2012 DREAM ACT STUDENT ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Since MALDEF’s founding‚ the civil rights organization has awarded scholarships to support the higher educational attainment of students who seek to further MALDEF’s mission of advancing the civil rights of the Latino community in the United States. In 2012‚ MALDEF will offer scholarships of up to $5‚000 each to selected DREAM Act student activists. MALDEF seeks to support the nation’s college and graduate student leaders who have
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extracurricular. Even though‚ I had many of the same worries I had one enormous anxious situation: How will I afford college? Living in Georgia‚ if you go to an in-state school you are offered HOPE scholarship if you meet the requirements. As a hard-working student I was eligible for the highest HOPE scholarship‚ Zell Miller. Zell pays for your entire college tuition‚
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Quintavious Jeffery 11-1-12 Gates Essay #1 Discuss the subjects in which you excel or have excelled. To what factors do you attribute your success? Use specific examples to illustrate how you succeeded. My eleventh grade year was arduous. Not only was I concerned about passing five Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GGT)‚ but math III was complex. math III was full of foreign concepts and equations. Overtime‚ I grew excited about learning new concepts in math III. My teacher was a great
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oting the book “Through Gates of Splendor” which tells the story of five missionaries who sacrificed their lives in the jungles of Ecuador‚ this documentary film “Beyond the Gates of Splendor” takes us through that original journey to the events that followed half a century after. A thoroughly informed and accurate story‚ it has some limitations‚ but is well worth the watch. The well-known facts about this story are that five men‚ Jim Elliot‚ Roger Youderian‚ Nate Saint‚ Pete Fleming‚ and Ed McCully
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Theme: Greek Military The themes represented throughout Gates of Fire‚ by Steven Pressfield‚ give us an idea as to how Greek society operated and what they valued. History comes alive when Pressfield discusses the battles and city-states of ancient Greece. With this fictitious account of real events we are able to relate to characters living during a different time‚ in a different place. We can try and understand‚ through history and Pressfield‚ how and why the Greeks fought and died. The Greeks
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qualifications for the Presidential and Merit scholarships. These scholarships are granted to exceptional students excelling in high school. Fortunately‚ I was awarded the Presidential scholarship from Manhattan College due to my high academic achievements. Moreover‚ I applied to STEM scholarships at Stony Brook University. This scholarship is given to a rising senior who shows a strong aptitude in the science field. Overall‚ the merit and STEM scholarships are beneficial and will be used to lower the
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Having lived my entire life in California‚ I have always dreamed about expanding my horizons and experiencing a different lifestyle. As a teenager‚ online games and their model economies would spark my curiosity. This curiosity was the beginning of my interest in the driving force behind money and investments. As a senior year in high school‚ I was lucky to have my first professional position in charge of advertising‚ sales and customer service for a small company. In addition to professional experience
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Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60‚000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough‚ wait till you get a boss. Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
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Scholarship Essay Q&A 1) List 3-5 extra-curricular activities and tell why they are important to you. Having the experience of playing varsity sports has brought a new light on how I perceived teamwork. What does it mean to be a part of a team? Teamwork is such a vital part of our everyday lives. Without teamwork‚ on is not prepared to handle situations where cooperation is needed to complete a task. Teamwork and cooperation are two significant qualities that many need to have in their lives
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Gates Essay 1 From an early age there have been three classes‚ which I could not wait to go to. These three classes are also the subjects in which I excel in which are English‚ History‚ and Mathematics. The reasons why I excel in these classes are because of my Grandma‚ utilizing my resources‚ and self motivation. Growing up in a house with an educator is a great thing. From an early age my Grandma started preparing me for school. She would make me do all types of activities with pennies‚ having
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