Statement Of Purpose: The Oscar M. Laurel Scholarship

This scholarship will help me get a head start in college. It will also help me to reach my career goals in the medical field.

This scholarship is very important to me in many ways.This scholarship will help me physically and emotionally if I receive money. For instance, it will make me stress less about how I am going to be able to pay for my tuition and fees and not have debt. Also, it will give me a way to purchase my books for the classes I will take.Since I will not receive financial aid I will have to apply for more scholarships. I plan to go to Northwest Shoals to be able to get my basics done and further my education and transfer to Wallace State to be able to become an Occupational Therapist it has always been a desire to work with many people and help someone out if they needed it. Some of my college goals is to be able to maintain a high GPA and do the

This scholarship would greatly aid in my ambition to become a Dental Hygienist. With it, I will be able to afford to attend the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith and to provide myself with the lifestyle that I want. It means that I will make my parents proud that their child has achieved her life goal.

Scholarship and learning are things I strongly value in my day-to-day life. I have completed my freshman and sophomore years so far with an unweighted GPA of 3.94 and a weighted GPA of 5.57. I’ve challenged myself in various Honors and

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.

This scholarship award has improved my experience at school over the past year by alleviating the stress and worry that would have been put on me had I not been able to afford to go to school. Due to the help that I was given through this scholarship last year, I was also given a boost of confidence in my academic abilities and was named to the Dean’s list for both fall 2014, as well as spring 2015.In the upcoming academic school year I will be starting my clinical classes. I am very excited for these because they will help me determine what field I want to focus on in nursing. However, for my sophomore year I have decided to live off grounds in an apartment with two other girls so I may have to pick up a part-time job. I feel that this is will give me experience in the adult world. My future goals are to continue with the nursing program and then to enlist in the

I feel as if am a good candidate for the MOAA scholarship for the following reasons that I have been dedicated to the JROTC program since my freshman year, JROTC has taught me many great lessons that I am ready to use, and it would allow me to encourage upcoming senor cadets. Thanks to JROTC I am focused, determined and know for sure I will not go off track for any circumstances. I would make the opportunity completely worth it, throughout high school I have made mistakes and have learned from them. Those same mistakes are the reason I know I am ready, focused and determined. The program had great leaders and teachers that have taught me the lesson behind every mistake. It grew on me and made me the great leader I am today.

When I first started school at Hillsborough Community College, I worked two part-time jobs to pay tuition while maintaining a full time course load. As graduation approached I knew that the decision to further my education would require more time and funds. While short on money, I still decided to transfer from Hillsborough Community College to the University of South Florida to further my education in Social Work with a minor in Public Health. I personally believe that education is an investment in yourself that is certainly worthwhile. To be able to receive the Eugene and Mary Lou Powell Veteran Success Last Mile Scholarship would make a significant impact on my college experience. Receiving this scholarship would relieve a huge financial

I chose nursing as a major because it has always been a passion for me. I have over 12 years of experience in healthcare and it has become a part of my everyday life caring for my grandmother, for which I am thankful to do every day. But it does not allow me to make enough to cover the expenses of college and because of this scholarship, I am in a less financial

The generosity of the Coolidge Scholarship is a life-changing opportunity that would open doors for me, paving a way to my future. There are numerous dreams and wishes I have for the time ahead; among them being attending University of California-Berkeley ($60,000 each year), majoring in pre-med, minoring in business, going to Bastyr University for my ND ($40,000 per year) and opening private practice. If this sum for attending Berkeley were to be generously provided, my debt would be greatly reduced and guide me into attending medical school earlier.

Going to college has been a dream of mine growing up. I am the first ever in my family to go to college but figuring out how to pay for it has been a challenge. I desire to achieve my academic and career goals and this scholarship can help me succeed in my journey.

I believe that I am a worthy candidate for this scholarship due to my recognition of the financial impact of college. Growing up in a single parent home has been a financially and emotionally difficult feat for my mother and myself. When I was seven years old, my father passed away from a blood clot. During his life, he served in Vietnam, where he was granted a Purple Heart after shattering his kneecap on a landmine. He was on disability, and my mother was employed as a rehabilitation nurse, the only source of income in our family. After his death, my mother and I both began to go to therapy for our grief over losing my father. Focusing on my mental health helped me accept the meaning of death, and struck my motivation to honor my father and ensure that he would be proud of me. When I grew up, we always relied on getting clothes from thrift stores to save money and cutting any unnecessary expenditures. My mother always worked to have enough money for food and comfort. I received monetary Survivor Benefits after his death until my high school graduation this past May. As mentioned before, my mother has Multiple Sclerosis, which is an unfortunately expensive illness. Shortly after her diagnosis, the rehabilitation unit of her work closed and she was left on unemployment right before my sophomore year of high school. I was not old enough to drive or work, so finances were incredibly strict. On my 16th birthday, I attended an orientation to work as a lifeguard at our local YMCA. The next day, I also got my license to eliminate transportation issues. My employment alleviated financial and emotional stress on my mother, as I was able to contribute to the bills and my personal expenses. Throughout my life, my mother has also been very dependent on alcohol to relieve stress. There were numerous times where I

My goal is to succeed in my studies as a student in the Radiology Program with the financial help of the Dorothy S. Gallagher Health Sciences Endowment Scholarship. When I first started college, I knew that I wanted to help people as a career, and choosing radiology will help facilitate that desire to a life of community service. Receiving this scholarship will help me alleviate financial burdens and enable me to be more successful. I am currently working as a caregiver, librarian assistant, and finishing my first year in the Radiology Program. I am also taking classes on the side that will go towards my Associate of Arts degree. I will need that degree to transfer to Weber State University, so I can apply to their ultrasound program.

Although I live in a two parent household, I am only one of two college students in my family. Currently both of my parents are employed in Social Services, and unfortunately they do not have a lot of discretionary income to contribute financially to my college costs. I qualify for a partial Pell Grant, but I will still fall short of the total cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2016-17 school year. In order to avoid taking out a significant amount of loans, which will leave me in debt I have worked hard in the classroom to maintain a 4.0 GPA to qualify for merit based scholarships. Receiving The Joyce and Thomas H. Stanisic Memorial Scholarship will allow me to focus solely on my education rather than financing my education throughout my sophomore year of college.

Receiving the Mckinley Goldbug scholarship would mean the world to me. With my father being incarcerated and my mother on disability, finding the rest of the money for college while providing for a family of 6 is almost impossible. Even with financial aid, the gap left over for my dream school is relatively large. This scholarship won’t only help me achieve my college goal by reducing my financial stress, but it’ll give me an opportunity to take advantage of receiving a well rounded college education. I am looking forward to working up to becoming an art therapist and creating a lifelong career out of it. College, of course, is the next step I need to take to get there. This scholarship will allow me to complete my studies efficiently and allow