There are 90 recipients now? Jeez!
My advisor still thinks it will be announced mid-May, so I don’t think I got it. :(|) Good luck everyone!!
OMG. I just got a call from the dean of student affairs and she said I had to attend a special meeting on Wednesday. My Wednesday schedule is insane with classes from 8am - 6:30pm and only one break from 12:35 to 1:15. She said she checked my schedule and so they made the meeting at 12:45 and she said it won’t take too long. She was very adamant saying it was mandatory and said I HAD to be there or I would be in trouble. When I prodded her about what it was concerning she said it was confidential, but she told me not to worry about it or anything because it was nothing that would negatively impact my academic standing. Guys, my semester has been an absolute disaster. To meet transfer requirements I had to take 21 units this semester of purely math and science courses, so I knew I had absolutely no head space for error; I had to be on point every day. First week of school I’m sitting in my car at a stop light and some car plows into me from behind and pancakes my car between hers and the car in front of me. My beloved car of 10 years was completely totaled and I missed my physics class that day which forever put me behind. I ended up tearing a few disks in my neck and back and have been dealing with trying to make time to seed doctors while also tangling with the girl’s insurance company to get a proper value for my car (it was an '89, but it was very rare and the market value on them is actually around $4k, but the insurance company only wanted to give me $800). It has been a nightmare. On top of that, I was rejected by three UC’s for engineering and found out it was because my last physics course that I am taking this summer actually had to be completed this semester to be considered completed. Apparently the plan my counselor laid out for me two years ago was flawed. All of this has just demolished my spirits. I also came to terms a few weeks ago that there is no way I would win the JKC scholarship. If this meeting turns out to be something silly I don’t know what I am going to do.
And I just realized I got way too excited and left a ton of spelling/syntax errors in that last post.
I’ll be here sweating with you, bro! I only applied to the university my school feeds into (automatic acceptance), and if I don’t get this scholarship, then I will just take six credits and go back to working 60 hour weeks to save (I cut down to 40 hrs/wk in January to give myself breathing room). I need to hold off on loans if I ever want to afford grad school.
@cmbradley2015 . Congratulations bro. I think you said your celebrations now
@nekozuki - you work 40 hours/week and take on more than 6 units?? I thought my schedule was insane. @orehan - Thank you, but I can’t celebrate yet. There are a number of other things I am sure it could be. The same lady asked me to do my college’s commencement speech a couple of weeks ago and I had to turn it down; I am wondering if maybe they still haven’t gotten someone else to do it and are just holding the meeting to try to talk me into it. Or who knows, it could be something totally off the wall that I could never possibly guess.
hey just your presence on this forum is a testament to your dedication. i’m rooting for you @cmbradley2015. let us know huh.
Let me share my story… I came from different country few years ago since I had no opportunities there. I saved up money and took a shot, started living with my remote family and decided to go to community college. I understood how important involvement is and did everything I could on campus. On top of that I worked many many hours a week while going to school full time. I haven’t been home much, especially last semester since I had so much going on in school. 18 credits, job, being leader of two clubs. A lot. But I was considered selfish every time I would stay extra hour in school and not home helping my remote family. Super selfish… And oh finally yesterday I got news about JCK and being Class 2015 Valedictorian. My good news were met with hate and insult and not excitement. Instead of encouragement and warm words I received accusation of being selfish and that school should not be main focus. Now I am kicked out of the house because I got what I wanted and I do not care about others enough, only school so I should have my own life. So not only I ever got support for spending a lot of time in school,but also get crapped on for all the honors I received. Talking about support system here
I worked 60 hrs/wk while taking 19 credit hours for most of my college career. I cut down to 40 hrs and 12 credits, but I also became head of honors on my campus, did some conferences, got published, and did a writing competition. But I’m also 30, so I have lots of experience with my nose to the grindstone. I have tremendous respect for the people on this forum who are doing all this and more at 18, 20, 24, etc. I would never have had the discipline and strength to do so at that age (hell, I was institutionalized until I was almost 20 because I couldn’t cope with life, and people here are doing calculus?!)
Today is just insane. I was denied by UCSD, UCLA, and UC Davis for engineering last week all because I was missing one lousy physics course. Today I was accepted to UC Berkeley.
whoa. you’re going to berkeley? whoa.
@optimisticky - I think so. I am appealing UCSD’s and UCLA’s decisions (and if I actually won the JKC it will definitely help with the appeal), and so I will see what happens with that.
@Mariia2406 - After reading your story I am even more happier for you!! You have amazing character and resolve to be able to excel in such extraordinary fashion all while dealing with such foul treatment from the people whom you are supposed to be able to rely on most for support. Congratulations to you, and never let anyone bring you down.
I hope we get more winners from this forum, so that we can be more updated on what JCKF scholars are?
My phone rang yesterday afternoon and it was my school’s provost office calling. The first thing the lady on the other said was, “Congratulations!!”. My heart stopped. But she went on to say that I was nominated for the valedictorian award and that I should keep up my good work. This seemed a bit strange to me because I have been in discussion for weeks now with that office about the reward and they already told me I was being nominated. So i asked her if she had heard anything about the JCK scholarship, but she just said that she was not authorized to say anything about it and the winners will be notified next week.
I might just be blowing my own horn and trying my best to convince myself that I’v won, but at least that phone call gave me a slimmer of hope. anywayyys… we’ll see what happens next week!
Good luck to all of you guys!
@Georgemk i imagine the scholars are insufferably idealistic and refuse coleslaw with their chicken dinners. heh heh. please win so i can give you a noogie at that weekend gala thing.
@optimisticky, I will try, lol
Still waiting on my rejection email hehe 
I’m actually perfectly fine with not winning, because now that I know, I’m just shifting gears to my plan B. And my plan B option is pretty great! Once I heard that the guy from my scholars group won, I was too happy for him to waste a second being sad that I hadn’t won. And it makes me feel REALLY great that I’m at a point in my life where I can be happy for others instead of jealous of what they have… It’s made me realize I’ve come a long way emotionally, and that I’m happy with my life overall, with or without big scholarships :x Congrats to all the winners!!!
@kpcosmic, maybe you still have a chance. I am also okay if I don’t win or if I did too because I made plans, but usually two people win from my school and then the school writes about it soon after which I mean within a day after. Nothing is on the school site so I am thinking people at my school if anyone won might not know yet. Therefore I am thinking maybe not everyone is notified. I am kind want someone I know to win at my school if someone is going to win at my school again this year. Also congrats to all the winners.