OSU Scholarship Essay

Over the past year, I have completely fallen in love with my new home here at Western Carolina University. I am so proud to be a part of such an incredible community with amazing staff and students. Next year, I will be continuing my studies at Western, taking courses for my chosen major: nutrition and dietetics.

As a high achieving and dedicated student of Kilcoy State High School, I feel that I am worthy of being awarded an academic scholarship for 2017-2018. To address the basic criteria given, I am currently enrolled in year 10 and I intend to complete a QCE over 2017 & 2018. My school attendance has been excellent over the past 5 ½ semesters (two days absent total - approximately 99.5% attendance). I have consistently achieved A’s in all of my subjects over that period with the exception of one B in Year 8 HPE. These achievements can be attributed to my effort, persistence, commitment and dedication toward my schoolwork, both in class and at home.

The National Honors Society allows students to be build and create traits that are essential in a successful adult. I truly believe that hold many of these traits and joining the National Honor Society will grant me the opportunity to expand on these traits and grow as a person. Thus far I have focus greatly on the scholarship aspect of NHS and have been dedicated to my academics. I have held my GPA above 4.0 and have always been devoted to maintaining that high level of academic success. The skills I have shown in devoting myself to my academics can be easily translated into my dedication for the other aspects of leadership, service and character. Having previously held a officer role in the National Junior Honor Society I have gained experience

Like most young boys I grew up idolizing sport heroes, racing kids on the playground, and playing sports outside. My teams were the Cowboys, the Astros, and later on in life the Aggies. Consequentially, if you didn’t love Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio than I didn’t really like you. Although most of these decisions were made based upon my brother’s sport interest, I learned to love them in my own way. After all, my brother was the one who I played basketball with, threw the football and baseball with, and eventually the one who inspired my love for A&M and the Aggies. For all my life I can remember wanting to play sports and wanting to watch sports, but around 7th grade when my brother moved off to A&M is when I really started getting the sports bug. Visiting for home games, standing in the

The fourth value enumerated in the Oregon State Police Officers Association’s mission is “to foster and maintain, among members of the Association, the highest standards of professionalism and devotion to duty.” A devotion to duty has become more to me than actively perform one’s responsibilities. What I believe has molded me into the young man that I am today is that I have set a precedent of service in my life so great that I want my entire to be devoted to it. Service has become the act that benefits and advances all people with the talents that I have been granted and in the ways I am trained to do, and I am in the process of dedicating my life to this continual form of duty.

I attended Darton State College during my senior year which helped me earn college credit. In the fall I will officially become a transfer student majoring in Visual and Performing Arts (Music Instrumental and Voice) at the esteemed institution, Savannah State University (SSU). I would be lying if I said I wasn’t excited to become a student at SSU, because being a first generation college student I know the value of education. During my high school career I maintained my grades, ending with a 3.2 GPA and

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.” These words that Alan Alda once said have a great connection to my own life. During the summer of 2016 I left the city of my comfort and found my new self in the wilderness of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. What I discovered was wonderful, because now I have gained confidence in myself, that I did not have before. In one week I met people who I will be friends with for a lifetime, did a lot of new things, and believed in myself like I had never done before.

I am a currently a Junior, at Warren New Tech High School, and I just started my second semester. I am a hardworking student, who likes to maintain her academics, as high as possible. I used to always get A and B Honor Roll (Freshmen and Sophomore year), but so far this year I have been able to make Principal’s List, this was during my first semester. I am really hoping that I will get accepted into North Carolina State University (NCSU), it’s considered as my top choice and they have a really significant Agriculture Program. I know how important it is to actually get a scholarship, when you are applying these top colleges, especially if you don’t have a resource for that kind of money. I have gotten very interested in working with farm animals, and I have started my own farm (just chickens now, but more animals will soon come). I also work part-time at a reality, here in North Carolina, on the lake with my

As soon as I am caught in sight, my chemistry teacher smiles before screaming these two words which mean “Hello, teacher” in Korean. I awkwardly smile back and return the greeting. Mr.Astri has been studying the language for over four years, and I have been helping him since my sophomore year. I always felt obliged to share my knowledge and skills, and Mr.Astri’s enthusiasm persuaded me to continue helping him throughout high school. He has shown remarkable improvement and always credits me for the progress. The satisfaction I feel from his acknowledgement confirms that I will never cease to help people, and that is how I will contribute to the Towson University campus community.

When I think of Illinois State University, I think of the endless amount of possibilities and outcomes for my future. Not only is it a dream of mine to attend, but I feel as if it could have such an immense impact on the overall direction and quality of my future. Financial hardship has been an ongoing struggle for my family ever since I was younger, therefore it has always been my main goal to break the continuance of that cycle. Attending Illinois State would allow me to be the first in my family to obtain a degree and build a better future for myself as well as my family. My mother has had such a tremendous impact on who I am now, as she has always done her best to encourage and support me wherever my dreams may take me, hence why I’ve gathered the courage to apply.

In the last ten years my life has been more than challenging. In 2006 my oldest son committed suicide at sixteen-years-old. It took me sometime to pick myself up, and decide to move on, but I have two younger children depending on me so I had no choice. I put my faith in goodness and prayed for strength to move forward. In 2014 my divorce was final, and being a stay at home mom for twenty-seven plus years, left me with little stability or independence. Being a single parent I knew I had to find employment, I applied to many companies for a job only to be told I had no experience. I knew I needed an education to be able to provide for my children. Going back to school, and getting an education, is providing me with the independence and a strong future for my family. Having been out of school for more than twenty years has brought challenges I didn’t contemplate, but I’m a fighter and I don’t plan on giving up. It is my opinion a non-traditional student has more trials than the average student. I am almost expected to have more knowledge of a subject being older, and have possibly worked in the field I am studying. I am

My goal is to apply to all my college’s on time, early acceptance. It may not appear as an astonishing goal. However, applying to college is the first step to prospering in a world set for one to fail. Applying to colleges means to me that I’ve triumphed my obstacles - child of divorced Hispanic immigrant and self hate leading to lack of motivation, those are things of the past am I right? Now to reach this goal i had to be motivated and determined, which didn't come easy, however, it was not necessary physically obstacles stopping me,more like the atmosphere in front of me. one of my toughest obstacles is simply trying to motivate myself, to push through the pain and negativity. I was on my own to figure everything out with little to no advice.

After years of working and attending school part time I am looking towards returning to Montclair State University for a second chance. As a high school graduate, I had an idea of what I was interested in but I lacked the motivation for college. I set my eyes only on work and obtaining a better job. I now realized if I focused on my education I would have invested in my future. I had to put priorities as head of my household to make sure my family was taken care of. I went through financial struggles and personal problems when I first attended college. I was younger then, and learned through my mistakes. Nevertheless, I am older now and have set goals for myself. With hard work and determination, I believe I can finally achieve my dream, but

I am a full-time Ph.D. student in economics at the University of Texas at Dallas enrolled in the fourth semester. I hope to develop my career path toward an academic position. To reach my goal, I realize that I must graduate as a knowledgeable economist. I am very excited about my future and feel that with the opportunity that the UTD provides, I will be able to help my society. My academic records confirm that I deserve to receive this scholarship, I believe.

As I sit in my room pondering over why I am applying for this scholarship, I come up blank. Yes, I do need additional financial support in order to attend Miami University, a college that I have loved since I first stepped on their campus; however, I have never flown overseas to build a house for the poor or began a fundraiser to donate money for cancer research. Except for my devotion to school, extra-curricular activities, and other organizations, I feel fairly average. I live in a middle class neighborhood in a small community, attend church on Sundays, and participate in a community band every Tuesday night with other fantastic high school musicians. Although I realize that my contributions to Lakeview and Cortland will not change the world, I do know that my life is rewarding because I serve others rather than focus only on my own needs.