that stands in the way of greatness is the financial aspect. Considering that both my grandfather and uncle have attended The Ohio State University‚ my passion of living up to my relatives can be fulfilled by seeing through with this dream. With a scholarship I will expand on my present characteristics. These characteristics include but are not limited to: high academic achievement‚ activities in the schools and community‚ outstanding attendance‚ physical embodiment‚ and high moral standards. My time
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n the reading “The Jacket‚” Gary Soto writes about how clothing expresses your life. He tells about the disadvantages he went through while wearing a specific jacket. The author said‚ “... I described something like bikers wears: black leather and silver studs‚ with enough belts to hold down a small town‚” but instead he got “... a jacket the color of day-old guacamole” (1). He was embarrassed by the jacket‚ and his peers made fun of him. People make fun of others because of their clothing‚ and items
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I want to be awarded this scholarship because of my passion for learning and my drive to change the world. Currently‚ I attend Colorado State University and I will be entering my sophomore year. At Colorado State University I major in International Studies with a minor in Political Science. As such‚ I have a focus on the Middle East North Africa region and my goal by the time I graduate is to be fluent in Arabic. I want to learn Arabic because I believe learning languages is a way of creating tolerance
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Denn-Kroeff Family Scholarship If you could change anything about the last four years of your life‚ what would it be and why? If I could change anything about the last four years of my life‚ I know of a few things I would rewrite. To begin‚ I would remind myself to stress less about petty things‚ and instead focus on the reality. I would tell myself that my real friends would reveal themselves‚ and to sooner accept that not all childhood friends would stay. Furthermore‚ after finding those true friends
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confident‚ that if these qualities remain with me I will become a successful and contributing member of society‚ in spite of any challenges and uncertainties I might one day face. I consider myself an outstanding candidate for the St. Cloud Orthopedics Scholarship due to my career ambitions‚ my diverse experiences‚ and my history of
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I am Edgar Zimmerman‚ Jr. and I am sending this correspondence as my personal statement and request to receive your financial support again for your Actuary Science Diversity Scholarship. I am now 18 years of age and currently a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC). My major is Mathematics for Business with a Concentration in Actuarial Science. Every actuary professional that I have talked to about becoming an actuary has recommended that I take the actuarial exams
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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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Full Metal Jacket Analysis/Summary During the first part of the film‚ it was the training of the drafted soldiers. I did not have any idea how brainwashed a soldier got after training. In the movie‚ Sergeant Hartman was very rude and insulted the soldiers most of the time‚ if not all the time. He would give mean nicknames to all soldiers‚ making fun of them. Nobody dared to talk back to him or answer him in any other manner than what he ordered. The soldiers got pushed to their limit‚ perfecting
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I don’t think I would be nearly as well-rounded as I would be without four vital virtues: scholarship‚ character‚ leadership‚ and service. I believe these four virtues have truly morphed me into the well-rounded individual I am today. Foremost‚ I really became dedicated to academics after sophomore year. Having two math classes‚ really stressed me out because I know math is not my strongest
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Gates Millennium Scholarship Response Question Number 23-Leadership Experience I love music and children; therefore I found a way to blend the two together by creating a music ministry for the children of my church and those in my community. When I initially came to my current church three years ago‚ I realized there was no music ministry for the children thus I wanted to start one. I had been singing since the age of 2 and have had several opportunities to sing at events such as my Kindergarten
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