“I just need a break in the clouds, a little rain.”- Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy The Coolidge scholarship provides that little bit of rain. Rain that will allow me to grow into the doctor I seem to be stuck dreaming about, rain that can wash the weight of questioning how I will pay for college off my shoulders, rain that will make the clouds of impending debt seem less likely; the Coolidge scholarship is the break I need to make it in this world. Instead of rain coming from the clouds it comes from my eyes. I cry over uncertainty and I have seen that uncertainty within my family. First, I have a sister that is eight years older than me. She has wanted to be a lawyer most of her life. At a young age we made the plan that by the time I graduated high …show more content…
My mother has worked for the City of Phoenix for over twenty-five years, my father was laid-off but he started his own business and then got into teaching/coaching, and my sister, even with all the obstacles she faced, will soon earn her degree. Without the Coolidge scholarship, in the spirit of President Coolidge, I will still work to achieve my goals, but the Coolidge scholarship could make it easier for me to achieve excellence rather than mediocrity. To explain further, money is what forces a lot of people to take longer in college and to take on the whole “C’s get Degrees” attitude. Considering that I want to be a doctor, how I succeed academically should be what’s important, not how I’m going to pay next semester’s tuition. My family works hard, but doesn’t earn the income necessary to cover a university’s expense. I got goals, and I’m sure millions of kids across America do too, but they don’t all want to be outstanding pediatricians and they don’t all cry over the uncertainty of not reaching their goals. With Coolidge Scholarship I could become a renowned pediatrician and for once in my life “how am I going to pay?” won’t be a question I’m asking
Today in America, “The average Class of 2016 graduate has $37,172 in student loan debt, up six percent from last year. $1.28 trillion in total U.S. student loan debt...44.2 million Americans with student loan debt”(U.S. Student Loan Hero, 1). We spend our lives working, learning, and trying to survive. In order to survive, we need to be educated. In order to be educated, we need money. To collect money, we need a good paying job. And in order to have a job, we need to be educated. It’s a large cycle that goes around in circles, and we can’t seem to find a steady way to help provide these things for everyone. While we all strive to make the best of every situation, money has become an issue, creating problems in many lives around the world. “According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2016–2017 school year was $33,480 at private colleges, $9,650 for state residents at public colleges, and $24,930 for out-of-state residents attending public universities” (COLLEGEdata, 1). And it’s not easy to have a positive look on the American dream when our own president in spouting things like “Sadly, the American Dream is dead” (President Donald
My experience as the service chair encouraged me to try out for another position for the upcoming semester. This time with the goal of encouraging diversity and growth of our members. I created the Deserving Darlin Scholarship, which would be awarded to one member who excelled all of the standards of a Texas Darlin. Alone, I was able to facilitate, organize, and raise over $500 for the scholarship. After months of planning and reading scholarship applications, I was finally able to award the scholarship. At that moment I felt that same adrenaline as I did when I received the student council announcement. Except this time, I felt that I had accomplished my long held dream, to grow as a leader and positively impact those around me, something
“I urge you to continue working hard to prepare for success and to become leaders in our community.” Frederica S. Wilson, a Member of Congress, wrote this in a letter given to me and a few other students after we attended the 5000 Role Models trip to the nation’s capital in 2017. I took this heart and have been preparing for success ever since then. I should be selected for this prestigious scholarship because I would use it to try to be as successful as possible. This scholarship will allow me to pay for college without the fear that comes with taking out loans and will enable me to become part of the first generation in my family’s history to go to college! I will be working towards a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and receiving
Aristotle once said, “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet”. Two thousand years forward, Aristotle’s words has transcended its meaning into this new age. A college education to an incoming freshman is an exorbitant amount of money, but in this day and age, a degree is almost a requisite to be successful. Especially in my situation, since I will need two degrees in order to fulfill my career goals. The Virginia Endly Memorial Scholarship will help me in my first year at Emporia State University by allowing myself not to start adulthood in debt and giving me the ability to focus solely on my education.
During my senior year of high school I received the Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship and was accepted into my soon to be alma mater, Howard University. In those times it was not uncommon for my grandmother to boast to the grocery store cashier, bank teller, or anyone who would listen that her granddaughter had received a full scholarship and was attending Harvard University. Each time I would smile and politely correct her by saying, “Grandmother I’m going to Howard not Harvard.” She and whomever she was talking with would simply protest that it did not matter which HU I was attending, they were proud of me regardless. From then on I vowed to continue to serve as an inspiration to the many members of my community who had never left the small town of Durham, NC yet alone received a higher education. I’ve since exceeded my own expectations of the things I would achieve in my college tenure. Traveling abroad, serving as an Americorps member, interning for my United States Senator, and joining distinguished organizations culminate a few of my successes.
Warning I am going to rant about myself so, heads up. There are times when I have felt depressed and even my doctor was telling me I was getting depressed. But, that all changed when I started thing and when I made a new friend.
There are so many students who would extremely grateful to attend any four year institution but can’t because of the lack of funds. College life can be very stressful, and the process can is very frustrating to most students the first two years. When the cost of college tuition is compared to the 21 century financial economy the cost does not make sense, because for a middle-class family it is impossible to afford sending their child to any four-year institution. It hard for students to graduate with the stress to pay-off hundreds and thousands of dollars in loans. Going to college is stressful enough without the need to worry about how we’re going to pay for it and what other costs will continue to rise with getting a degree afterwards. With the current increase of unemployment rate and the thought of going to college seems like a farfetched goal. Many people choice not to attend a four year institution, because they did receive a scholarship or enough government funding. Having a college background is very important for professional growth, it will eventually limit career opportunities. My stand point is, you may not leave college doing the same thing you began with but the life experience is endless. College experience not only gives knowledge that builds you into a better person by giving a broader erosion. With the cost of tuition increasing will hurt our generation, by causing physical and mental stress but in the end it will all pay off. Not all colleges are for the blame; some of the blame is our economy and other factors play a big roll. As students we need to be aware of all our resources offered, such as Pell Grants, and government scholarships. For example, the some states will pay for a student’s college if they graduate high school with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. There are many states that are willing to pay for all or some of college tuition only if students are willing to use
With a scholarship, it can help me shape my dreams in being the first in my family to obtain a bachelor’s degree. With that degree, I would like to major in communications and be able to focus in broadcasting work in both the radio and television fields. I possess the skill of hard work. It shows in every aspect of my life from my desolate upbringing to my noted academic work which has placed me on the President’s/Dean’s list on several occasions and even into my volunteer work which has netted me hundreds of cumulative hours within the college. A scholarship would only help me further my overall success and bring all of my goals to
From a very young age I knew that I was going to move out of my hometown Guadalajara, Jalisco for the rest of my life, after all, my parents had given me a very unique opportunity, a U.S. nationality. My goal was to finish high school in the U.S. and one day enroll in an American college, however, my parents were not willing to let a 17 year old girl move thousand of miles away on her own, with only the support of her older sister, that lived in Washington State. My mother was the one in opposition to this idea the most, every time I mentioned even the smallest comment about me moving away, she would instantly change topics, turn the volume up, or just say she didn’t want to talk about it, I would always insist, until she was willing to hear
America’s gift to my generation is that I can have a roof over my head and food on my table because of the men and women that fought for this country. I am glad for what the military has done for this country and i am disappointed in the people that can't stand for the national anthem to honor these people that have served. I believe that if it wasn't for those veterans are country would have no freedom and would be a complete mess . People think that since we are the land of the free people think that we could do anything but compared to other countries we can do anything. Some countries don't even have indoor plumbing and if they do it's not very good.
Getting this scholarship was my jump start to furthering my education and I knew from there that I was going to prove statistics wrong. I knew I was going to college and that things were going to be different for me and I was going to make a difference. I won’t be the black kid who drops out of school, because my education is too important to
In my perspective, my American Dream includes freedom. I am frequently asked what I believe in and what my life goals are, and to be honest, I am not even fully sure. However, I do look forward to growing up and being able to make my own decisions on what I want to persue my life in. In the wise words of Ray E. Disney, “When your values are clear, making decisions becomes easier”(Disney, Brainy Quotes). This quote made me realize how freedom is one of my values because I always want to be allowed to make any decision I want to improve and continue my life. The fact that I am allowed to go anywhere I want to go, do anything I want to do, and also be anything I want to be, gives me the freedom of choosing the options I am given. Every decision
My American Dream is for American to be more helpful with granting immigrant United States citizenship.College will help me fulfil my dream by granting me the The opportunities to learn the very complex political relationships and ideas dealing with immigration in United States. Since, I will be learning with best professor In political science and making connections further down my political career. I Will make many friends that believe my cause and help me pursuit of knowledge by helping study for finals or putting in the many horrors for research papers. However, I will find people that will challenge my beliefs to to look at the issues with lense of Conservatism. I will met people many people from the world that will help me
“I have to go mija, it’s getting late”. As soon as I would hear those words that my mom would use to say, my eyes would get watery and would felt a lump in my throat. I knew that I had to be strong, but deep down I knew I needed my mother more than anything. Not having the woman that gave birth to me by my side every day, it made me grow up with a mind of an independent woman and made me capable of knowing how to manage stuff by myself.
Fees and loans are too big of a load for young people to carry. A lot of students drop out do to the pressure of having to worry about all the loans they have to pay back after they are done with college. This should not be an issue to the student. According Iatham Emmmons, “Even worse, a large portion of students never receive funding at all due to the multitude of stipulations that must be adhered to in order to qualify for assistance. A major flaw in the current federal educational assistance programs is that the students’ parents’ income is used to calculate financial need” (Emmons 3). Even citizens who try to get help by applying for funding never end up getting it because they do not meet the needs required for the funding. Education should be p...