James doeletterofenhancementforcwpost.doc
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The student is requesting additional financial aid from C.W. Post as their current $4,000 per semester scholarship is not enough given their family's financial commitments. The student's parents support extended family members in Jamaica and the student's mother is pursuing her own degree, straining their finances. While the student was accepted to other colleges with larger scholarships, they wish to attend C.W. Post if possible with enhanced funding to help cover costs.
James doeletterofenhancementforcwpost.doc
- 1. 6/13/11 To Whom It May Concern at C.W. Post: I am writing this letter of appeal to C.W. Post regarding my financial aid package. Currently, I have been offered a $4,000 scholarship per semester of my freshman year. While this is generous, my family has financial commitments that do not allow them to fully support their expected family contribution, and as such, I am requesting a larger grant for the upcoming year. My mother, Jane Doe, works full time at Harlem Hospital as a nurse, and my father, Jonathan Doe, works full time as a janitor at Brook Island Pediatric Center in Brooklyn. My parents send back a large portion of their salary to Jamaica, where I was born, to support our family who still lives there, in particular both my grandmothers, one of whom is ill, my brother, sister, nieces and nephews. In addition, my mother is going back to college in the fall to pursue her bachelor’s degree in nursing in Brooklyn, which is another expense that will not be fully covered by financial aid. I ranked third in my graduating class of over 200 seniors, and have received various scholarship offers from Becker College and Western Connecticut State University. The scholarship grants from each college was over $10,000, and while these packages are attractive, I still would most like to be an undergraduate student at C.W. Post in the fall of 2011. If any consideration can be made to allow for an enhancement of funds for my educational scholarship during my time at C.W. Post, I would be very grateful and would work as hard as possible to maintain a high grade point average and not let you regret this decision. I will most likely not be able to attend C.W. Post in the fall if I am unable to secure additional funds because paying all of the loans with all of the other financial obligations my parents already have to their colleges and family members they support back home would be difficult to impossible. Thank you for your consideration, James Doe