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Albuquerque senior class gets $11 million in scholarships

Albuquerque senior class gets $11 million in scholarships
OF KIDS FROM POPE CHRISTIAN. QUITE IT WON’T COST HER A FORTUNE. AFTER SCHOLARSHIPS, SHE ONLY HAS $1000 LEFT IN TUITION AND SHE WILL NEED TO COVER ROOM AND BOARD. >> I DID NOT WANT STUDENT LOANS. I DID NOT WANT TO START GETTING CAP EARLY, SO I KNEW I NEEDED TO GO SOMEWHERE I COULD AFFORD. QUITE IT IS A GOAL SHE LEARNED IN A FINANCE CLASS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE GET IT TO DO IS LOOK AT THIS AS A PROCESS AND APPLY TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND NOT TO TRIGGERED TO ONE PLACE. >> HE SAYS MOST OF THE SENIORS ARE TAKING IT. >> THE SENIORS WERE OFFERED $11 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS. >> HE TRIES TO GET THEM TO PICK A SCHOOL THAT IS A SMART FINANCIAL MOVE. HE IS TALKING ABOUT FINANCE GURU DAVE RAMSEY, WHOSE BUDGET TRAGEDIES HAVE CAPTURED -- CAPTIVATED MILLIONS. >> I REALIZED, YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE FIRST HALF OF YOUR CAREER PAYING OFF YOUR STUDENT LOANS. JUST HOW MUCH THAT EFFEXOR LIFE AND FUTURE, SO THAT RULED OUT A BUNCH. >> THE $11 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS IS A RECORD FOR HOPE CHRISTIAN, BEATING THE OLD RECORD BY ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. CONGRATULATIONS. >> TESTED THE -- TROEGER
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Albuquerque senior class gets $11 million in scholarships
A senior class in the Albuquerque metro raked in $11 million in scholarship offers. The money is part of a financial plan they've been working on, to make sure they graduate from college with little to no student loans.In the video above, KOAT Anchor Royale Da introduces you to an impressive bunch from Hope Christian.

A senior class in the Albuquerque metro raked in $11 million in scholarship offers. The money is part of a financial plan they've been working on, to make sure they graduate from college with little to no student loans.

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In the video above, KOAT Anchor Royale Da introduces you to an impressive bunch from Hope Christian.