First off, I would like to say again, thank you for nominating me as a possible recipient for this scholarship. I do not think I have ever been recognized for my academic achievements throughout my entire school career. I never was really focused and determined to learn before like I am now. So just the nomination is an honor, no matter if I receive the scholarship or not. Thank you for the recognition. It truly made my day.
As of right now, I am enrolled in the mental health certificate program. I chose the certificate program because I was not too sure if I wanted to pursue a career in social work or in the counseling field. But I have decided recently though, that I would like to work in the social work field. The main reason, obviously,
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I am surrounded by many people in my life who are currently living with a mental illness, from chronic depression, PTSD, anxiety and Bipolar disorder. My mother for example has always lived with chronic depression and when my siblings and I were younger, we did not understand her condition and why she would sleep for days, all day and all night. The only thing we knew, was that she was sad and to leave her alone. Then after a few days of her sleep coma, she would suddenly be fine and everything would go back to being normal. We would never talk about it, not until we were older and understood her condition better. About a two years ago, two of my best friends and a family member attempted suicide. One of the friends, to date, has attempted more than three times. These incidents occurred around the same time frame and on top of an aunt and uncle who had extreme health issues. That was a lot for me to take in at once and I was being spread so thin already. I thought to myself, “how come I didn’t see that coming? Am I a horrible friend for not noticing? “I beat myself up about it for awhile and I felt very guilty. I am …show more content…
I basically have been surviving off of my financial aid and babysitting jobs. In doing this, I have gotten really good at budgeting my money and actually not spend it on things I do not need. I live in my parents’ home for free and I help with bills when I am able to. When I made the decision to go back to school I knew there would be challenges, but I have a roof over my head and food to eat and I am grateful. At times it is not easy living here, especially when your younger brother also lives here and does not work, or contributes to household chores. It got really hard last year when my mom lost her job and was unable to find work for a while so the bills were piling up every month. She faced foreclosure on the house and I think we had our lights disconnected a couple of times. But somehow we always manage to pull through hard times like that. Some days to save money on gas, I will stay at my boyfriend’s house since he just lives and works right down the road from MCC. I also will stay the night at my brother’s house since he lives right on campus. It is so easy to just wake up and walk to school and it saves me so much money. Thank goodness for those two guys, if it was not for them I probably would have stopped going to school. I feel like small generosities like that, help keep me
Last summer I volunteered at a local hospital for a total of 136 hours. At the end of the summer I received an honorable mention award for being a dedicated volunteer who is highly respected around the hospital. Furthermore, I've been a committed volunteer during this school year. I have also been an active member of my school's HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) chapter; this March I will be competing in a medical terminology competition against members of other HOSA chapters across the state. Additionally, I am a devoted member of my school's academic decathlon team. Finally, I have been a member of CSF (California Scholarship Federation) for the past two years.
Scholarship, leadership, character, and service are four attributes that define an excellent student. Being in high school, it’s difficult at times to be a leader, show your character, and be involved with voluntary services while being focused on scholarship, but I have managed to do all four numerous times. I am so grateful and excited to have the chance to be a part of the National Honors Society.
I work a part time-job to assist my mother who was laid off work 7 month ago. I help pay the rent, food, car insurance etc. I have two younger siblings who are in school. I am the oldest in the family. We have no relatives to support us therefore I take my full responsibility of my family financial stability with no help what so ever. I have been praying to god that everything would work out for me and my family and it has so far up until now because now that I am so close to being the first in my family to attend college and get a degree. I thought of taking a break this semester to assist my family needs, but my mother didn’t let me do so. I am here to achieve better things in life and I won’t back down no matter what obstacles lay head, but we all need a little help here and there to achieve greatness and here I’m asking Dr. Tanya Gorman Student Emergency Hardships, to help me cover for the two books that I need this semester in order to graduate this may.
Throughout high school I have dreamed of having the opportunity to attend Indiana University. I have a true passion for babies. I love to learn how babies are developed and how they become such an amazing part of the world. Therefore, I would like to apply to Indiana University and pursue a degree in Pediatric Nursing. I would love to be able to deliver babies and deliver new life into this earth. There are several opportunities available for me to get involved with new leadership opportunities. I want to be able to be a leader for all age groups.
I, Hope Turnbull, am a Senior of Stockton High School in Stockton Kansas. My plans consist of attending North Central Kansas Technical College starting Fall 2016, where I want to begin my study of nursing. Due to me having all of my general education courses finished upon my college arrival, I have been accepted into the first year Nursing Program (LPN). I believe that I deserve this scholarship due to me excelling in my education at a very young age. My grades are earned as A’s and B’s in school.
Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this scholarship. As a first year graduate student enrolled in the Masters of Social Work program at Binghamton University, I have a deep interest in pursuing my education to establish a career in clinical social work. I envision myself in a position that provides mental health services to my community. I cannot imagine myself working in any field other than Social Work; I have been drawn to this field since my earliest childhood memory. In order to fulfill my career aspirations and obtain a license to practice, further education is essential. I consider myself to be an excellent candidate for this scholarship; I feel it is my life’s purpose. I possess the resolve to see this dream to fruition and require of myself to strive for excellence in my academics and career.
Many people in Nigeria don’t really know there is scholarship essay, where you’re allowed to write an essay in order to win scholarships. Instead of using scholarship websites to search for free scholarships, you have to do an essay competition.
For my life to be perfect all I would need to happen would be to earn a full ride scholarship to GCU ( Grand Canyon University), I would get a fun, easy, high paying first job when I'm 16 and it will make me lots of money, and finally once I am able to drive my parents would buy me a Jeep Wrangler in the color black.
After being first hand effected by the unexpected taking over a family’s financial life, I have realized how important it is to be smart when making financial decisions as young as possible. Consequently, a higher education goes hand-in-hand with that goal in life. By earning a higher education, compared to those who do not, occupations are much easier to come by. Grades have always taken priority in my life and as I near the end of my senior year, I am anxious to continue that educational success. In Economics, whether learning from Dave Ramsey or the Everfi Program, we discuss our futures regularly and what type of reality is in our future.
1.What first inspired you to pursue this profession? Was it the kitchen set my mom bought me when I was four or was it the incredible smells coming from our kitchen that always brought family and friends together? What I do know is that cooking always held a sense of fascination and intrigue for me. From a young age, I remember having an obsession with the creation of a restaurant. I can recall drafting menu after menu.
Horses have always played an important role in my life, but it wasn’t until I decided to pursue competitive show jumping that I realized the time, dedication, and money required to partake in the sport. Many people don’t realize the financial requirements that come with owning a horse, especially a show horse. Competitive riding and horse ownership are not hobbies that one can pick up and put down whenever it is convenient; they require constant commitment and, oftentimes, sacrifice. Fortunately, my mother recognized my passion and supported my endeavors, allowing me to pursue my dream of competing at the Winter Equestrian Festival.
I want to start off by thanking the scholarship board for considering me for a scholarship. Secondly, I love to learn. I love the fact that there is an ocean of knowledge out there for me to learn. I love everything about opening a book for the first time and reading the preface. I love the talking to my professor and about class as well as real life situation. I love my parents for being supportive for me in pursuit for my Masters of Science. Lastly, I love being in this situation where I can write a statement for potentially getting a scholarship.
I would like to genuinely thank your family for graciously donating this scholarship. I also apologize for the delay of this letter. There is no excuse for this belatedness, but I assure you that I am in no way ungrateful. In a silly way, my lack of punctuality allows me to inform you in this letter that I will not be able to attend the awards ceremony regarding your scholarship. Again, I promise I am not taking your generosity for granted.
The route to gaining a higher education can appear as a rough unpaved road that only can be paved by our determination, so we can safely travel to meet our goals. The goal I am going to achieve as I pace my road is finish with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with an emphasis in Archaeology. I am currently in my third 3 year of my endeavor of achieving this goal. Throughout this time my worldview and way of thinking has been broken down and rebuilt to reflection the enlightenment and understanding for the world I have gained during my college career. The education goals I have made for myself are aimed to further this understanding.
When considering my application, I ask that you graciously consider all that I have accomplished throughout my high school career and all that I aim to accomplish in the future. Despite attending an academically strenuous high school, I have managed to remain in the top 10% of my class with a GPA of a 3.926. In addition to that, I managed to obtain a 28 on the ACT, a 1790 on the SAT, and 1820 if you super score the total of the SAT tests I have taken. In addition to being academically strong, I am extremely well rounded. I am currently the president of the Cedar Hill Mayor’s Teen Council, an organization in Cedar Hill that I have been a part of for three years.