Cameron sent me a text today asking me if I had checked his bursar account lately. Since it wasn’t August yet, I hadn’t even thought about looking at his tuition bill. He told me to look at his financial aid package when I had a chance as he thought that there might be some changes to it. I was definitely curious after his text, but didn’t have time to log in until after lunch.
When I finally sat down at the computer, I couldn’t believe what I was reading. In the section for financial aid awards there was an extra $4628 in addition to his annual provost scholarship of $4000. I had to read it twice to even believe what I saw was true. Cameron had won the Douglas A and Rebecca L Smock Scholarship award for $2628 and the Padget Family Bicentennial Scholarship for $2000. Both were merit based scholarships in the Kelley School of Business given to undergraduate students demonstrating academic excellence and campus involvement. Cameron fit the definition perfectly.
As soon as I found out, I texted Cameron to congratulate him on his hard work. I then called Doug to tell him and started crying. I had spent over ten hours last March helping Cameron fill out his FAFSA, the general scholarship application, and the one for the business school specifically. At the time I told myself if he got a thousand extra dollars it would be worth it. Now he was getting over $4600 and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The cost of living in Bloomington had skyrocketed over the past three years. Cameron’s rent alone was twice what I had paid for Cal his senior year. From my estimates this summer, I was going to be $3500 short in the account that I had set aside to pay for Cameron’s final year. Now with these two scholarships I had a little breathing room. It felt like a gigantic win and a wonderful reminder that God does answer our prayers.
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