Tue 1 Jan 2008
The moment of truth arrives with the high school graduation and by this time every student need to decide what is the path they want to follow. Some of the students prefer to take up the job immediately even if they have dreams to graduate from college and be something. This is most of the time due to financial constraints.
Some of them have the dreams to join the military and service the Americans. But a major of the students are still not decided what their career will be and which stream of study they would like to be in.
For this we need to follow the path lead by the god. For example a professor who graduated from the Christian college felt he was in heaven a place where every one was a devoted Christians. He got support from all quarters. His other friends were attached to other Christian colleges and experienced the same thing.
You should know that attending Christian college will not lead to your being a priest or close to god but getting enrolled in college where everyone is a Christian gives a high to the person interested in being the servant of god. Be it administrators, staff, faculty and students give a good name to the college.
The colleges not only give you education but they are known to care for your physical, emotional and spiritual well being. In addition, there were past researches made indicating that students who attend Christian colleges are most likely to affirm their Christian faith and strong belief in God.
The cost of attending the Christian college can be a detrimental but there are ways and means which will offer scholarships to students having financial difficulties which can be given to deserving student and through the intervention of God.
The steps which can get you the scholarship can assure you of getting into the Christian college. They are listed below:
1) During the Spring: When in junior college during the spring of that year many scholarships are offered to the students who want to study at Christian colleges and are deserving of the same. The application need to be end before the deadlines.
2) During January to May: This is during your senior year you need to apply for at FAFSA that is Federal Application for Federal Student Aid. This will be available with the counselor or the college where you are planning to apply.
After the completion of FAFSA, your Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) would be sent to the Christian college where you have listed. Once the college is in receipt of the ISIR they will send you a Student Aid Report (SAR). You will need to complete the information on the SAR and get the financial support package.
Of course, you do need to work hard in your high school to deserve to join the Christian college. You need to get high GPA, rankings and higher score on your SAT. Getting good score is one of the main factors but you all need to keep in mind that you need active participation in other activities as community, some volunteer program etc.
Here you need to follow the path where God wants to lead you and do not be scared through the God’s intervention you life will become easier.