When Alimah Dawkins first found out she was accepted to Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) — one of the priciest schools in the nation — she was elated.
“Apparently, I was audibly ecstatic, as the counselor said I was the most excited student she’d called that day,” Dawkins recalled of the phone call she received from an admissions counselor at SLC one evening in late January, informing her that she had been admitted.
But this summer, when it came time to actually move from Atlanta to New York to attend SLC, Dawkins realized that she didn’t quite have the resources she needed to make the trip.
So, like a growing amount of college students, she turned to GoFundMe in late July to see if she could appeal to others for help.
“The good news: I got into my dream school!” Dawkins wrote on her GoFundMe page.
“The bad news: I’m extremely ill-equipped to travel to and live in New York, so as a last resort I’m asking you to help me get what I need to survive at Sarah Lawrence College.
“With the cost of tuition and five other siblings, my parents are tapped out,” Dawkins continued. “Please do what you can and share, share, share.”
