Does HUMMER Offer a Scholarship?

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Does anyone here know if HUMMER (or GM for that matter) offers some sort of a college scholarship? You may have noticed my extreme love of HUMMERs, especially the H2, which I've made evident by my involvement in this forum over the past couple of months. I am currently a junior in high school, and as you may or may not remember, spring of junior year is heavily laden with college searching and the likes. I play two varsity sports at my high school (football and basketball) and am maintaining a 92 or so GPA. If anyone here knows anything about a scholarship or something similar, I would love to know. Please feel free to reply in this thread, or send me a PM. Thank you all so much for your time, and I look foward to your responses!

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Good Luck H-A

RYD

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Thank you! BTW: Nice HUMMERS!!

[ShaggyX]

A 92 GPA? WTF kind of grading system do you have in VT?

[3Hummer]

ya how can you have a 92 GPA??!?!?!

[ShaggyX]

Did you mean a 92 IQ? :jump:

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Did you mean a 92 IQ? :jump:

He can't have a 92 IQ, thats taken by you

[ShaggyX]

He can't have a 92 IQ, thats taken by youI think you are giving me more credit then most. Thanks.

[DennisAJC]

GPA is different in most countries.

Here in B.C.
A: 86-100
B : 73-85
C+: 67-72
C: 60-66
C- : 50-59
I : 49 and below (temporary)
F : 49 and below (permanent)

Mine was 92 and I was hung over most of the time. :D



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPA

[marin8703]

Cool, im a freshman in college rite now. Gm does have some schoalrships and education programs, check out the link bellow. Whats your major? Where you going to school (college)? You think you gona get any financial aid from the FAFSA thing? Dependign on your major you can get scholarships from certain professional organizations such as AIAA (aerospace engineers), ASME (mechanical engineers) or whatever your major covers. I have several thousand dollars coming from these two institutions, i am not totaly sure but i beleive GM contributes to one if not both of these. i know the scholarship search can bring the suck even more than the college search. Its a little harder for white people to get scholarships than it is for any other race/color. but there is still plenty.

try scholarships.com, it gives you a wide array of finacial aide to select from.

with a 92, and desent act or sat score you will get plenty of aide to cover most of your costs. I left hs with a 4.89 donno what that equates to on your system, and 28 act and dont even remeber the sat, which was pretty average adn i got tons of money. Im only paying about $1000 out of pocket for a $38,000 a year college.


Good Luck!:)
http://www.gm.com/company/careers/student_center.jsp?p=scholarships

[NewHummerGuy]

GPA is different in most countries.

Here in B.C.
A: 86-100
B : 73-85
C+: 67-72
C: 60-66
C- : 50-59
I : 49 and below (temporary)
F : 49 and below (permanent)

Mine was 92 and I was hung over most of the time. :D



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPA



Yeah Dennis, but last I checked Vermont isnt in a different country:giggling:

[BlueHUMMERH2]

Yeah Dennis, but last I checked Vermont isnt in a different country:giggling:
They'd like to be...

http://www.vermontrepublic.org/

If you're looking for a cheaper education, check out some of the schools you've got around the state that are part of the state university system. Usually, they offer a good in-state rate and they also will heap on scholarships for good students of local schools. I'm at a state university right now, but next fall I hope to be back in PA at a state school where the tuition is less than $7,000/year with the in-state discount.

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

A 92 GPA? WTF kind of grading system do you have in VT?
High school doesn't grade on a 0.0-4.0 scale like college. I have a 92 out of 100 GPA, in high school.

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

They'd like to be...

http://www.vermontrepublic.org/

If you're looking for a cheaper education, check out some of the schools you've got around the state that are part of the state university system. Usually, they offer a good in-state rate and they also will heap on scholarships for good students of local schools. I'm at a state university right now, but next fall I hope to be back in PA at a state school where the tuition is less than $7,000/year with the in-state discount.

I have absolutely no interest at all to attend college in VT. :o I want to get the heck out of here!!

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

They'd like to be...

http://www.vermontrepublic.org/


Just to let you know, I live in VT, because my father took a job here... (I don't really care for it at all, climate being a big factor...) I would have been happier off living in Tulsa, where I was before VT. Prius' are a dime a dozen here! Gross... You can't always have everything you want though... :violin:

Thanks to everyone for the help! :jump: :jump: :jump:

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

They'd like to be...

http://www.vermontrepublic.org/


Just to let you know, I live in VT, because my father took a job here... (I don't really care for it at all, climate being a big factor...) I would have been happier off living in Tulsa, where I was before VT. You can't always have everything you want though... :violin:

Thanks to everyone for the help! :jump: :jump: :jump:

[DennisAJC]

Yeah Dennis, but last I checked Vermont isnt in a different country:giggling:

Ooops!:fdance:

[NewHummerGuy]

Ooops!:fdance:


:beerchug:

[f5fstop]

My advice, DO NOT work for an American or Japanese Car Company....NEVER. I say Japanese too because in the near future, the Chinese and Koreans will be giving them a run for their money.
Better off being a Gynecologist or a Colo Rectal Surgeon, there are always openings.:jump:

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

I suppose... (What you just said could have two meanings... :giggling: )
But I would really like to work for HUMMER someday. That'd be great. I'm interested in marketing.

[ShaggyX]

High school doesn't grade on a 0.0-4.0 scale like college. I have a 92 out of 100 GPA, in high school.High schools in most states do grade on a 4.0 scale. At least they did when I went to High School a few years ago (and in all 3 states I have gone to school in). A 100 GPA scale is not the norm in the US...check wikipedia.

[DennisAJC]

High schools in most states do grade on a 4.0 scale. At least they did when I went to High School a few years ago (and in all 3 states I have gone to school in). A 100 GPA scale is not the norm in the US...check wikipedia.

Thanks for educating us Mr. 0.25:jump:

[ShaggyX]

Thanks for educating us Mr. 0.25:jump:3.6 actually. :dancingbanana: Not that it was anything impressive...but I slept through class more often then not, so I will take what I can get.

[DennisAJC]

3.6 actually. :dancingbanana: Not that it was anything impressive...but I slept through class more often then not, so I will take what I can get.

You know I'm teasing you.:fdance:

[ShaggyX]

You know I'm teasing you.:fdance:It's the being nice afterward that confuses and frightens me. :beerchug:

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

It's the being nice afterward that confuses and frightens me. :beerchug:

it should...:dancingbanana: :violin:

[BlueHUMMERH2]

Well, I can understand your aversion to VT. It is a beautiful state, with lots of cool places to visit, and good skiing. But it's small, not very exciting, and dominated by morons and their mind-control device equipped Priuses. They are everywhere here in MA too. And I mean EVERYWHERE. I can't go more than 2 miles without seeing another one. It's disgusting.



I'm in school for Geology. But I still really have no idea what I want to do. Dabbled in the car biz, decided that wasn't really for me, at least not on the retail end. I'm not so into the whole geology thing anymore because I don't really like the jobs that make half-way decent money in the field. I am thinking about geography instead, as there are many very high paying jobs in the field, and it's similar. I think I'm going to take a real estate program this summer, and maybe I'll get into that.

What do you like anyway? Do you want to go somewhere warm, cold, remote, urban? North Carolina is supposed to be nice. Then there is Univ. of Colorado - Boulder, which isn't too cold but is close to wheeling and skiing. California doesn't seem too awful, and Cal-Tech is a good school and apparently offers impressive financial aid. In fact, this was just on AOL tonight:

http://money.aol.com/loans/college/best-value-colleges

Maybe you'd consider Univ. of Alaska - Fairbanks if you really wanted to get away. Or something in Florida near the beach.

I share the extreme love of the HUMMER brand, and I've often thought it would be awesome to work for AM General or at a retail HUMMER store. But it's not in my cards right now. I have an idea for something HUMMER related, but it's a few years away.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

If you want to "FOLLOW THE MONEY" then become a Doctor, Lawyer or Engineer.

Read a reports many years ago that MANY (whatever that means) people go into a different field that what their degree is in. (except Dr, Lawyer, Engineeers)

Remember also that income in different areas of the country buy a lot less or more depending...

My daughter has a degree in Journalism, worked for Scripts Howard for a while (2 years) and was making around 36k. OK, not bad but not great. The area she lived in (Stuart, FL), 36K went a long way. Now she works in Miami for a PR Firm, making 50K+, WOW, but in Miami 50K is decent but not great. Take that same job to NYC and 50K is a very very small 1 bedroom apt in a not great area of the city, go OUTSIDE (1 hour of Atlanta) and your doing dam good with 50K.

Want to make money, LEARN a second language. CHINESE, JAP, GERMAN, KOREAN, maybe THAI or SPANISH. That with a STRONG degree in International Business, International Banking, Engineering (electrical, electronic, mechnical, IT, etc) will make you good money for the HUMMERS you want to own.

OR JUST BECOME A SPORTS SUPERSTAR...

[mdoyle]

Having a goal to work in marketing for the Hummer division is fine, but being more realistic you should also focus on higher demand products.

You can't go wrong working in health care related fields and you'll probably do well enough financially to enjoy whatever vehicle you like, as much as you like. If the H2 is your favorite, you might be happier doing marketing for a medical supply company and buying one while getting involved in a local owner's club. Remember, once you make something your job, it tends to quell your desire for it somewhat.

I applaud you on thinking ahead, any high schooler that is already working on honing their career goals, is aces in my book.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Having a goal to work in marketing for the Hummer division is fine, but being more realistic you should also focus on higher demand products.

You can't go wrong working in health care related fields and you'll probably do well enough financially to enjoy whatever vehicle you like, as much as you like. If the H2 is your favorite, you might be happier doing marketing for a medical supply company and buying one while getting involved in a local owner's club. Remember, once you make something your job, it tends to quell your desire for it somewhat.

I applaud you on thinking ahead, any high schooler that is already working on honing their career goals, is aces in my book.

Specialized Health Care for the RICH Elderly is an excellent choice...

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Having a goal to work in marketing for the Hummer division is fine, but being more realistic you should also focus on higher demand products.

You can't go wrong working in health care related fields and you'll probably do well enough financially to enjoy whatever vehicle you like, as much as you like. If the H2 is your favorite, you might be happier doing marketing for a medical supply company and buying one while getting involved in a local owner's club. Remember, once you make something your job, it tends to quell your desire for it somewhat.

I applaud you on thinking ahead, any high schooler that is already working on honing their career goals, is aces in my book.
Well thank you, sir. I have thought about the health care field. I have a buddy whose mother does work in pharmacueticals, and she just bought herself a BMW 7 series, and a new house on the lake... That's not a bad field at all! I suppose doing that, and then joining an owner's club wouldn't hurt, but then again, I really love HUMMERs!!

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

One of my degrees is in Marine Engineering. Lets see... I practiced in that field for, ... say ... 2 minutes

FOLLOW THE MONEY

AND

PLAY WITH YOUR HUMMERS !!!