Georgia college scholarship deadlines approaching and my brain is MUSH

omg y'all I'm literally losing my mind over here.

I'm a senior trying to figure out how to pay for school next year and the Georgia college scholarship situation is SO MUCH to handle. Like, I knew HOPE was a thing obviously (everyone in Georgia knows about HOPE lol) but there's SO MANY OTHERS?? My counselor gave me this list and my eyes just glazed over.

I stayed up until 2am last night working on essays and I think I wrote the word "passion" like forty times. At this point I don't even know what my passions are anymore. Is sleeping a passion? Is stress-eating takis a passion?

Anyway I just needed to vent but also – does anyone have advice on which Georgia college scholarship applications are actually worth the time?? I don't want to spend hours on something that has like a million applicants. My mom keeps saying "apply for everything" but I literally can't, there's not enough hours in the day!

Also side note: why do they all ask the same questions but formatted differently so you can't just copy-paste?? Make it make sense!!

Okay back to the library. Pray for my GPA and my sanity.

Local scholarships are the secret cheat code. Like, seriously. The ones with like 50 applicants instead of 50,000? That's where the money is.

Rotary clubs. Community foundations. Your parent's employer. Your neighbor's employer. My cousin got $2,000 from some random VFW post just because his grandpa was a veteran. Didn't even have to write an essay, just submitted proof.

Also, "stress-eating takis" would actually be a killer hook for a personal statement about managing pressure. Just saying. Write what you know!