Of all the events transpiring in my life, my college aspirations seem to be the most thought through. As I will be going to St. John’s University in the fall, my goals consist of earning my Bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in physics, transferring to a reputable grad-school, and ultimately acquiring my P.H.D. in psychology.
As stated, I will attend St. John’s University in the fall of 2017. My father is employed by St. John’s sister college, St. Benedict’s, so I qualified and will be receiving tuition remission. Through tuition remission, I won’t be required to reimburse St. John’s for my tuition. Furthermore, I was also awarded the Presidential Merit Scholarship, but I can only choose one or the other. Tuition remission covers nearly all MIAC schools, but I chose St. John’s for both its track and field program as well as its psychology department.
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It began with merely paying attention to how people reacted given certain situations, and has transitioned to observing how everyone around me thinks. Psychology is a major in which I don’t ever foresee myself becoming bored, which is always helpful when planning for 8-years of college. My chosen minor, physics, is also a subject I am passionate about. Just as I enjoy learning how the human mind works, I gain the same enjoyment from learning how the universe works.
After my time at St. John’s, I would like to continue my studying at a grad-school. As much as I know I will enjoy a private school like St. John’s, I’ve always wanted to attend a larger university, such as Notre Dame. A doctorate is a challenging goal, but given the right grad-school I know I’m up for the
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.
What are the circumstances that brought you to apply for the foundation emergency fund scholarships?
At the start of the semester, my oblivious state of nature associating with the Chinese culture reached an unacceptable level. Implementing a necessary change, I decided to educate myself on different cultures starting with China. I failed to ponder that such a rich, deep culture existed outside America. Encompassed by this country’s unique yet suffocating melting pot culture, my outlook believed ideas such as uniformity between American Chinese food and Authentic Chinese food. After this course, my bigot perspective widened as I witnessed diversity in the world. Before this class, when I thought of Chinese food, my connotation jumped to thoughts associated with chop suey, but as I progressed my education, my mindset gradually pondered foods like steamed buns or “New Year Cakes” with authentic Chinese food.
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.
The Jared E. McEachern Scholarship is vital to my college career due to my decision to attend Anderson University. Anderson University is a private school that costs nearly thirty- six thousand dollars to attend per year. It is imperative that I apply for as many scholarships as possible in hopes of reaching my goal of receiving at least half of my tuition. My parents are very supportive and willing to help in any way they can; however, I genuinely do not want to cause them any stress when it comes to paying for college.
I decided to take the test, and I scored the second highest in my group. I wanted to go to college, but I felt I had been out of school too long and needed to ease into the process with a community college. I planned to major in psychology and minor in creative writing. I attended New River Community and Technical College for two years. I had two immensely supportive professors during my time there Karen Carter-Harvey (Psychology) and Scott McClanahan (English). I enjoyed the experience, but I decided to move on to pursue my goals since New River did not offer a psychology degree. I transferred to Marshall University, but my experience is limited. Most my classes have been online. I am still working full time, and I am commuting two hours to campus. I am currently not able to afford student housing due to Marshall’s insufficient financial aid package. I am seeking an opportunity to become fully immersed academically as well as socially in a diverse
As I thought of this article, many of the issues I have faced as a single Hmong woman in her mid-twenties came to mind. Should I discuss the functional reasons why marriage is so important in the Hmong culture, especially for women? Or do I talk about the lack of eligible, older Hmong men? Better yet, should I complain about the attempts by my relatives to find me a good husband as if it were an unfortunate circumstance that I was single instead of a conscious choice? Thinking it over, though, I decided that all those questions boiled down to one fundamental truth – the Hmong community is still trying to learn how to treat the increasing number of Hmong women who, like me, are making the choice to stay single in their mid-twenties.
My immediate goals after completing this program is to take some time off from school, pay off our (additional) student loans, and when the time is right possibly evaluate the feasibility of pursuing my Bachelor Degree in Healthcare Administration or continue on in trying to obtain my Master 's Degree in Nursing. However, I currently foresee immediate challenges to those plans - my eldest child, my son, is currently a junior in high school, aspiring to become a Pharmacist and attend UH Hilo. In addition, my daughter, who is three years younger to my son, is aspiring to become an Ophthalmologist. So as with any parents, I may put my goal aside to help both my children achieve their goals.
Working on analyzing things I’m not super passionate about and not being a total bore
The path I have taken toward obtaining my Bachelor of Science Degree in Business, Management, and Economics, with a concentration in Marketing, has been different than I expected when I first started college. I started at Brooklyn College at 17-years-old and frankly, I wasn’t ready for it. I struggled to balance an awkward schedule of classes and inconsistent study habits. I never felt completely comfortable there and after two years of performing poorly, I enrolled at Kingsborough Community College. I viewed it as a new start and seized the opportunity. I decided to major in Business Administration; I made the Dean’s List, and saw my grades improve dramatically. After completing 74 total credits, I decided I was ready to return to a four-year-college. I initially considered returning to Brooklyn College but at this time my grandmother had become ill. I applied to the College of Staten Island which was near her home and would make it possible for me to help her out with whatever she needed and attend school locally. This worked out great for my first semester. I carried a 3.47 GPA and decided to major in Business, with a concentration in Marketing. At this time, I was working part-time while in school. But due to certain circumstances, I was forced to obtain a full-time job in addition to other part-time commitment. This made it very difficult for me to enroll in classes as most of the upper-level marketing classes that I needed for graduation were only offered during the day when I would now be working. I enrolled in night and weekend classes for the next two semesters but my grades began to suffer. In the last semester I tried to register at the College of Staten Island, I couldn’t fit the courses I needed into my ever-growing w...
I was in 1st grade when I found out that I had a learning disability. I still
Being a first generation low-income student has had a huge impact on my education. It has presented as an asset and a challenge at UCI. Both my parents are first generation Americans with my father being born in Mexico and my mother born in Honduras. My father only has a third grade education and my mother has a sixth grade education. My parents don’t know English so it limited the amount of job opportunities they received in the United States. These conditions had my family and I grow up very low-income. My parents could rarely help my sisters and I with school since they have little knowledge about the education system here in the United States. My parents had no knowledge about receiving a higher education, which made my process of going to and attending college very difficult. My first year at UCI was a tough transition. I had little to no guidance and came into college not knowing what to expect. Unfortunately, this reflected in my grades. My GPA resulted at a 1.2 and I was on Academic Disqualification after my first quarter at UCI. I
...cified directives. Also, I do not want to forfeit my ability to obtain my college degree. After many years had passed, I finally mustered the courage to enter college. Now I can finally see that reaching this goal is close, but yet so far. My current classification is a senior at State University, with plans of graduating in December, 2014. I am proud to say that I have continued a full time job- working in excess of forty hours weekly- sustained a peaceful household, and “honestly” maintained a good grade point average. These are achievements that have made me most proud. The last thing I would ever do is to jeopardize my ability to get my college degree. I have waited a long time for this moment. I have truly learned a valuable lesson through this ordeal. I know that at all cost, it is imperative to do the right thing and manage my time more efficiently.
I am very interested in attending Flagler College for a number of reasons, Flagler is the perfect college to help my achieve my goals. It offers the individual help that I desire, an outstanding business program, a wide variety of clubs and organizations, and most important, Flagler opens up a lot of opportunities for career choices.
My passion for the fascinating wolrd of science literally can not be put into words. Since receiving my first home science kit at five years of age the way things work and why has always been at the forefront of my mind. During my early years I would find great delight in examining anything I could fit under the lens of my telescope. I will never forget my first look at the intricate detail of a human hair.