disappointing to hear about another situation in which state officials and administrators continue to cut these already lagging resources.
If this is what they do, they will continue to limit opportunities to pursue educaton. Ultimately, these acts discourage students from becoming strong, influential citizens in their societies. It has long been shown that the best investment a government can make in its people is in their education. Clearly, Georgia will continue to be ranked in the bottom of education in the fifty states if administrators act this way.
Somehow the state does not realize this is an incentive that creates more opporunities and actual profits them in the future by building the potential for community leaders.
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DPS of HI 4:05AM March 10, 2011
seolace of AL 8:31AM May 06, 2010
sudha kumari of GA 11:22PM August 27, 2009
SD of GA 12:53AM August 26, 2009
Just another "Top" student of GA 10:37PM August 18, 2009
soundtracks of AL 6:22AM July 17, 2009
Current Governor's Scholar of GA 10:45AM July 15, 2009
Pqylfqow of UT 6:53PM July 13, 2009
negative publicity soma of NV 5:39AM July 04, 2009
Very Disappointed of GA 7:42PM June 15, 2009