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Catherine Nguyen

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Posted inCommunity Op-Eds, Opinion

Submission: Losing Financial Aid During a Pandemic

by Catherine Nguyen June 4, 2020March 4, 2023

As a bright-eyed, 17-year-old high school graduate, I was immensely proud of my achievements that led to UCSD granting me the prestigious Regents Scholarship. I entered UCSD under the assumption that the combination of my scholarship, which gives a yearly honorarium of up to $8,000, and need-based financial aid would leave me debt-free by the […]

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