My name is Brandi Augeson, I am a senior at Lourdes High School. My passion is helping children to learn and have fun. My favorite sport to play is lacrosse but since I was little I have been watching football and hockey, therefore, I love both of those sports. Most of my time goes into my job at Old Navy, I have been working there for 2 years now and I still love working there. In my free time I enjoy painting and sketching. I cant wait…
I am really thankful for the generous award letter, but I still can not afford to attend University. On the award letter sent to me on June 22, 2007, it suggested that my parents should take a $9500 Federal Plus Loan. My parents have $480,000 mortgages that they are struggling to pay—they pay $2,710.53 for the first mortgage and $1,188.08 for the second mortgage (monthly). Yet, they make only $4200 from their jobs. They also need pay for utilities and foods—they are scrambling every dollar to pay these bills. Therefore, I can not see myself asking my parents to take another loan on my behalf. My family simply can not financially support my college education.…
I am in need of the William and Brenda Ehr-Jackson Scholarship extension so that I can accomplish my goal of being the first in my family to graduate from college with a degree. My Education is one way I am bettering myself as a person. My father died when I was young. This left my mom alone to raise myself and my two younger brothers. I am the first in my family to attend and to soon graduate from college. I am honoring my mother and father’s dreams of me attending and graduating from college. It is also my dream. I do not have all the income needed to pay for my college education at the University of Northern Iowa. I need this scholarship so that I can finish my last year in college strong without any financial burdens. My financial needs…
The National Honor society is a highly esteemed organisation that is in high schools all across the nation. It gathers students who are already upstanding citizens in their school and community and establishes a sense of selflessness into the youth. The National Honor establishes leadership, selflessness and strengthens the character of their members, which benefits the future of our nation.…
Growing up my mom has always encouraged my siblings and I to continue our education to as far as college. My mother never really got the chance to attend college because her family could not afford to put all their kids in school. She had seven siblings and an extra bill for school was not something her parents were able to afford. I consider myself really lucky to be alive in a time where there are so many opportunities to be able to afford college. If it were not for scholarships and financial aid, my mother’s story would be repeated once again. Through financial aid, the door for a college career is opened for me and I’m willing to enter it. My biggest motivator to push myself academically has been my…
The stresses of not knowing where the money for college is going to come from can add even more burden to an already stressed existence. That is why the Dale E. Fridell Scholarship would be such an incredible blessing to me. By helping to ease the burden of tuition expenses I will be better equipped to deal with the other stresses of college life. By helping me to balance the load, I will be more able to pursue the demanding goals that I have…
My ambition and motivation to go to college despite the adversities, I have been through play a big part in me applying for this scholarship. With my mom being the only financial provider in my household, I do not want to have to worry her with any loans on top of the bills she has to already pay. She is my motivation to go to college and I always promised her that she would never have to worry about any debt from me going to college. Since a very young age, my goal for college was to go and not have to come out of packet as, little as possible. My career aspirations are to become a Nurse Practitioner, and without the help of this scholarship to complete my bachelor’s degree, this dream will not come…
The Prairie Meadows scholarship will help me pursue a career in engineering at Iowa State University. It will help me go to community college first to get my basic courses out of the way before I go to a four year school. The money will help me pay for books. I know a lot of students struggle with money and paying for books. The scholarship would also help me out if I don’t get an…
The four pillars of National Honors Society, scholarship, service, leadership, and character, have paved a path for me as a student and as a person. Scholarship has taught me to strive to be the best student I can be. I use scholarship to keep up with my school work and never give up when a class is hard. I always strive for the best grade I can get and I will stop at nothing until I reach my goal. I will continue to use scholarship as I go to college and pursue my dream as a pediatric dentist. I will study, I will learn, and I will never give up no matter what happens along the way. I use service when I volunteered to help my local private school. I was never asked to do so, but I felt as if I was giving back to a school that had done so much…
Malcolm X once said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepared for it today.” National Honors Society is one of the ways I can not only enhance my education, but also serve my community in the process. Not only does being in such a reputable society strengthen your college applications, it also improves your character by allowing you to change someone’s life by completing volunteer work. In addition to the belief that I will strive as a member of NHS, I also believe that my skills and dedication would be a large asset to the chapter. My personality and intelligence can both play a role in my success in NHS.…
I always wanted to go to college growing up, but because of my family, along with my sisters and myself, were born and raised in a refugee camp in Nepal, I had a feeling that college was a dream that would not come true for me. In 2012, we came to Salt Lake City, Utah. The school I did was from 9th grade. After resettlement in the United States, my parents are still struggling to look after the educational future of me and my sisters. My family said if I could find a way to pay for college. I began to apply for many scholarships, which would help to fulfill my dream and desire.…
Growing up, I have always had big dreams of what I was going to do when I became older. It’s hard to believe that this stage in life has already arrived, but I know that I’m prepared for it and have great expectations for what is to come. I’ve set goals out for myself and plan on achieving them, but I can’t do so without the proper education. Unfortunately, education is expensive, and my parents have laid the responsibility of paying for college on my own shoulders. I can’t reach my full potential and become the best person I can be without your help in supporting me with financial aid. That is why I exceptionally need this scholarship.…
The past year has been very difficult in my family because my father got cut off of his good paying job which covered most bills, but recently I was able to work more often. I put less stress off my parents shoulders by helping them with things they needed around the house. We were able to get back on their feet at least but this Bloch scholarship would be a Financial saver towards my parents because I don't want my educational goals make them struggle. I want to be able to help my parents and already give back to them. To do that first I will have to go to college to be able to get a good paying job. Also secondly it will allow me to get situated with being out of high school and moving on into college. I know it will help me get comfortable since I can move on into a bigger college with more students in a classroom by time.…
When having pricey college tuition there can be a lot of people whom are affected. One of those people is Olivia Kelly. She is an undergraduate at the University of McNeese and a transfer student from Sowela Technical College. She is working her way to the career of a nurse, and with just…
There is a constant reminder to complete schoolwork or study for a test, because if those tasks are not fulfilled, my mother believes I will become a layabout. Although I do enjoy learning to the fullest extent, it does get very tiresome when there my mother is making sure I finalize my assignments. In my senior year of high school, I would have been eligible for a scholarship called NJ Stars, which allowed me to go to Hudson County Community College and transfer to any four year institution in New Jersey free of cost. However, I needed to rank up three more positions in my entire graduating class to reach the top 15%. It was incredibly stressful and I became extremely drained, which lead me to I give up on my ultimate goal. I realized what an astounding offer the scholarship would be, but I could no longer handle the compulsion or disputes that were caused by this situation. My mother and Jamaica’s mother were very similar when it comes to preventing a failing daughter, while my state of giving up correlates to Jamaica’s…