“It seemed a little too good to be true!”
» Matilde, 18, still can't believe it.
When a business school offers to cover a large part of your years of study (up to 40,000 euros in its case), we wonder if there isn't a trap hidden in the fine print. of the contract.
A student designer within the Y Schools group, the young Trojan woman felt like she had won the lottery.
She is one of around thirty students who benefit from the scholarship offered for numerous Y Schools sectors in Aube, Haute-Marne, Ardennes and Moselle, the four departments where the business school is located.
“It’s an approach involving all the stakeholders in the region,” explains Julien Renoult, general director of Y Schools.
Local authorities, private partners and volunteers are involved in making the system work, by financing it or participating through tutoring.
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600,000 thousand euros have already been budgeted, thanks in particular to the 113 members of the establishment's patrons' club.
School employees, parents, former students or companies, in particular Crédit agricole Champagne Bourgogne, a major partner.
“And it’s not just about giving money to benefit from the (tax) advantage that that entails,” explains Emmanuel Vey, its general director.
For example, we had three bank employees who chose to mentor three scholarship beneficiaries.
It is a privileged moment of exchange, outside of the work environment.
It's about listening and giving advice.
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“I really wanted to enter this school,” continues Matilde, the student designer, “especially since I am from here and it suited me in terms of accommodation and travel.
» If it hadn't been for the scholarship?
“I might have gone to prep and tried again later.
But otherwise, it would have been the student loan which is a big obstacle because it means having to repay it at the end of your studies and often working at the same time.
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“If I didn’t have financial aid, I wouldn’t have been able to get into this school”
Ilana, in management bachelor at South Champagne Business School
Sadia, 19, is also a bachelor designer.
Even before completing Parcoursup, the young high school graduate from Romilly-sur-Seine looked with her mother for an establishment that offered financial support, without knowing that she would find the solution just 40 km from home.
“We knew that if we didn’t have financial aid, I wouldn’t be able to get into this school.
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Ilana, 18, was able to join the bachelor's degree in management at South Champagne Business Schools, the business center of Y Schools.
She discovered the system thanks to an e-mail from Crédit Agricole, one of the patrons of the Trojan school.
“If I hadn't had the scholarship, I would have gone to college like about 90% of people and I would have tried my luck every year until I got to this school, because it was really my objective !
», she recalls.
What made the difference was his distinction in the baccalaureate.
Have low resources and merit
To study the applications as best as possible, a scholarship award committee has been set up, with four criteria, including low financial resources but also merit.
“The 30 students accepted have all demonstrated a personal investment during their high school years,” explains Benoît Paupe, volunteer president of the commission and notary in Troyes.
Academic excellence through grades, or commitment to civil society (associations, volunteer firefighters, etc.) make the difference.
The 3rd criterion: commit to integrating a partly work-study sector, in order to reduce the financial cost of the system.
Finally, the geographical criterion is taken into account.
“But the patrons' club agrees to help young people from neighboring areas (notably Yonne), who want to settle in Troyes,” emphasizes Benoît Paupe.
As attractive as it is, the system has its dark side: “We don't have enough candidates!
», notes frustrated Séverine Nomdedeu, director of Initial training at Y Schools.
“We would like the system to be better known, communicating on the subject with high schools is complicated.
» At the time of wishes on Parcoursup, the large school with associative status calls on families to find out.
“We are an ESPIG, private higher education establishment of general interest,” recalls Julien Renoult, general director of Y Schools.
Giving young people access to our training is part of our public service missions.
We decided to support young people who do not want to do 100% of their courses on a work-study basis.
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