So I logged into my financial aid account for my chosen college and I saw that I would be getting $6200 per year until I get my bachelors degree in scholarships. Then I saw that one of my scholarships wasn’t setup correctly in the system and would actually be giving me about $1200 more than it was reporting. That means I will be getting $7400 per year ($3700 per semester) to pay for college. Now I am going to college in state, and staying at home, so college will not cost me that much.

Now you might say that I am not getting that much in scholarships, but I am getting that money from only 3 sources and I was not valedictorian or any other special person in high school. In fact, I didn’t participate in extra curricular activities at all.

So where did I get the scholarships? The largest scholarship is the Florida Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholarship. Next comes the presidential scholarship from the university I am attending, and after that is a small scholarship from the honors college within that university.

Now I don’t know exactly how much books and fees will end up costing me, but I am almost certain I will have a little extra money after each semester.