Explain Why I Should Be Awarded A 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 believe that I should be awarded this scholarship because of my effort in my past twelve years. There have been many times where I wanted to give up on school, but my motivation arose from my parents and their struggle to keep my sister and me in school. Being from Guatemala, their goal was for me to get my education, and if I didn’t try I would be letting the opportunities slip through my hands. Throughout my four years of high school I’ve had sleepless nights, about 100 cups of coffee, endless alarm clocks, and stressful test days to get myself where I am now. I am twelve out of the one thousand and ninety-nine seniors; my GPA is a four point five. In the end it was all my effort. Without me pushing myself, I wouldn’t have been here awaiting

I believe I should be awarded this scholarship because it takes a lot of courage to apply for these scholarships. It’s hard knowing that there are millions of other kids that could be applying for this scholarship as well and it’s tough trying to prove why I should be awarded. I think it’s difficult for anyone to write why they should be awarded this scholarship because we all are applying for the same reasons.The insane cost of college is what we’re trying to work to lower this is due to people paying for it themselves, parents paying for it, and just trying to limit the amount of loans you’ll have to pay back after. I know by saying this is bit risky but, I would like to be awarded this scholarship to help my parents with paying for college.

I would like to be considered for an additional scholarship due to not only financial reasons but because I believe I can become a model Honors College student. I'm actively involved in multiple organizations on campus, I work part-time as a student assistant with the Honors College along with making sure I get good grades.

I would use this scholarship to further my education and dream of becoming a surgeon. I have volunteered at St. Anthony Hospital since October 2016 in the PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit) and the OR (Operating Room). I have over 500+ hours volunteering and in conjunction with that I have done a 100-hour internship over the summer. In the PACU, I work with nurses and I get to observe patients waking up from surgery. I help the nurses with anything they need like monitoring a patient, getting family members, cleaning bays, and answering phones. I help out in the OR by cleaning and stocking. It is fulfilling not only because I help the nurses out a lot, but also because I have a passion for the medical field. I started volunteering because of my interest in the medical field

I believe that I should be awarded this scholarship because I have a stable mentality that education will reward you, I am driven, motivated, and reliable. I always follow through with my homework and I know how to push through the roughest times. Last year I became suddenly chronically ill, and I pushed and pushed because there are bigger things that I need to strive for. I can't wreck myself because my life has taken a different route, it's all about improvising. My academic goals are to attend a university and become a Primary Care Physician this is important to me because I wanna be the doctor that helps instead of sending them away to live in pain. My contributions to the school haven't been great but I've done what I can. In the fall

First generation college students, are just trying to be different than the rest of their family. They are trying to better themselves from what they grew up with, or at least for me, I am. I deserve this scholarship because I am trying to beat the odds. I am trying to overcome my environment, I want to be more than just what I was born into, I just want to exceed, and show how capable I can be.

I believe that I should be awarded this scholarship because of these three things: I have a good GPA, I am persistent, and I am not so rich. My GPA shows that I will be able to make this scholarship useful because I will not fail my classes. Although I have a good GPA, I honestly don't think it is because of my intelligence. In fact, I don't think I'm smart. I always look back at my notes and look online to understand better on what I'm learning. I am a very slow worker but I am persistent, and I would be willing to take more time than others to finish my work. However, even with this effort that I am willing to put in, it would be a waste if my mother can't even help pay for my college. She is a single mother who works overtime a lot in order

The reason I want this Scholarship is to take the burden off my mother and to achieve an education that will allow me to take both my mother and I out of poverty. My mother has worked her entire life to do the best for me and it hasn’t been the easiest situation. My mother has multiple auto-immune deficiencies and frequents the hospital. I can remember all those nights

- My mother is female pastor works for God without paycheck, and My father cannot make money. So I have supported my tuition fee by my aunt, who is my sponsor and operates her own daycare center, but her business is getting down, because birthrate at South Korea is decreasing. So she will be unable to support me to go through my progress in U.S.A anymore. I am an international student have Visa, so I cannot work in America to make money. In one part of my testimony, when I was broken, people around me aked me to hang on God to go through whatever I am suffering, he will always be with me and exactly provide me, but I did not hear them and worked, then I was getting farther away from God’s way in order to

I am the first generation in my family to attend college. My mother is unable to provide me with assistance with college because she makes fairly over minimum wage and has to take care of my two sisters as well, so this scholarship is greatly appreciated. I view my mom as both my mom and dad. She has to work extremely hard to assist my family. She has raised me and given me all the tools to succeed, except for money to pay for college. She has shown me integrity, dedication, and hard work. Next to my older sister, I am the second person in my family to attend college. Going to college is an achievement to my family and I am motivated by them every day to succeed. I view my older sister as a role model and I too would like to be a role model for my younger sister and her friends to further their education from high school. Being the first person in my family to go to college is an achievement to my family and I motivate my sisters and their friends to further their education from high school. I will not let my financial status prevent me from doing my best and achieving my goals of becoming a Registered

I believe I am deserving of this scholarship because I am an incredibly hard worker, and I plan to make the most out of the opportunity this scholarship will provide for me. My parents taught me that education is the most important thing in the world, and with a solid education and dedication anything is possible. I’ve known I wanted to go to college since I was a little girl, which is why I was so ecstatic to receive automatic admission into Texas A&M! My parents never wanted me to worry about money, so I could solely focus on my grades, which is why they have been saving money for my college tuition since I was born. Their savings allowed me to spend my time studying, volunteering, barrel racing, and being a member of my high school’s volleyball

I believe that I deserve this scholarship because I would make the most of it. What I mean by that is I would take away as much knowledge and skills provided to me. After graduating high school, I quickly realized that life is not a stroll in the park, opportunities don’t walk up to you on a silver platter. I’m now aware that at the time I wasn’t mature enough to take on that much independence. Over time I became more comfortable with taking the initiative of doing things on my own and utilizing the resources I have. I used those skills I gained over time to look into returning school, what degree I wanted to pursue, and how I planned on succeeding. Finding help financially for school is one of the first steps. With the award of this scholarship

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure” (Bill Cosby). Reflecting back on my life I have dealt with numerous downfalls but I always bounce back. I was born in India and moved here when I was six years old. As I grew up in California I was not a bright student at first. I was enrolled in Carmichael Elementary in which I was the only one with Turban on my head, which caused me to get into a lot of fights with other students who were making fun of turban. Not knowing how to speak English at the time affected the way interacted with teachers and students. On the other hand my family always had a tight budget at home. Both of my parents worked at the store we owned which was the only source money. At school kids were always talking about their new shoes and the iPod which his or her parents got them. I didn’t get everything I wanted as a kid but as I got older I understand if did I could be a spoiled brat. When I moved from Carmichael to Sacramento and I was enrolled at Maeola R. Beitzel elementary. Going to this new school I already learned English so I made marvelous friends and was surrounded by positive people. Going from a chaos environment to this harmonious environment in part because I was speaking English, made me have unique personality .I was playing sports and growing as a student. Those years went by in no time. Now I am in high school and my family’s income has been growing. My mom changed her work to now at Jack in

I deserve a scholarship because of my hard workings skills. All my life I worked so hard just to be able to attend college and get a degree. I am a hard worker which lead me to many success like getting to the science fair regional, a multiple A honor roll student, PSEO student, volunteering, and leadership awards. There are obstacles that try to stop me from reaching success but I never give up. I have always been on top of my game when coming to education and learning. I have always tried to challenge myself. For example, becoming a full-time Post-Secondary Education Option student when I was only a junior in high school. I knew it was going to be challenging taking college courses but I never backed down. Although it was challenging, I