My Disability

I am self driven to become greatly successful, and I will have alumni support from my parents as well as support from my brother, who is currently enrolled in the class of 2020, to help insure I am an exemplary student. All that I have to offer will make me an asset to Clemson University, and I ask you to deeply reconsider your prior admissions

UNC Wilmington has been my top pick for the college I want to attend to obtain my Bachelor’s degree in Business ever since I was a Junior in high school. I applied for the fall 2016 to spring 2017 semester my senior year of high school and was not accepted into UNC Wilmington. I knew I had a big decision to make and I needed to figure out what I was going to do since I was not accepted into UNC Wilmington. I had been accepted to other universities and I could have easily attended one of them instead but I knew where I really wanted to be was UNC Wilmington. I finally made the decision to take one year at Cape Fear Community College and work hard to get my GPA up to where it needs to be in order to be considered for the fall 2017 semester. I realized that

It has been a difficult journey for my first year at Western to where I understood that I will lose my financial aid and my scholarship after spring term. In fall term I thought that I would start a new lifestyle where I can get away from my families issues. My family has been my priority with school since the outcome of my parent’s separation and the financial struggle that my father had to face. However, the issues my family had has followed me to school where it took me away from my school work. I have failed most of my classes fall term and I knew that I can’t afford another mistake. I made it a goal to make sure that I don’t make the same mistake that I did for fall term. I passed most of my classes except for math because of how I wouldn’t asked the professor for of

Everything changed for me my last year of high school. Like most seniors I was busy applying to colleges, studying for tests, volunteering in the community and trying to figure out what I aspired to be when I grew up. I thought I wanted to be an Interior Designer and I traveled with my parents all over the country touring colleges that offered the major. I achieved good grades in school and I was accepted at several of the schools I applied to. Once I decided on a university I began my search for scholarships to help fund my education. By chance I ran across an audio scholarship contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). The essay topic was about the importance of Veterans to our past and future. Because I was a military dependent this topic was near and dear to me. I worked really hard on my submission and to my surprise and my parent’s delight; I was selected as the winner for my state. The opportunities I experienced as a result of representing

My scholarship can be seen through my grades at Wahconah. My grade point average has not dropped below a ninety-six in my freshman nor my sophomore year. I plan to keep this up heading into my junior year. With having these grades, I know that in the winter of my sophomore year, I was eleventh in my class. I know this because I had to send my transcript to a private school who was interested in me for lacrosse, and gained very much interest seeing my grades. I have kept my grades up while also maintaining a job at Kelly’s Package Store and playing lacrosse all year round. Therefore, my I excel academically at Wahconah and plan to do no different in the future.

With this letter to you, I urge you to please hear me out and help me. I do not have the money to attend UCONN because of my family’s financial situation. The aid I received was a blessing and gave me the opportunity to follow my dreams and make my parents proud. It was the main driving factor for me going to UCONN as I pay for school myself. I had worked all summer and had planned to take whatever the difference was once financial aid was factored in and pay for it with my hard earned money, but now I will not be able to do that because of a miscommunication with my father and my mental illness. If I am granted financial aid, I will do whatever it takes to overcome

I must admit between trying to get recruited by a college for basketball and applying for colleges just in case my basketball dream does not work out, has been a real hassle. Throughout the following processes the hope for acceptance or a basketball scholarship offer has been dwindling away. My confidence in myself and my abilities are almost non-existent. With the help of my family I plan on

Attending college has always been in my plan because I want to further my education in order to receive a highly ranked job. My original plan for college was to attend Northern Arizona University. This was my original choice for schooling because the atmosphere and physical look reminded me of Colorado. I miss the beautiful scenery of Colorado so much that I had hoped NAU would have satisfied that idea. I decided at the very end of my senior year that a major that captivates my interests the most would be Sports Media or Sports Broadcasting. I was informed that NAU did not offer this major; however, Arizona State University specializes is in it. In the month of May, it was a no brainer for me that I needed to make the switch to ASU. My initial interest was captivated by the Walter Cronkite School. I knew that I would achieve any major I desired in regards to the broadcasting or media aspect if I attended ASU. Currently, my my major is business, sports media studies. I have yet to decide if I want to go the business or journalism route. I chose this major because ever since I was little, I have had this passion and fascination for sports. This fascination grew from both playing and watching

Congress passed an act in 1990, named the ADA, which Congress has provided guidelines that establish “broad nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, public accommodations and services operated by public entities, transportation, and telecommunications for individuals with disabilities”. () The individual states under Title I of the act are placed under provisions of the federal government to follow through with disability accommodations. ()? While the national government has provided the guidelines for the states to follow under the ADA, that state carries policies out without funding, unfunded mandates. The federal government has guidelines for what a disabled person must qualify as and has dealt with many supreme

Thank you for sharing a little about yourself. I am sorry to hear about your college basketball career ending injury. Life always has a strange way of directing us in the path that is right for us. I also had a similar situation in high school. I was a year round competitive swimmer who was nationally ranked high in USA Swimming for the 200-meter free style, the 200-meter breaststroke and the 400-meter individual medley. I ended up having a groin and hip joint injury that resulted in giving up my full ride scholarships. At the time it was devastating after swimming year round for 12 year, however the universe had a different plan for me. It is great that you are excited about your degree in Family and Human Development. It is always refreshing

With all these great opportunities, there are many more that are waiting! I want to join more clubs on campus, be an Orientation Leader, volunteer abroad and even join a community service sorority. I will not be able to do these things with these classes affecting my gpa. It has gotten to the point where I will not be able to afford to attend classes in the Fall due to loss in scholarship from my gpa. I understand that I made a mistake. I am asking for a second chance so that I can better myself, my campus and my

I had an honest conversation with my parents and told them I had to leave the college and I wanted to attend a Historically Black College or University, like I originally planned in high school. My parents were fine with the decision, however, they informed me that they could not and would not be paying for my education and the financial burden would be on me. My second semester in college I focused on studying and talked with mentors and advisors about my feelings and plans. During that time I gained admittance to Tuskegee University and received a scholarship, however it was not the tuition scholarship I was hoping for. I continued working hard that semester, which lead me to raising my grade point average, that allowed me to receive the scholarship I had faith in

Football was my entire life, I had spent every waking moment focused on becoming a better player, and then after I tore my ACL I felt completely lost in the world. I felt like a fish out of water flopping around hopelessly with no idea what to do. Everything I enjoyed doing involved me being physically active and not being able to do anything at all sent me into a depression. I went through the next couple of months like a zombie, walking around as if someone had ripped my soul out. Everything was changing and I had no idea what I was going to do in the future. Since I was unable to play football anymore, the college that had offered me a scholarship dropped me. After I lost my scholarship I thought that I was never going to be able to attend a college considering I had been so caught up in football and ignorant to the possibility of injuries that I never even thought of a plan b. I had never applied or even thought of going to school anywhere else. I was so narrow minded about the world thinking all I was ever going to do was play football, that I had never considered caring about school or a real career because until this point I had never known a life outside of football. I was losing all my drive towards life and I was about to hit an all time

I am distressed by the decision that you have formed through the review of my application process, but as I went through Central Medical Magnet High School I have experienced many losses and accomplishments. For 4 years, I have academically excelled in all of my classes whether they were Regulars, Pre-Advancement Placements, Advanced Placements, and College courses from Lamar University. But even with passing these courses, I have managed to use my free time volunteering and giving back to the community that I matured in rather than just focus heavily on academics alone. Even during school, I am obligated to carry out my role to make my community an improved field by tutoring my peers in all of my classes and courses I have taken in the past,

In the late spring semester of my senior year in high school. I decided to take a risk with my future. All throughout high school I, identified as a football player. From a freshman I was placed on varsity and throughout my career I contributed heavily in games. Glaring into my history of sports I naturally believed college football was the route for me. During my final season as a high school student. I a major family set back. Lucky for me one of my teammates could not bare to see me leave during the middle of the season. He offered that I stay with him for the finish of the football season. I accepted his offer with much embarrassment and shame. For the first time the spotlight of being needy that I had been dodging all of my life finally caught up to me.