| Name | Jacob Kris | ||||||||||
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| Email Address | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||||
| What is your estimated income from the previous calendar year? | Students Income | ||||||||||
| Yearly Estimated Family Income or Personal Income: | 20000 to 34999 | ||||||||||
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| If you were educated in the US, did you graduate high school or obtain a high school equivalency (GED)? | Yes | ||||||||||
| What year did you graduate from high school or receive a high school equivalency? | 2016 | ||||||||||
| Are you a currently in a Dual Enrollment program (such as a high school student taking community college courses)? | No | ||||||||||
| First-Generation Status (this question is optional): | First-Generation No | ||||||||||
| Community College: | Holyoke Community College | ||||||||||
| What is your student ID number at your community college? | 000314879 | ||||||||||
| Community College Enrollment Status: | Completed Degree | ||||||||||
| Which semester do you expect to complete your required community college classes for your associate degree? | At the end of Fall 2023 term | ||||||||||
| Which semester do you plan to begin, start, or enroll at a four-year institution? | Fall 2024 | Academic Year 2024-25 | ||||||||||
| How many credits do you expect to complete at the end of the current term? | More than 60 | ||||||||||
| Please share how many credits beyond 60 you will have at the end of the current term: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Grade Point Average: | 3.75-4.0 | ||||||||||
| Are you enrolled in an honors program, college, or taking honors-level courses? | No | ||||||||||
| What is your community college major? | Business Administration | ||||||||||
| What is your intended major or field of study at a four-year institution? | Economics | ||||||||||
| I will transfer as a: | Domestic | ||||||||||
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| Which Transfer Scholars Network partner institutions do you want to connect with? |
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| Before learning about TSN, what was your level of interest in transferring to any four-year institution? |
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| Before learning about TSN, what was your level of awareness of the colleges and universities in the Transfer Scholars Network? |
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| Currently, what level of interest do you have to transfer to a TSN four-year partner institution? |
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| At this point in time, what do you think is the likelihood that you will apply to transfer to a four-year institution in the Transfer Scholars Network? |
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| What do you think are the most pressing challenges or barriers to successfully transferring to TSN four-year institution? |
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| What value are you hoping to receive by participating in the Transfer Scholars Network? |
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| Please describe other value you will receive from participating in the Transfer Scholars Network: | |||||||||||
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| If you’d like, share any extracurricular activities, professional details, or personal experiences you would like TSN partners to know about you. Responses can be as brief or long as you’d like. | During my junior year of high school, I was encouraged by my father to drop out of school to assist in the family upholstery business. Understanding our financial situation and hardships, I decided to put a pause on my academic pursuits to work for my father. This wasn't an easy decision for me. Not only for the implication that this may mean I would never get to achieve a highschool diploma. But me and my father never had an amicable relationship. My childhood was marked by my father's aggressive attempts at punishing me into subservience. The idea of being stuck alone in his dark and dusty shop was not an easy one to accept. But it was his continued reliance on opiates that was the final wedge that divided us, and after three years, I moved in with my girlfriend at the time and found joy in cooking. All the while festering an alcohol addiction that stunted any plan of furthering my education. It wasn't until the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns and quarantines that I was finally afforded the time and space for introspective reflection. I recognized how, like my father, my drug abuse was pushing the ones I loved away from me. I saw how I was becoming more and more of an angry unapproachable man who was no longer growing as an individual or a member of his community. I felt shame in how I was leading my life. I spent that year of quarantining gritting and grinding my teeth towards sobriety, emerging on the other a more capable and passionate individual. I now play an active part in my community, volunteering at the local soup kitchen, which my family relied upon when I was younger. I've found passion and enjoyment in my pursuit of knowledge. I'm happily married to a woman who inspires me to persevere through any hardship. I feel as if my soul and being are truly nascent, ready to learn and develop into a more moral human being. I refuse to be defined by my past failures or my turbulent childhood. | ||||||||||
| Supplemental Interest: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship | |||||||||||
| Have you heard or know about the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship provided by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation? | Yes | ||||||||||
| Would you like to receive more information about the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation? | Yes | ||||||||||
| If you are interested in the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, what would you like to learn about it? |
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| Additional Question & Consent | |||||||||||
| What other resources can the Transfer Scholars Network provide to further support your transfer journey and educational goals? | |||||||||||
| Date Created | December 20, 2023 |
