College Essay On Why I Deserve A Scholarship

As a goal oriented young adult, I aim to express my motivation to apply for the Valencia College foundation scholarship. As a college student, I thrive on the challenges and obstacles that I encounter which allow me to continue become a successful scholar. My family for one, are the main source of motivation, which allows me to continue to excel in school. My past work experiences, also allow me to push through to my full potential in continuing my education. Lastly, my educational aspirations consist in becoming a registered nurse and to finally hold my bachelor’s degree in my hand. All these examples motivate me to continue to transcend in school.

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.

For as long as I can remember learning has always intrigued me. I desired to be the best at learning to read in first grade, the best at learning multiplication facts in fourth grade, and the best at learning to titrate acids and bases in eleventh grade. Striving to learn the most has simply become a habit of mine. Throughout high school, my schedule was always filled with honors and AP classes allowing me to learn more and more everyday. After school and practice my nights were spent doing hours of homework to keep up my academic record. The amount of work I put in has paid off as evident by my transcript. I am ranked 6th out of a class of 296 with an over 4.0 gpa. Last year, I received a five on the AP Calculus AB exam and fours on AP Language and Composition and AP Chemistry exams making me an AP Scholar. Thankfully people were not exaggerating when they said hard work reaps rewards. My day in and day out diligence in school that stemmed from a love of learning led to my acceptance into Carnegie Mellon. The interactive intellectual environment draws me toward the prestigious school. I hope to one day graduate from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering and to then begin a successful and purposeful career ignited by 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.

“ To persevere is important to everybody. Don’t give up. Don’t give in. There is always an answer to everything.” ~ Louis Zamperini

I have always wanted to help relieve my parents from stress and work, provide for them without calling for financial help, and live with minimal troubles. As I grew older, I realized the only way that I could aid my parents: I need to go to school and do well. I worked as hard as I could in all my classes at school, pushing myself as much as I could to advance to the next year with my best. College is the next step, but how could I get through it without financial problems that could grow worse anytime? This question pestered me relentlessly everytime I think about attending college until I decided I need to apply for any scholarship that would help me reach my life goals.

I am in great need. I have 12 credits left for my undergrad degree, and my financial aid has run out. I've applied for a personal student loan but was not approved. However, I am short of $4,500 plus monies for my school books. Please note, if the agency can help me, this will be a loan. I am very independent and won't to repay the monies make to "Exhale Women." I don't have supporting documentation from Liberty University if need.

For one of many reasons, I qualify for the Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholarship program because as a juvenile I was in custody of the state and attended a group home named Penny Lane located in North Hills California. At the time when I resided there I was 16 years old. I’ am now twenty-six years old and I care for two dependents whom are my children. My children are now 7 and four years of age. At the age of seventeen I dropped out of high school and became pregnant the following year. The fact that I was soon becoming a mother, I wanted to go back to school but was discouraged and had no positive role models to look up to. When I finally gained the courage to attend school and obtain my G.E.D I was one step closer to starting my journey. The following year I enrolled to college and became the first person in my family to enroll in college. Enrolling in college was foreign to me and I felt alone because no one else in my family can relate.

I have completed many IB and AP courses throughout my high school career. I have taken AP Biology, AP World History, IB HL 1 (equivalent to AP BC Calculus), AP US History, and AP Human Geography and will complete IB HL 2 (similar to Calculus 3), AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, and AP Statistics. I have taken all honors classes my freshman and sophomore year. I always challenge myself to achieve higher goals. I understand that I don’t know everything about the world, but challenging classes expand my worldview.

This is Sara Pabich a current student at Sturgeon Bay High School interest in a one time scholarship. My consular, Mrs. O’Handley, referred me to about this possible scholarship to help further my education by attending a Pre-College Program at Harvard University.

Clearly, my inclination toward more advanced learning did not stop after I left the fifth grade. While my family taught me that school was important, a majority of my learning was inspired by my desires to learn and to succeed. My high school workload has consisted almost exclusively of Honors and AP level courses. In fact, I was one of only a handful sophomores in a AP United States History course dominated primarily by upperclassmen. I have maintained above a 4.0 GPA in spite of the more rigorous workload and all of my AP scores have been 4’s and 5’s. I’m currently enrolled in four other AP courses:

Dating back to elementary school, I have always taken on challenging courses and maintained “A’s” and “B’s” in them. For the past thirteen years of my educational career I have gone the extra mile, I have stayed up past midnight completing research papers, I have have completed AIG, honors, and AP level courses, and I believe now is the time to begin reaping the benefits of my hard

Possessing a motivated and ambitious mindset, I have spent the last three years of high school constantly stimulating all aspects of my mind. In my freshman year, I have taken gifted courses as well as a rigorous double mathematics course. This exemplifies my willingness to step out of my comfort zone from the beginning of high school despite an unfamiliar environment. I have progressively increased the intensity of my courses throughout my high school career, with AP United States History in 10th grade, and AP Calc BC, AP Biology, and AP Computer Science in 11th grade. I have scored almost straight A+’s my entire high school career, even in the most challenging courses.

I believe that having the opportunity to receive this scholarship would help me to achieve my ultimate life goal. Which is to become a Radiologist specialized in ultrasound, one day. I have always tried to push myself forward and try my best to over achieve at every step of the way; as I advance from grade level to grade level. From taking high school credit classes while being in middle school as far as taking as many advance classes and college classes in my high school years; once eligible to take them. I have taking enough college classes that I get the privilege of graduating from Lenoir Community College (LCC) with my associates in Science Degree on May 11, 2017; the same year I graduate from Jones Senior High School on June 10, 2017.

I am a recent graduate of Independence University where I obtained a Bachelor in Web Design and Development with a high GPA. I have in past years have gotten Associates degrees and feel very accomplished in going as far as the Bachelor’s degree. I always try to be self-motivated, efficient in all that do. I only have one son who has his own family now but I still want to show him and other family members what they can do if they just put their mind to it. There is only one other person from siblings who graduated from college my sister Betty. I know she did well but she did end up going in the military in end. Work experience is something I lack because it has been over 10 years since I have worked. My disability has really made it hard for me to work outside my home. Therefore, I want to start my own business and this has been one of my many dreams. Being your own boss sounds exciting and I know it will be a lot of pressure