Scholarships?

[Jessika]

Wow, thank you so much!!!

[caseysmom]

My 15 year old has wanted to be a vet since she was 11 or 12, she has been working toward just getting accepted at UC Davis which is local and renowned to bet the best vet med college around.

She spoke to the woman in charge of accepting students and was told straight a's won't get her in, so she has volunteered probably 150 hours with a local vet, even doing surgery with him and she has volunteered 150 hours with the spca. In addition she is a competetive diver, her dive coach has got 2 other divers scholarshops but said this college may give my daughter 5 or 6,000 a year but no more, we are just hoping that helps her get accepted since she would be on their dive team...sports unfortunately gets you a scholarship, I think its wrong but it is what it is.

There is a brand new vet med college in Los Angeles that is suppose to be geared toward general practice, uc davis makes you specialize, this college in la had its first graduating class this year.

[Jessika]

Wow... she is really determined! I really really hope she makes it in, because if anyone deserves it, it would be her for all her hard work. I'm sure she'll make it, but wow that college seems tough! I'm not sure I would make it in, as I certainly didn't have perfect grades in High School... but at the same time I just wasn't motivated (parents didn't push me or seem to care, etc). But that's a whole different story -- you seem to be behind her 110% and that's so great, I wish I had that years ago from my parents, maybe I wouldn't have waited so long to apply to this college!

[caseysmom]

Jessika, It comes from within her I swear, I am behind her all the way and do everything in my power but she is just driven. Its not me, my other daughter will probably drop out of high school, that is where she is headed, every morning its a cuss fest about hating school blah blah blah, it breaks my heart.

My motivated daughter does make me so proud she is respectful to me and is so mature, its just crazy the difference.