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Angie is a student from overseas, studying at your local university. Her family are spending a huge amount of their income to get what they believe is the best education. But Angie is struggling. She finds the language difficult, can’t make friends and her confidence has plummeted. She is terrified of returning home without her degree.

Studying abroad allows me the opportunity to experience completely different entertainment and tourism systems which I can integrate to the rest of my school year to help me achieve my degree. Apart from studying, I can apply my new-found knowledge to my life and the way I approach the world around me. My short term academic goals are to complete my classes with A’s and obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with concentration in Entertainment and Tourism Management at CSUF by 2018. After graduation, I see myself completing a Masters degree within the next three years in Management and working in a large hotel, meeting new people and facing challenges and overcoming them every day. I am grateful to have opportunity to apply scholarships to assist my journey to fulfill my

It was a Saturday morning, the basketball tournament has begun and the cold temperature kept me calm. My coach said, “we leave at 10:00 am” and I was uncontrollably nervous. I couldn’t stop shaking my leg. We arrived at the school at around 10:15 am and we walk into the gym. Oaks middle school’s gymnasium, I was amazed by the scenery and how many games were going on. I saw many college and university basketball banners. Banners I saw were from universities such as: LSU, Duke Univ., Louisville Univ., etc. Those banners inspired me to go for a D1 scholarship, and work hard to get one for basketball. Our first game had begun, but we kept a losing streak. The streak continued for the next to games. Although I don’t remember the schools we faced, they put up a great game on the court. After our games I explored Oak’s campus. My coach gathered our team up. “We have to get to school at 1:00 pm”, he said. We went on the bus and I had been influenced to keep playing basketball and constantly practice.

In 9th grade I had a vague idea of what high school credits were and I familiarized myself with the education system of America. Later, in 12th grade I realized that had I chosen to take some challenging classes such as Honors or AP classes earlier in high school, my GPA would have increased. But now I feel so proud of myself because I have achieved so many things in just few years. I became fluent in English, adopted the American environment as my own, and not only that I became accomplished in my studies too. I got my RDA (Registered Dental Assistant) license just at the age of 16 in my junior year of high school, I interned at a dental office for a research Capstone project which I presented at the end of my high school. I graduated in the distinguished Honor Roll. I was also in top 3% of my graduating class, and I ranked 17 out of 546 students. Finally in my senior year, I was offered admission into Lone Star’s Honors College and was awarded the Lone Star College- North Harris Chancellor’s Fellow Scholarship. There is a lot to expect in this upcoming year. I will be graduating with Associates of Science Honors Degree by the end of 2016 school year. I will be traveling to Italy in spring break for a research project, and will have atleast 12 credits hours of international studies. In this brief journey I achieved a lot and hope to achieve

If I’m to be quite honest, I’m taking a big risk by simply applying to this program. I’ll go ahead and make it clear that scholarships and loans are absolutely necessary for me to attend. Though my parents do support the idea of studying abroad, they do not have the finances to send me this spring. Though willing to pay a couple menial, miscellaneous costs, I’m solely responsible for any costs not covered by my tuition plan, scholarships, and loans. Doable, but difficult, I’ll

Since the beginning of my middle school education and throughout high school, I played the flute and performed in Symphonic band concerts in varying venues. Music is not the only amazing quality that I have accomplished. I perform excellent in all team and solo sports. I participated in Varsity track and Football the majority of my high school career. In my spare time, I found it inspiring helping Destiny Church which is located in the Mary Pickford Theatre, in Cathedral City, and The local Boys and Girls Club in Desert Hot Springs Community Center. I speak fluent Spanish, bilingual has its advantages to translate to English beginning learners who seek to improve their English and writing skills. Staying focused and staying on top of my classes is my dedication to my goal at this great academic University establishment, is not only my priority but a great privilege . In my previous years in high school, I have kept my grades up and always questioned if I was slacking and I would challenge myself to be better than I was and I keep pushing myself to exclude any future errors. College and my future career are my main goal, Understanding life has itś setbacks, it is a big step in moving farther forward than taking one step forward and two stepbacks back when things get

As upcoming high school seniors, many such as myself, desire scholarships in order to alleviate the financial burden that attending a university can bring. Though this considerable and generous scholarship prize money will be used to further my education at Texas A&M University, my main wish is to bring pride and satisfaction to my family. As a first generation student, I am humbled by the opportunity of obtaining an education in America. Since my parents were migrants from Vietnam and Hong Kong, a successful life here was unheard of many years before. Financial strains do occasionally plague our lives, however, we have not forgotten the strenuous hard work and sacrifice that my parents have conquered in order to put their two daughters through

I am a first generation Haitian-American college student. I recently left you my place of employment to return to college. Both of my parents have a high school graduate level education, and some trade experience. Also, my parents both work two jobs and it's still extremely difficult to make ends meet and have the finances left over to pay for tuition and books. Without the aid of financial aid and scholarships, I am not sure if I could afford to continue my education. I have worked diligently to get the funds to pay for classes, and got my grade point average high enough so that I could be considered for such awards. I am confident that my hard work will pay off in the

I faced academic adversity when I moved to the United States in July 2010. I failed to enroll at the University of Colorado in the fall of 2010 because of lack of sufficient funds. I tried to process loans but could not process any loans because I didn’t have a Permanent Resident status at that time. I had no family or close friends that I could borrow money from since I had just moved to the United States. My desire to accomplish my goal led me to start looking for ways to pay for college. I had the drive, determination, patience and a positive attitude so; I started collecting enough funds by working several jobs. A year later, I enrolled into the university and could only afford to register for a three credit hour class. I was persistent

I am very grateful for your contributions to my education at Valencia College. The only thing that can prevent me from pursuing my educational goal of earn a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics & Nutrition from the University of Florida is my mindset. I have made up my mind that I will strive for a 4.0 GPA every semester, search for additional scholarships, make connections, and become involved within my community because I know that I can. As a first generation college student of immigrant parents, I understand that there are so many excuses to reasons why many choose not to further their education like the cost of living and tuition being one of them. There are several avenues and helping hands at Valencia College for driven students that are taking advantage of the skill-shops that offer life skills about financing, career readiness, and getting ahead in college,

Colombia is located in the north of South America. Both oceans surround it; to the west is the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast. Colombia also has Panama to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast and Ecuador and Peru to the south. The capital is Bogota, and it also has important cities such as Cali, Medellin and Barranquilla. The population is around 47 million people in which 7 millions are in Bogota. The main language is Spanish with many ethnic languages across the country. Colombia is independent from Spain since July 20th of 1980

Being an immigrant and coming from a poor family, money has always been an issue in my life. Barely having the money to pay for the rent and bills each month, it makes life very complicated and frustrating for my family. I’m writing this statement to you because I’m afraid I will not have enough money to cover for my tuition as I enroll in Hamline University this fall. With the lack of money, it means that I would have to take a lot of loans which I don’t want to do because I don’t want to work the rest of my life just trying to pay off my loan debt. I desperately need your help because if I don’t go to college this year, I will have to wait another semester again.

“If you want to get a real education in America you’re going to have to fight” -Mark Edmundson. I have known since as far back as I can remember that I was going to go to college. Regardless of what sacrifices it took to get there. Now after countless hours of studying, missed social outings and numerous student loans, I find myself nearing my third year of college. I have learned from Edmundson you must fight to get a real education in America. On this journey to attain my goals, which are getting my degree in Health Science and applying to the Physical Therapy program at the University of Missouri I have run into another detour. Currently I do not have enough money to pay my current school bill. Winning the JumpStart scholarship will help

Ayanna Perez is a senior at Maurice J. McDonough High School. She is an honor student with a 3.0 G.P.A., and she dreams of attending the University of Miami. Her senior year of high school is supposed to be one of the most astonishing moments of her life; however, it is the opposite of what she envisioned for herself. She is extremely stressed and depressed about how she is going to be able to afford to attend college. Not only knowing that college tuition is rising every year, but also considering the amount of debt that she would be in if she decides to obtain student loans. She cannot even imagine a possible, affordable way for her to further her education.

One of my academic goals is to get the best education possible at Allan Hancock College before I transfer. I will accomplish this by always paying attention to all my teachers and do all my work and most importantly make school my number one priority. Another academic goal that I have is to transfer to Cal Poly or Long Beach and obtain my Master’s degree in education. I also want to graduate with honor and with a 3.5 GPA or above. I decided that I wanted to be a teacher because I like helping people out and also I enjoy working with kids. I selected these goals because my economic background is not the great, most of the money that my family makes goes to the rent and daily expenses. We live in a small apartment and we are a family of five; we don’t usually go out and eat at restaurants only in special occasions.