College Admissions Essay: Why I Deserve This Scholarship

Words cannot express my gratitude. Receiving the Bettye McDonald Caldwell and Fred T. Caldwell, Jr. scholarship is truly an honor! After the lottery scholarship, I end up having to pay for about half my tuition, which makes this gift is an incredible blessing. Going to school full-time and working full-time is a difficult balancing act, but not working is not an option. When I opened the email stating I had been awarded this scholarship, a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders and an overwhelming sense of accomplishment overtook me. It gave me a deep and powerful feeling of success. This scholarship award is proof to me that hard work does pay off. It is a motivator to work even harder to achieve my goals and reach my dream career. I sincerely thank you with every piece of my heart.

I think I deserve this scholarship because I am a bright student that continuously strives to be the best that I can be. I have been through many struggles but continue to make the most of life itself. To me scholarships are not just free money to go out and spend on whatever. I truly need this money to be able to further my education because it is already a huge struggle for me to put gas in my car so that I can go to my nurse aide class. I know that things will work out as long as I never give up on my dreams. I am very serious when it comes to my education. This is because in society today if you don't have a good educational background then it is very hard to find a good job. Life has always been a battle for me but knowing that there are people out there who are ready to help and inspire me through the hard times just makes it all worth it. So as long as i know that people appreciate what I do, I will never give up.

I believe that I should be awarded this scholarship because I come from a background in which my parents did not go far with education. This has made life hard for my family and myself. My mother is unable to work because she is dealing with multiple sicknesses and my father, who was our main source of income, passed away. My parent both put a lot of pressure on me to get a good education, but we lack the funds to make my dreams of becoming a doctor a reality. If I am awarded this scholarship, I would be so grateful and it would not go to waste.

I should receive this scholarship because I'm willing to work hard to get anything in life. My whole life I have worked hard

Now that I’ve covered why I financially need this scholarship, let me explain why I have earned it. This past year has been a whirlwind. I ended my junior year with 34 credit hours, 20 of which were earned second

I deserve this scholarship because I am hard working and it wouldn’t be a waste of money on some dumb teenager and because my parents don’t have a lot of money, but I also deserve it because I want to go to college to be a police officer and protect the american people, change how police officers are looked at and so I can serve justice to people who deserve

Even after entering high school, the importance of keeping my grades up never occurred to me as it became a value to me. Along with keeping excellent grades, I was also involved in several school activities. Throughout my high school years, I presented extravagant academics, leadership, and community work. I was involved in National Honor Society, class council, student council, and blue crew all four years, which is a fan club that attends sports events to support our school’s teams. I also was a varsity cheerleader throughout my high school career. With being inducted to National Honor Society, I completed community service hours. My community service hours consisted of helping out Illini Middle School with their annual D.A.R.E. picnic, working concessions stands for my school’s baseball team, helping sixth graders prepare for their Iditarod, and contributing help at an American Red Cross blood drive. I believe I am worthy of this scholarship because the career path I have chosen takes an appreciable amount of time and money. Overall, I believe I deserve this scholarship because I have the potential to succeed in my career as I would be very appreciative to be awarded the

I believe I am deserving of this scholarship because of my dedication to my academics, as well as my dedication to the sport of golf. During my freshman year, I took all the honors classes that 9th graders could take and with a ton

There are many others who probably deserve this scholarship more than me. I cannot fabricate a story to make me sound more deserving. I have already been to school more than once, and I am just now allowing myself to do something I have always wanted to do. If nothing else, I want a scholarship so that I can have a better redo. True, I am not a first time student, but with my experiences already, I will make better use of the resources given to

In high school, students dream of getting a scholarship to go to the school of their choice. I truly feel that I deserve the scholarship because I have worked my hardest and done my absolute best to dedicate myself to my education. I've been through a lot personally within my family that has affected me immensely, but despite it all I was able to retreat to my strong mindset of putting my education first, even if that means before my problems.

I believe I should be awarded this scholarship because of the hard work and dedication I put fourth in every school day. My family has just enough money to make it by, living pay check to pay check. I don't like to see my parents struggle and I now have two jobs in order to not take away from the money making ends meet. My economic status doesn't hinder me, it makes me stronger. I know I have to do well in high school and college in order to change standards that my family lives in. Neither of my parents graduated from college and I want to break the cycle not only to make them proud, but to make myself proud. I believe I should be awarded the scholarship because I am not only thinking about futhering myself, I'm thinking about helping my

I think I am worthy to be the appropriate candidate of this scholarship. I am very indomitable person by nature, this is the quality that I inherit from my parents and how a certain special person inspired me to be like that. As any human being, I have limits to each task, but I am very excellent in team play, I listen well and I am able to give a supportive answer and action.

I believe that I deserve this scholarship because I have dedicated my life to helping anyone and everyone I can. Starting in middle school I worked very closely with The Town of North Hempstead in all and any volunteer opportunities they offered. In 9th grade I was given the chance to help out at ht e local library, then at the school library, and have set up sessions where high school students read to the kids in elementary school. 10th grade I continued with these endeavors. In 11th grade I realized I wasn't doing enough to help, so I joined up with Shoes for Harvest. This organization collects shoes and distributes them to people who are in need. Working with them we collected over 1500 pairs of shoes, which is more then they had done in

I deserve this scholarship, I am from a single parent household with the just my mom. I have four siblings. I am the middle child, so I don’t get all the attention in the household, I get the least. So everything that I have or want me must work harder than the other members in the house. Everyone in the household looks for me to make it to a four year college or university. Everyone wants me to be able to get enough scholarship, so that my mother doesn’t have to come out of pocket and pay money. Most of my mom’s income is for the bills, and food so she doesn’t have enough to give me income for college. Being from the single household, I couldn’t get involved in extracurricular activities, organization, and

In my elementary, intermediate and middle school years I have made it a priority to always show scholarship. Throughout my years of school I have maintained a 4.0, or gotten all A’s. In my earlier years of school I was awarded the principal's award several times, which is for academics. Following that I have also attended and placed 2nd in the math tournament and will be participating this year as well. Another very important thing is I have recently been given the opportunity to as an 8th grade student, take 3 freshman classes in place of my 8th grade classes to get or be ahead come my highschool years. Doing my best in school has always been important to me; even though I can be a procrastinator at times, I always get my work