Scholarship Essay

My name is Kinsey Bates and I am the second in my family to attend college, but the struggles of being a college student are very new to me. My mother is a single parent of three kids, and is watching two of us go through college at the same time. She doesn’t have a degree higher than a high school diploma and works very diligently as a secretary for a plumbing shop, and is very supportive of all three of her kids. I’m diving into everything head first as a college student, working 36 hours a week as an overnight Wal-Mart associate, and going to school full time. It’s a lot of work and is very overwhelming at times but I’m very determined to better my life by getting myself a great career. My goal is to be a Pharmacy Technician as a primary, and when I’m done with classes, certified, and have a solid job as a Pharmacy Tech., I want to go back to school for interior design so I can have my steady career in place, and then have a hobby that I can get paid to do.

I unfortunately haven’t had an opportunity to volunteer as much as I’d like to, but I’m currently in my first internship at a pharmacy. I did start working at a very young age however. When I was 14 I started working at my local nursing home as a Dietary Aide. I loved being able to help the elderly by giving them their food and drinks at dinnertime and I helped keep track of how much they ate so we could make sure they were actually eating and staying as healthy as possible.

Since I was a little bit older and didn’t have all my parental help as most students at a younger age do, I don’t have time to be in any other activities while I’m in college, because I have to work to make my living. Having to work so hard for my goals though, helps me push myself to do the best I can in every aspect. I have gotten financial aid through FAFSA, and it was based on my own income. Even with me working as much as I do, I don’t feel I get near enough money to pay for all of my expenses. I have to do a lot of driving to and from school since I live 30 minutes away from the nearest campus and an hour and a half from the campus I need to go to for my Pharmacy classes, then having to travel to go to my internship. Getting this Scholarship would help support my gas bill mostly so I can put my paycheck from work to my other bills.

I would ask that the scholarship committee would please consider my application as I feel I am doing all that I can and it’s not quite enough. I know that once I finish my degree as a Pharmacy Technician I will exceed at my job as I try to do in everything in my life. While earning more I can finally get things caught up where I need them to be to have the best life I can make for myself. Thank you for your consideration.