Why I Deserve A Scholarship

Do I deserve ?!

The idea of obtain a scholarship, provoked me to think hard why I deserve this scholarship more than the others. However after careful analysis, I believe I really deserve it. Let me briefly summarize who I am and why I deserve this scholarship and then follow it with my argument.

My name is Jose Pereira.I migrated from Brazil to the United States of America in March, 2007. Although I found myself in a new complex world, with a challenging language I had to learn from basic, I believe I can face the challenge of achieving my career with my other spoken languages, portuguese and spanish. As well, I am a student who excels in my education. Because I have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.45, I am a member of the New York Public Library, I won the third place in the Brazilian Math Olympiad(State level) and also the tenth place in the Astronomy Olympiad(national level), during my high school.
The reason why I moved to USA is because my father's company in Brazil bankrupt, and we lost everything we had.
My mother decided to move to maintain me and my brother in a good school in my country but at the begginning was really hard, she did not know anyone in this USA and in the first year she had an income of $200 dollars a month. She did not have a place to sleep and thanks God, some people helped her offering a place to sleep. Today she has a better salary, and I also work(sometimes) but the money is not enough. This scholarship is very important to me, I want to make my mother pround of me, and make her see that everything she had suffer to give me a better education was not in vain. Whether I win this scholarship or not, I will keep studying, doing my best, to acquire the most of knowlodge I can, and also give her the life she
deserves.

There are many good reasons to argue why I deserve this scholarship. I am a hard working and motivated individual with clear goals. I will make the best use of this scholarship to succeed in BMCC which will help me get into an excellent four years college, but I will not stop there.
.I also plan to get into an MBA program to gain the required skills in starting an NGO
(Non-Governmental Organization). Perhaps the strongest reason to my candidacy for this scholarship is that since I am aspiring for a career in the non-profit sector, I would benefit from every penny I can save. Beat the Foundation Inc. Scholarship will go a long way in supporting me to realize my ultimate dream.

I am an idealistic person who strongly believes that it is the responsibility of private corporations, government and individuals to contribute towards the welfare of a society. Whether it is garnering relief material during times of natural disaster or spreading literacy in the remote villages of Africa , only when companies go beyond the narrow confines of quarterly reports and margins we could see a better world. As I said before I won’t stop until obtain a MBA to gain the required skills in starting an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) which would help corporations to realize this and contribute towards the betterment of society.

Irrespective of whether I win the scholarship or not, I would like to thank BMCC for this wonderful opportunity to at least give me the chance to apply for a such important
scholarship.