Student Perspecitve: Small Schools versus Large Schools

As I approached the end of high school and began to prepare for the next step in my life, I realized that a lot of my classmates were choosing a college  based on things that made very little sense. Some of them were picking a college because it was the school their parents had attended. Others were choosing a college simply because they were a fan of that school's sports teams. And some students

SAP Student Experience at WINS



Blake Jackson in Washington DC
 Halito! My name is Blake Jackson, and I am a member of the Choctaw Scholarship Advisement Program.  I am currently a junior at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK, majoring in Agribusiness/Pre-law and Environmental Studies.  This summer I had the amazing opportunity to take an internship in Washington, DC as part of the Washington Internships

Yale/Study Abroad SAP Student

Halito! Hola! Hello! My name is Chelsea Wells, and I’m from Hugo, Oklahoma. Go Buffs! I am a member of the Scholarship Advisement Program and a sophomore at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.  I am majoring in American Studies. 
After studying Spanish my freshman year, I participated in intensive Spanish language classes at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain through Yale Summer

Student Story: Summer Camp Opportunities

Halito! My name is Jessica Palmer and I am a member of the Scholarship Advisement Program. This summer I got the opportunity to go to two amazing summer programs. The first one was the OU Biological Camp and the second was Phillips Academy.
At the OU Biological Camp, it was two weeks long. We stayed in dorms on Lake Texoma at the Biological Station in Kingston, OK. We went on many field trips to

College Tips from a SAP Member/Columbia Grad

My name is Meg. I am a member of the Choctaw Scholarship Advisement Program and a May 2010 graduate of Columbia University in the City of New York. As I reflect on my college journey, it is hard to believe this chapter in my life has come to an end.

The summer of 2006 I moved from a small North Texas town to the heart of New York City. Not only was I adjusting to the immense cultural

College Horizons Benefits from an SAP Student

Jessica, SAP Student
Hello my name is Jessica. I am a student in the Scholarship Advisement Program. This summer I had the opportunity to attend College Horizons at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

College Horizons is a college workshop available only to Native American high school juniors and seniors. They give you the full college experience while you are there, from staying in

Preparing For College by an SAP Student

Hi fellow Choctaws! My name is Ryder Billings, I’m from Dallas, Texas, and I’ll be attending Yale this fall. SAP asked me to write a short blog about my experience preparing for college and the application process, so here it goes. I could write an entire albeit bad book about the subject, and in fact there are some great ones out there, but I will do my best to be concise.


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Student Perspective on an SAP event

My name is Andy. I am seventeen years old and I will graduate from high school in the spring of 2011. My mother got me involved with the Scholarship Advisement Program about six months ago and I've participated in a few of their events. I must say, though, that the Pre-College Workshop for Native American Students at the University of Tulsa has been the best event that I have been involved with.