Why I Deserve A Scholarship

These Scholarships could truly help me in a great way. Both my sisters have been in college for the past two years, one being in it for four. It has caused some cut backs to be done over the past years. Along with that, my family has gone through many financial issues and setbacks. With this scholarship, it could help me to lessen my thoughts

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.

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

I will be the first generation in my family to attend college. a post-secondary education is something that my family and I cannot afford even with the salary that we are gaining now. I'm a person that believes in education since I was little in Haiti where I had to pay for k-12 education and that brought me to really appreciate education and to not take it for granted. I want to become a civil engineer and architect to build houses and bridges around the world, one day I want to open my own firm and to help build houses for the unfortunate. This scholarship would help me a lot because I don't want to be a student that takes loans and become in so much debt that I cannot pay back when I finish college. Through this scholarship, I would be

For as long as I can remember, I always told myself I would go to college. As a senior, I went through all the steps of admitting into a college, or so I thought. I did everything except turn in my mom’s signature to the FAFSA. Getting ready to submit the signature I realized I was not ready to spend $60,000 in a career I wasn't passionate about. Now here I am again 3 years later doing it again, most people would see this as a set back, but I see it more as an opportunity. This time I am prepared to pursue my goal of attending collage and purse a nursing career . I feel that with the opportunity your scholarship will provide I can reach my goals of taking care of others.

This scholarship will help me greatly due to the fact that I have to take out loans every year as a student. Working as an RA has helped lower the amount of loans that I have to take every year but this scholarship will help even more. During the summer, I work 60 hours a week to reduce my loan size and pay for my schooling. Next year my sister will also be attending college so it is going to be difficult for my family to support the both of us. That is why I am applying for this scholarship, to reduce the amount of financial stress for myself and my

I’m far from rich, but I believe I have a bright future. I know I can go very far with college, however I’m not sure how I will be able to afford it. However, I won’t give up, because my mom and dad are disabled and can’t work. Two years ago my dad was making a lot of money and had my college money money saved up. I was going to be the first in the family to go to college, however he got hurt on the job, His company took his money. Over the past few years we had to use the college money just to stay off the streets. At seventeen, I take care of my mom, and dad. I also work several side jobs every week. With what the government gives, and what I make each month, we can barely even pay our bills. This is why I believe I should be chosen for this scholarship because I have been through the struggle. I’m motivated, and I have a plan to be successful.

This fall, I will be the first to attend college out of my family. My parents have tried over the years to build up my college fund. Because of different unfortunate events that we have come across with, the money available for me to attend college is not as large as required. This really puts a lot of pressure into my parents and myself. I consider myself an excellent student and I have my future well planned out. I know that my parents not only have to worry about how they are going to pay for my college, but also for the future education of my two younger siblings. This scholarship will help me achieve my ultimate goal of becoming a surgeon.

This scholarship has offered me a tremendous amount of assistance over the past year. The death of my father was not easy on my family. Not only did I lose my father, I lost the backbone to my family who was financially caring for my family. To lessen the burden on my mother, I was able to use some of the funds from the scholarship to tackle some financial complications during the year. As this scholarship assists with the financial portion of my college career, I was able to focus on my education and

This scholarship should be awarded to me because I plan on putting it to full use. I won't simply take this money for granted I understand that if it is givent to me I have to work hard every step of the way. I am a senior in high school aiming to attend a 4- year university in order to take a pre- medicine program, major in biology and minor in psychology. Later i will apply to a medical school and do an intership at a local hospital. All of this I plan to do so that I may become a pediatric

Being awarded this scholarship, will greatly benefit me in achieving my goal by helping me reduce the price of my education. The cost to attend college is very difficult for the average family to afford. My parents have always instilled in my siblings and I the value of an education. Although my parents both have college degrees neither received scholarship funds. They financed their entire education and twenty years later are still making monthly payments. Because of this, they made a commitment early in my life to instill in me a love of learning and understanding the importance of hard work and dedication. Through the years, I have watched them tackle many life challenges. They persevered even through the toughest times which taught me to be an overcomer. My father lost his job when I was 7 years old and that prompted him to take a risk and go into business for himself. A black man opening a Construction

With my mom being single, it is hard enough--financial burdens infiltrate everything and can be a real strain on family life. If I do receive this scholarship it will alleviate this stress significantly. If I was awarded this scholarship, I would be able to put that money towards tuition for school which would greatly help cut the cost of attendance. I couldn't think of a better school to attend to attain my degree and pursue my career. In addition, I will represent your program well during my years in college and beyond. Thank you in advance for your

This scholarship would award me an opportunity to pursue the career of my dreams. Receiving financial aid would allow me to make a difference in the ever changing, and challenging, world of health care. My family has always supported my efforts,

I personally am someone who believes in the importance and power of hard work. Which is the reason I am going to fund my own higher education without the help of my parents. I know the more I invest into my higher education, the more benefits I’ll reap. I am proud I get to put in the hard work necessary to pay for college. Which brings me to the main reason this scholarship will help me attain my career goals, and that is that this scholarship will allow me to pay for the education necessary to build a solid foundation for the career of my dreams.