I explain my background in caring for children, starting with my siblings when I was young, and how that shaped my decision to pursue a career in the medical field that helps children.

I knew that college was going to be expensive. That's a given. So I started looking into scholarships by January of my senior year. Already I suggest starting to look for scholarships by the beginning of your senior year, if not the end of your junior year. However, as I was looking at scholarships, I realized that most...