Criminal Justice Scholarship Essay

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My name’s Molly. I turned 21 in March, and I still live at home with my mama, aka, my best friend. I’m in the Criminal Justice program, and this is my second semester (in this program) 4th semester total. It’s a long story. Basically I took one semester getting all of the core classes out of the way, and then I did a semester in the Marketing/Graphic Design program. I eventually learned that wasn’t my thing, so now I’m finally studying something I’m very interested in which is Law. Police officers have always intrigued me, so it’s what I intend to do once I graduate. If not, then perhaps a dispatcher, corrections officer, or something related. Helping others and putting bad guys in their place is what excites me. That, and correct

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