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\u201cWhen I was 16, my mom and I immigrated from Jamaica to the United States, seeking new opportunities. I knew I wanted to pursue scientific research in college, so BU quickly became my top choice. Then I looked at everything going on here. My heart was set on BU, but I knew my family couldn\u2019t afford it. My scholarship was life-changing. I just graduated with a BA in biochemistry and am getting my feet wet in the research industry by working in a lab for a few years, after which I will enroll in a PhD program. So much opened up to me at BU. The scholarship greatly reduced my family\u2019s financial burdens.\u201d\nTiffany Peters (CAS\u201920)<\/strong><\/p>\n
You open doors<\/h3>\n
Average need-based financial aid package: $51,652<\/strong> When you support scholarships at Boston University, you make a real impact. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14533,"featured_media":8874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,35,1],"tags":[177,53,59,60],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2020\/09\/Scholarship-impact-thumbnail-800x600.jpg","agg_excerpt":"When you support scholarships at Boston University, you make a real impact.","agg_title":"Your giving to scholarships changes lives","media_icon":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8858"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8876,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8858\/revisions\/8876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"\/alumni\/files\/2020\/09\/Richard-Boylan-cropped-150x150.jpg\")
\u201cAs a member of the BU Running Club, I get a double benefit: we don\u2019t have a coach\u2014we coach ourselves, so it\u2019s a nice way to build commitment to each other and to yourself. Through the BU Student Food Rescue, I collect and deliver food to food banks in the Greater Boston area. Just seeing the smiles on the faces of the recipients is a reward in itself. My scholarship has given me all of these opportunities: to study film and TV, help the community thrive, and meet wonderful friends. Without scholarships, a lot of people wouldn\u2019t be able to follow their dreams and pursue their passions. I feel so fortunate.\u201d
\nRichard Boylan (COM\u201920)<\/strong><\/p>\nYou build community<\/h3>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m a first-generation American, born in Pennsylvania. My parents are Turkish, so when I started middle school, we settled in Istanbul. But I knew it wasn\u2019t where I wanted to stay. The transition from Istanbul to Boston was kind of unreal. BU is a very international community and so was very welcoming. But I also thought about what parts of my heritage I wanted to emphasize and put forward. So I joined the Turkish Students Association freshman year. We mentor each other and share experiences and advice. Scholarships make all of this possible; they are literally the only reason that I am able to be here. Being at BU changes the whole course of your life.\u201d
\nSahika Aydinol (Questrom\u201922)<\/strong><\/p>\nBy the numbers<\/h2>\n
\nAverage need-based loan: $1,700<\/strong>
\nStudents who applied for need-based aid: 1,474<\/strong>
\nApplicants judged to have need: 1,246<\/strong>
\nNeed met: 93%<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"