My mom's a teacher so I grew up always wanting to sort of be like her
because she's an amazing teacher.
I decided that I should pursue something that I love
and that was Japanese.
Teaching English dramatically and as a second language is
something that's really interesting to me.
There's not a lot of schools in the UW system
that actually offer Japanese, and staying in-state was a big deal for me.
I actually cried because I got an early
admission and I was actually worried that I wouldn't get in. So getting in was
an amazing feeling.
The cost of attendance, I was a little worried about to UW Madison
I was afraid that eventually I wouldn't have been able to afford it.
In the Office of Student Financial Aid here we know that a lot of
the students we work with have greater need financially and so we want to take
those worries away. UW Madison was their dream school and they wanted to
attend here but they knew that there's that financial barrier out there.
Bucky's Tuition Promise was a surprise to me. Like, I had no idea it was a thing
since it is the first year. We got my financial aid package and then we got
the email saying: "Oh, you're also part of this which will cover your tuition for four years".
First group of Bucky's Tuition Promise students we have
attending uw-madison there's 796 students from around
the state of Wisconsin. When we make calls and let them know about being
accepted into Bucky's Tuition Promise it's such a relief.
It's for everybody in the state of Wisconsin that if you're an incoming student to UW Madison,
Wisconsin resident and your adjusted gross income is below 58,000
you're gonna qualify for four years of this benefit or two years of the benefit
if you're an incoming transfer student.
It was a real stress reliever just
because I do have two younger sisters that also plan to attend four-year
colleges. Knowing that I am covered for four years has really just allowed me to
fully enjoy my Wisconsin experience.