Miramar High School Application Essay

A majority of my family’s extreme financial hardships ended before I entered middle school. I often thought that I’d matured and learned a lot since then, that I no longer had that chip on my shoulder. Before reading Laurel Johnson Black’s chapter, “Stupid Rich Bastards”, I figured I would remember slurs and taunts thrown at me as a child, or the glares of those who thought they were better than me. However, as I read her words, I found myself remembering more of what being poor meant to me, not to other people. Not only did I relate to her memories, but also her feelings toward college, and where she belonged.

Montclair State University, home of the Red Hawks has always been a college that has interested me. As a kid, I often would visit the beautiful campus to watch baseball games at the Yogi Berra Stadium located inside. I have always been a fan of schools with big campuses. The campus is not the only thing that caught my interest, after doing some research I found out that Montclair State has a one of the best business programs in the area. The best part is I only about fifth-teen minutes away.

Without wading into the thicket of details, it came to be forces beyond anyone’s control that led to the financial emergency that left my father and stepmother with essentially no source of income, the very same time they took on the added expenses of welcoming the birth of my baby brother. I had no idea about the financial situation until my father, who tried to protect me, was unable to pay an installment of my tuition. Though the situation was eventually resolved, this sudden concern for whether I would be able to afford to continue my schooling severely affected my concentration, further hampering my

Everyone on the face of the earth is born/blessed with a special gift or two , when this gift is used to its use the full potential it becomes an ultralight beam in the world. My gift, its the gift of knowing people, my gift is the gift of being able to make everyone around me happier and enable everyone to have a better day.

I am a sixteen-year-old black boy born to two uneducated disabled Haitian immigrants, living in a house of three, family of 12, well below the poverty line. I am a product of my environment. Everything that I think, see or say today has been directly proportional to the people and experiences I have had yesterday. The mentality of success or failure has been ingrained in my mind since birth and has been the primary catalyst for my hardy work ethic. I live in Orlando and attend a predominately caucasian school on a magnet program waiver. The school I am supposed to attend does not have the support necessary to make students successful; it is, unfortunately, a stereotypical impoverished school, where many students and faculty settle for the bare minimum. I am one of only thirty remaining scholars in the William R. Boone High School Law Magnet. I maintain a 5.03 weighted GPA and am in the top 1% of my class. I thank my formal education for providing me with the ability to function in modern society; it is my informal education, the product of my background, that has provided me with the form/direction in life.

In like words to Albert Einstein, John Dewey once stated “education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” An immensely powerful blessing found in attending an international school has been becoming a person who thrives and enjoys learning amongst a seemingly endless multitude of cultures. The opportunity to essentially become immersed in different cultures gave me a personal conviction to go out and serve underserved regions of the world. Through my missions and travels, I have learned that how we face both diversity and adversity define who I am. The value of an education is determined by the one who receives it and what he or she chooses to do with it.

There have been many factors that have contributed to me being a freshman at Umass this year. They ranged from my grades to the influences from people around me. Now that I made a list about different contexts I can now see how everything might be connected. The overlaying things that had the a real effect on my outcome as a now freshman at Umass Amherst. The contexts that I layed out for myself gave me a better understanding of what some of the specifics were. Two points that stood out to me was my education and Nationality. Being a college freshman at Umass is due largely to how both of these contexts interacted with each other. Having a solid educational foundation is important to get into any college. I was lucky enough to grow up in a

They moved to a different country with the sole purpose of allowing my brother and I to have the lives that they never could. Both my mother and father have had to shoulder enormous amounts of responsibility in the past, and now they have the addition of owning a business, having children, and my physically disabled grandmother to worry about. With the addition of your scholarship, I’ll be able to lighten a burden on not only my life but also my parents’. I’ll be able to make a contribution to their existence as they have done so many times for my

As a motivated high school senior, my goal is to earn a bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A degree in biology will prepare me for work in the medical field which will help me achieve my goal in becoming a doctor. I then wish to go to medical school because the medical field is a place where heroes exist. Doctors, nurses, technicians, and many more are the silent heroes who should be recognized.

I would like to attend Pratt Institute’s Summer Pre-College course to experience what it is like living on a college campus while learning important art skills that can benefit me as I pursue my career in Graphic Design. My love of art all started when I was in kindergarten. The first art project I remember was a paper collage of a winter landscape, with penguins drawn on top. What I enjoyed the most about this project was adding little white dots as snowflakes. My art teacher Karla gave each of us a Q-Tip and a small cup of bleach. I made sure to perfectly place each dot in the right place. When all of our drawings were donem, my teacher laminated and hung them in the hallway. I was so proud of what I created. Ever since that project I was hooked on creating art. Quickly it became one of my favorite pass times. By going to Pratt Institute’s Summer Pre-College course I wish to recapture the joy I felt when finishing my first art piece. As well as be surrounded by young men and women who understand the beauty that comes along in any creation of art.

The personal statement is used by the scholarship committee and/or donor to get to know you better. Your personal statement should outline your academic and career goals, both current and future. You should also explain how this award will assist you in achieving these goals both financially and academically. (At least 50 words minimum, no set maximum.)

If someone asked me where I am going to be in ten years, this would be my answer. I will have a great, high-paying job, and beautiful wife and family, and a nice sports car parked in front of my lovely house. When I look into the future, I see myself being successful and happy. Even though I always pictured myself this way, I never worried too much about how I would get there. I feel the Suffolk University can lay the groundwork for making these dreams into reality.

At the time I was applying to grad school, I knew only vaguely what I wanted and I had nearly made up my mind to attend the University of Washington in Seattle. But the scholarship offer from Texas A&M University and the realization that the Indian government does not recognize one-year graduate degrees (as is the case with University of Washington) made me reconsider my decision. Ultimately, I chose to attend A&M for my graduate studies in Construction Management, still unaware of the full ramifications of my decision.

Since my time at Shady Grove Elementary School, I counted the days until I would be headed to college; my family did as well. I always hated school and thought of college as a place where I could do whatever I wanted with no one to answer to. My family saw college as a goal they never even had the luxury of considering. No one in my family ever had the privilege of having a degree and as a result had to work much harder than most people to have just barely have all of their bills paid and still be able to put food on the table. For me to be able to attend college and build a stable future for myself shows how much my family has progressed. They tell me all the time how good it feels to know that I will probably never have to lead a life as stressful as all of them did. It wasn’t until August 8, 2015 that I truly understood exactly how much hardship my family faced and just how fortunate I have been.

While working at Ernst & Young (EY) in tax services, I have come to know and respect the value of a Master of Business Taxation (MBT) degree from the University of Southern California Leventhal School of Accounting. The Leventhal School is an innovator in accounting education; a Leventhal degree would allow me to enhance and strengthen my tax education and ultimately apply this knowledge in practice. These opportunities would allow me to become the kind of innovative and contributing accountant I aspire to be.