Scholarship Essay

Directors, I am honored to be a recipient of the Edith H. French Scholarship. This scholarship presents me with an invaluable opportunity for me to pursue my educational goals, without having to worry about the expenses that college students are required to pay. Providing for my five year old daughter while also going to school full time has placed a strain on my finances, so the opportunity to receive this scholarship will help me immensely. This award has vindicated my decision to…

Which is what Bernie Machen has taught us. Machen had a vision to support low-income students who are first in their families to attend college. Machen fulfilled that vision be creating a scholarship, The Machen Florida Opportunity Scholarship (MFOS), for the first generation college students. The MFOS scholarship have opened the doors and eyes for hundreds of students today. First-generation students tend to come from working class families of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Typically,…

4. A major component of the W. Garfield Scholarship program is the ability to work closely with your peers on common social interests under the direction of a faculty mentor. Please provide a specific example of your participation in a group setting and what you viewed were the challenges and benefits to participating in this situation. During my first year of University I was given the opportunity to join Laurier Arts Scholars. Laurier Art Scholars is a community of high-achieving students…

I am honored to be one of the recipients of the Jack and Audrey Morgan Scholarship. Thanks to your generous support. The loss of my husband, who was my biggest support in life has been very challenging, but has also helped me realize and appreciate more the value of life, and appreciate all the God given talents that I have. It has opened my eyes to the need for more compassion and caring. It has spurred me to pursue higher education so I can be of more help to others within my reach. I have…

Idaho Governors Cup Scholarship Application I am a native Idahoan, straight and foremost which means that I have had the privilege of being raised in great place that has taught me much. From being able to kayak to knowing how to be a part of a community that is what I learned being an Idahoan is, However, what it should also mean to be an Idahoan is to be educated. An Idahoan should strive for more such as earning a degree or receiving an education beyond that of getting a high…

to be said. We need to dig into his essential character and its development, for character drives action. We need to connect the life and the thought. That is the key inquiry, especially if he is to evaluated as a hero or role model. “Holmes scholarship will never end,” writes G. Edward White in his biography of Holmes, “because his life and thought are nearly infinite in their variety.” That is one reason for this book. The Holmes debate is not over. Holmes matters today because he helped…

I deserve to have the opportunity to have this scholarship because I have pushed myself over the limit to get as much college credits to graduate my senior year not only from high school with all the high school requirements but to have the privilege to graduate from Lenoir Community College with my Associates in Science Degree. To have taken continuing education classes to advance my knowledge about nursing, or be a Spanish interpreter and to even take another language course. I want to be able…

I am writing to you to express my sincere gratitude for your Corps of Cadets Scholarship. My family and I thank you for your generosity and support. Since I wrote to you last, I attained a semester GPA of a 3.25 and continue to pursue a major in Engineering. Within engineering, I participated in a Lego build project which our group designed and built a robot that would not fall off the table. During last semester, I attended all home football games, stood as part of the Twelfth Man; and the…

all fun and games, I want to become more educated and skilled in fields like math science and literature. If you are keeping a college fund, then you know how expensive it is to go to college! I'm trying to achieve in school so I can get a scholarship and help out my parents with costs. A part of achieving in school is reading, I'm trying to read a lot because reading is literally everything and It will help me in school, but reading isn’t something I do just to get smarter, I love it and…

I believe that academics will be a positive addition to my recovery, allowing me to expand my mind and giving me the opportunity to be successful through my education, ultimately enhancing my recovery by teaching me life skills to help maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle. One factor that remains constant in both recovery and academics is the commitment, and I feel that incorporating my recovery skills into my academics will eventually allow me to finish my academic career. Before I was…