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Incoming Barnard first-year uses college savings to prevent eviction
Incoming Barnard first-year uses college savings to prevent eviction Emma Snoddy / Columbia Daily Spectator Alondra Carmona will be starting her first year at Barnard College this fall. By Victoria Choe | February 19, 2021, 1:14 AM
Ever since the ninth grade, Alondra Carmona had dreamed of attending Barnard College. When she first heard that Columbia had a sister school right across the street, she looked into Barnard’s campus and programs and immediately fell in love. Nearly four years later, she was elated to read the word “Congratulations” when she checked her application status. However, her celebrations were soon tempered by doubts about being able to afford her tuition.
High schooler uses money she saved for college tuition to pay momâs rent By CNN Staff | February 16, 2021 at 2:18 AM CST - Updated February 16 at 2:18 AM
HOUSTON (CNN) - A high school senior from Houston who saved her mom from eviction using her college tuition money will be able to attend her dream school after all, thanks to donations from those moved by her story.
Alondra Carmona, 18, got accepted into her dream school, Barnard College, an Ivy League school in New York City, but she realized there was a gap in her financial aid package. The high school senior had a part-time job and was saving up money, but it wouldnât be enough.
There is genuinely nothing heartwarming about poverty and perseverance porn.
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With the pandemic throwing a lot of people out of jobs that provided stable income, and often times, access to healthcare for Americans, there’s been a significant rise in “feel good” stories of people doing anything they can to make it through these tough times.
But the issue is these stories aren’t heartwarming at all. They’re dystopian, and are really just systemic failures, social injustices and capitalism gone mad framed as heartwarming tales to distract the public from the real issues at hand.
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ATexas teenager has been forced to use her entire college savings to prevent her single mother from being evicted after she lost her job amid a raging pandemic. Alondra Carmona of Houston made the appeal on crowdfunding site GoFundMe, noting that she had been accepted into prestigious New York university Barnard College, but that she used the money she had saved for tuition in order to save her mother.
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