STUDENTS
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Emily Udel
Creative Writing
I have become a horde of poetry that sleeplessly pours out of me in the small hours of the night, of the lyrics behind songs without melodies, of novels whose endings I am eager to pen down.
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
4.5/5

Wyatt Jones
General Studies
Since COVID started my mom has been laid off and my dad only works 3 days out of the week
Need Level
3.0/5
Merit Level
4.4/5

Melanie Johnson
Political Science
I faced fierce economic instability for a total of 4 years. Without truly understanding how or why, I was being displaced from my childhood home and parts of my family.
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
4.0/5

Lucia Ortega
Molecular Cellular Biology
" I moved halfway around the world, from a busy city of Fuzhou, China, to a small town of Niskayuna in upstate New York. "
Need Level
3.1/5
Merit Level
4.1/5

Micheal Chen
Undeclared
I've been stuck in quarantine for many months now and recently I have been scrambling for scraps to keep my bank account from dying.
Need Level
3.2/5
Merit Level
3.6/5

Imani Washington
Journalism
"Between the political tension from where I come from to racism in the country that received me, I feel like I have to fight three times harder than others."
Need Level
4.4/6
Merit Level
3.7/5

Danilo Zane
CS + Econ
I want to be many things: an entrepreneur, a scientist, an engineer, a movie producer. If I stayed, I wouldn’t be able to achieve these things in the magnitude that I envision.
Need Level
3.3/5
Merit Level
3.6/5

Deja Jackson
School of Social Work
I am a 20 year old black female Muslim and I am a sophomore at the University of Illinois majoring in social work. I have always wanted to be a doctor.
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
3.3/5

Owen Gray
Food Science and Human Nutrition
" My endeavor is to change how our current society views food in an effort to reverse the negative effects that has hurt our country and its current health problem. "
Need Level
3.3/5
Merit Level
3.6/5

Pooja Desai
Math and Computer Science
"As an international student because of Covid, my mother lost her job and my father had to take a 40% salary cut which made funding my Fall tuition a near impossibility"
Need Level
3.3/5
Merit Level
3.2/5

Amir Saleh
Political Science and Communication, Pre-Law
" I simply want to succeed. All I need is a chance and the financial help takes away from the stress and headache that persists today. "
Need Level
3.9/5
Merit Level
3.9/5

Luis Lopez
Molecular and cellular biology
I worked until 11 p.m. everyday, so juggling all of this became extremely difficult on a daily maximum if 4 hours of sleep.
Need Level
3.4/5
Merit Level
2.6/5

Piotr Nowak
integrative biology
My name is Jakub Klocek and I am currently a sophomore studying biology here at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Need Level
3.2/5
Merit Level
2.6/5