00:00I am graduating college in less than a month completely debt-free because of Taco Bell.
00:08I worked at Taco Bell in high school and I honestly just did it as like a quick job to save money and like help my parents with bills and stuff.
00:17And I was there for about six months and my boss was like, you should apply to our scholarship program.
00:22I was like, what do you mean your scholarship program?
00:24Um, so apparently, you know how like at the end of Taco Bell, like when you're ordering, they're like, would you like to round up for students' education?
00:31Yada, yada, yada.
00:32So apparently all the change that you donate, even if it's like two cents, whatever, they all compile into a pool each year.
00:38And then, um, if you work there, you can apply to get a scholarship.
00:43So I was like, okay, sure.
00:45And I was expecting this like long, extensive process on how to apply.
00:49But literally it was like, what's your name, your GPA, like general info.
00:53And then all you had to do was create a two minute video talking about what you would do with the money.
00:58And so I was like, okay, I'll try it.
01:00Like, you know, worst comes to worst.
01:02I'm going to be working here another two years so I can apply like, you know, two more times.
01:06And so I applied and got a $10,000 scholarship right off the rip.
01:13$10,000.
01:14I was like, and what they don't tell you is like, it's $10,000 to do whatever you need.
01:20So I, um, applied to school, um, two years later and I got scholarship education, or like
01:28I got financial aid from the school.
01:30I got, um, scholarships from the school.
01:33And what you can do is apply your Taco Bell scholarship last.
01:37And so I split it between the two semesters, apply it last.
01:40And whatever excess money I had off, the school just gave me a check back.
01:44So not only was school being completely free, but I was also getting money back in my bank
01:49account to live off of, and that's helped me pay for books and everything.
01:52Well, I thought, you know, okay, $10,000.
01:56Fantastic.
01:56That is incredible.
01:57They emailed me my sophomore year or the end of my freshman year.
02:01And we're like, Hey, do you want to apply for a renewal?
02:04I was like, yes, please.
02:08And so I applied.
02:09Guess what?
02:10Two minute video.
02:11What have you done with the money?
02:12What do you plan on doing with money?
02:13I sat down there.
02:15I had told, you know, I'm in the honors college.
02:18I've worked this hard, maintained this GPA.
02:21I, um, am wanting to go to medical school, yada, yada, yada, bam, another $10,000.
02:27Hold on a minute.
02:29So in total from working at Taco Bell for two years, you only had to work six months, but
02:35I had worked there two years.
02:36I received $40,000.
02:41That's not a lie.
02:42$40,000 from Taco Bell, just from you guys donating your change every time you go to order.
02:48So you better believe every time I'm in that Taco Bell drive through, I'm like, yes, I would
02:52like to round up my change because that 50 cents, that 75 cents every few weeks gave some,
02:59gave me $40,000.
03:01And I can only imagine what it's given other people.
03:03So if you're in high school and you need a job, tough through Taco Bell.
03:08It's a rough job.
03:08It can be.
03:10Um, but $40,000 college degree for free.
03:14Give it to me.
03:15So round up your change and apply for it.
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