Why I Deserve A Scholarship Essay

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Hello, I’m Zachary Plunkett and I would like to thank you offering a scholarship to a Blairsville High School Senior. From what I understand Bernard Conway was a model citizen and role model. He guided his life with honesty, respect, loyalty, and service. Thankfully my parents instilled these values into myself at a young age, whether I wanted or not. Today, the characteristics mentioned are ones I strive to live my life by. I enjoy helping other people. I haven't ever been presented the opportunity to really make an outstanding difference in someone's life, but I actively do the little things. In my neighborhood I often do yard work for two of my neighbors without every being asked or told to do so. Next door my neighbor has multiple sclerosis …show more content…

This allowed me to be with my family more. On one occasion my sister asked me to teach her son Skyler how to ride a bike. With a good push down a hill he learned pretty quick. What I didn’t expect was how much I enjoyed helping him. After this occasion I found myself asking if I could watch him on every nice day, just to go on bike rides. We went to most of the trails in the area and gradually we acquired a really good relationship. This summer we have been making plans to take him and his friend all over the place. A positive side effect of this is that about once a week I will take the kids off of two single …show more content…

Regretfully I slacked off early on in my high school career. This left me eleventh in my class at the end of my freshman year. To make up for this I began scheduling every advanced class I could take. Since then with perseverance I have made my way into second in class. Along with a very demanding workload from school, I managed to work at Sheetz averaging thirty hours a week, for almost two years. From here I have also been involved in cross country, basketball, and track and

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