BY GABI HUTSON
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This year the College and Career Center saw record numbers of scholarship application turnins from the class of 2016. Last year’s seniors turned in a record-breaking total of 1,429 applications, the current seniors surpassed that with 1,439 applications.

College and career center technician Jacquie Seider said that last year she made an arrangement with the seniors of the class of 2015 that if they turned in their applications before the cut off date that she would help them correct them.

“I made a deal with the seniors last year in classrooms during presentations if they turned them into me the day before the deadline I would check their application for accuracy,” Seider said.

At first it seemed that the class of 2016 would barely make the average let alone break the record. Seider was taken aback when the class of 2016 broke the record

“They surprised me because on Monday, I had 50 applications and I took a look at my notes last year the class of 2015 had turned in about 500,” Seider said.

Seider thinks the seniors got motivated to fill out and submit their applications when she spoke with the counseling department and principal David Byrd, in order to allow announcements in senior classes as well as extending the application deadline.

That following Monday Seider received approximately 800 applications, which are without complications as far as accuracy.

“I received over 800 applications on monday and so far everything I’m looking at they have been turned in with accuracy,” Seider said. “So they didn’t even need my deal, the class of 2016 is rocking and I’m excited.”