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Most teenagers roll their eyes every time their parents tell old college stories, but to me, having parents who attended college would be a blessing. Neither of my parents have any type of post-secondary education, and this has caused struggles in my life. As a college-bound individual, I have come across many questions that my parents have not been able to answer due to their inexperience. Searching for college and financial aid information has been left primarily up to me, which is a tough task for a seventeen-year-old to take on by herself. I am left feeling overwhelmed from the amount of new information I have had to learn and apply to college and scholarship applications. One goal I have set for myself is to further my education after
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