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Sherwin-Williams Scholarship

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I feel that I should receive a Sherwin-Williams Scholarship because I have challenged myself and pushed myself throughout my high school career. I have taken all of the hardest classes offered at my school in order to be well-prepared for college. By taking honors and Advanced Placement classes at my school, I have gotten the best possible education. I have also learned great leadership skills through my work on the executive boards of National Honor Society, Irish American Club, and Spanish Club. Additionally. throughout my high school years I have discovered my passion for math. While I was in grade school, math was always one of my strengths. However, once I came to high school I realized that I really enjoy learning the subject of math. Therefore, I decided that engineering would be a good field for me to pursue. Engineering is a unique field because it manages to combine math with art. Over the past four years, …show more content…

One of my long-time goals has been to run a marathon. I have run cross country and track throughout my high school career, and not long ago, I decided that I am going to run a marathon this spring. I had always thought running a marathon would be something that I would do after I graduated college and was quite a bit older. However, a few weeks ago I decided now would be a better time than ever; I was coming off my last cross country season and wanted to continue running. Therefore, I talked to two of my cross country teammates, and we recently started training for a marathon together. After putting in a great amount of effort to run countless miles, it makes other tasks seem much more doable. Training for a marathon helps me manage my time better and strive to do my best in school. In college, I also want to keep running and run even more marathons. I know that running will help keep me disciplined and definitely correlates to how well I will do in school and in my future

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