Personal Statement: Acknowledged Graduation

I understand that my family and I are not living below the poverty line or fighting over bus fare, but this scholarship will still greatly benefit me. When my sister filed the FAFSA, she was not given an extraordinary amount of money. She had to take out loans to pay for her education. My family and I cannot afford to take out any more loans. In 2014, we lost our house due to foreclosure. For two years, every penny we earned went to our savings account to save up for a house. When I was fourteen years old, I had saved up five-thousand dollars for college. I decided to give the money to my parents in order to buy our house. I am a senior in high school, and I have not managed to recoup my money. Meanwhile, my parents are tied down to a thirty-year mortgage. In addition, my grandfather, who lives in Mexico, has been diagnosed with depression. My parents have been sending money over there in order to pay for his care and medicine. Trying to find the right treatment for him has made money a bit tight in my household.

When I started college, I was able to use a college fund my grandparents had set aside for me but that ran out in my second year. Since the fund has dried up I have been working full time during the summer and part time during the school year in order to avoid taking out student loans. Paying for school has proved to be difficult because I would like to experience as much of what LSU has to offer and make good grades but working, being active at church, and acting as president of a fraternity has proved to be too much and I fear I may have to give up my extracurricular activities so my grades do not suffer. My parents have not been able to help me pay for college as much as they wanted because they need the money to pay for my younger sister’s

I have been extremely fortunate to avoid many hardships. However I have faced a financially barrier, especially as I have set the goal to finance college without loans. My family is not poor, but we do not have enough money to put two women through university. I have taken the initiative to surpass this barrier by working and applying for scholarships. I started by attending community college first as it is less expensive. I quickly realized that the lower tuition was not enough and took a job at a grocery store deli. Most of my income has been placed into my savings. I have saved up a decent sum of money, but will still need help to pay for college. Now I am applying for as many scholarships as humanly possible. I have received scholarships

I was awarded the Freshman Trustee Scholarship; in high school I had a 3.71 unweighted GPA and I scored 27 on the ACT, which demonstrates excellent scholastic achievement. I am the eldest of five; my siblings are quadruplets and juniors in high school. Within two years, ⅘ of my parents' children will be in college, which is a ginormous, and unmeetable, expense for my parents. My parents have a 529 plan set up to help pay for some of my college expenses in which every semester they generously provide $2,500.00 to help pay for tuition costs. Although I'm unfortunately currently unemployed, and am currently job searching, working approximately 15-20 hours a week at my previous job provided me with enough money to save up for a decent car that

I intend to use this scholarship to help pay for my tuition and books at the Southern Arizona University of Phoenix- Online. I would like to be considered for this scholarship because I have no financial help from my family. This means that I have to be able to pay for college on my own because of the fact that my father is no longer in my life, and my mom has my other siblings to take care of. My father is no longer in my life because he now lives in Mexico with his other family. I don’t have financial help from him because he has a wife and six other children. My mother would like to be able to help me, but she has two other children she’s taking care of by herself, and she has to prepare for my sister's graduation next year as well as mine this year. I plan to get a job after I graduate to help pay for the expenses of college, but since I am going online the expenses of college are going to be a lot less than if I were to go on campus, this is the main reason I am planning to go online, and to take a lot of the stress of being totally alone off myself because I will only be twenty minutes away from my family instead of an hour or two.

When first offered the opportunity to be an honors student, I was unsure what exactly what that would involve and how that would impact my college experience. I'm not sure why I ever worried in the first place, as being involved in the University Honors Program has been one of the most rewarding decisions that I have made here at the U. Firstly, I greatly enjoy my advisor, Kristin Farrell and what she has to offer. She is incredibly open-minded and it is so comforting knowing that she will be my advisor for all 4 years. I more than look forward to our meetings and come knowing that she will be able to understand my choice of classes and listen when I have concerns or ideas. For example, I have been toying with the idea of studying abroad since

My mom and dad make a combined yearly salary of less than $70,000. They also help provide for me, my brother, and my sister. They help pay for school, clubs, extracurricular activities, phone bills, insurance, and so much more for all three of us and plus themselves. I work at Foodland in Scottsboro making minimum wage and I try to pay for what I can, such as my tuition and books so far, gas, food, clothes, and other necessities. As of right now I am running out of spending money and my parents are trying to provide for all of us as best as they can, and we are not eligible for Pell Grant. Gaining this scholarship would be very beneficial in helping me gain my Associates Degree here at Northeast so i can achieve my goal to transfer to the University

College is becoming more and more expensive as time goes on. This causes many students to heavily rely on the help of scholarships. I am one of those students. My parents are unable to help me pay for my college education. I have worked during the summer to help pay for some of the costs of my education and will find a job near my university to pay for as much as possible. In order to get out of college with as little debt as possible, I need to receive as many scholarships as I can. I have been a very active member in the community and in school activities. I have always given all of my effort for everything I do. I believe that over the years, I have made a worthy contribution to the community. I have always been a hard worker and I will

Senior year is here and the question is, "how will I afford to pay for college?". At a young age, my father passed away and my mother abandoned me, since then I've lived with my grandmother, who has struggled but always found away to make sure I've had everything I've need throughout the years. I currently have a part-time job to help out the family, but that's not enough to pay for college too. I am currently taking a nurse aid class through my high school, getting this scholarship would help me further my education in nursing.

Being the second of four children to attend college, my parents are not able to help each of us with the financial endeavors involved. To help fund my education, I worked hard in high school to earn scholarships, took on a job at the end of my senior year to pay for books and my bus pass, and continue to strive for excellence in college to maintain the requirements for different scholarships I have received. While I have been fortunate enough to receive scholarships, I have also had to work to pay for my textbooks, campus bus pass, online homework website fees, and laboratory and mandatory fees. I work an average of 25-30 hours a week at Jason’s Deli, while going to school full time. Earning this scholarship will help take some of that weight

I am currently an upcoming sophomore at the University of South Alabama and hope to continue to be one, with the aid of this scholarship. I am a low income student that works all year around whether it be work study, at a restaurant, or babysitting. I try to save up money in order to pay for my tuition and living expenses, but sometimes that does not suffice my financial need in order to survive on my own. My parents try to help with money as much as they can but they are currently supporting two other children along with me. I try to not put them in more of a financial predicament than they are already in, so I tend to only ask for money if I have absolutely run out of funds. My family has always struggled with money, especially once my father

I am getting my degree because I want to inspire others to explore careers and professions that quite often underrepresent people of diverse backgrounds. Many social, business, and personal products used today are typically created with a euro-centric type mindset and can neglect to meet underlying needs or wants of different groups of people. Studying Computer Science will allow me to use my personal identities and experiences to create programs that will be innovative in attending to qualities and entities that are often lost in the bigger

To start, my family is not capable of supporting my education financially. My mother is physically disabled and unable to work. With whatever money she receives in order to take care of herself, she also helps to support my sister and her children. Achieving my aspirations for attending university would not be possible without the scholarships and federal loans that I was able to receive. Financial aid allows me to attend school and live in Athens without worrying about food and necessities while I study. I have been able to effectively utilize the financial aid that I have received, as well as money earned from working, to afford my school expenses. These scholarships were awarded to me not only because of my family’s inability to contribute

In May of 2017 at University of Hawaii at Hilo, I will obtain a Bachelors in Psychology May of 2017. When I first attended college, I worked full-time, attended school full-time, and tried my best to have a social life. This last fall semester, I enrolled in five upper division courses, a 10-15 hour practicum per week, and worked 20 hours a week as a nanny. It was challenging to get everything done, but I still managed to get straight A’s. Completing my Bachelors has been a long journey, one that I started almost 10 years ago, but finally coming to an ending. To be successful in college you must make time management of utmost importance.

I new at the age of ten that I wanted to become a Physician Assistant. My mother is divorced and is a Pediatric Nurse. She told me to study hard and get good grades so I would be able to go to college, get accepted and possibly get a merit scholarship from the College. I took her advice and studied hard to get good grades I graduated from High School as a High Honors graduate with a weighted GPA of 4.24. I was accepted to Springfield College for their six-year program. They gave me a good merit scholarship but I will still have to pay $35,000 per year. I have applied to other scholarships in the hopes of getting some more financial help. I will have to take out some significant loans. I still consider myself fortunate as I am going to be able to go to college and pursue my dream career as a Physician