Scholarship Essay Examples

Student debt and rising tuition prices have been a hot button issue for years and will only continue to be. According to NerdWallet, in 2016 the average American student graduating with a four-year degree did so with $28,446 in debt. A small hardware store cannot stop this landslide alone, but by providing a scholarship or…

Marriage at a young age has increased in the last years, especially in minority communities. This may be due to many reasons, among which are poverty, dysfunctional families, and even lack of love. Unfortunately, many young people get married at an early age, mostly girls. The most surprising part is that parents are consenting to…

Joshua Jarboe was a great athlete and student he graduated in 2008 from Cedar cove. Entering college, Jarboe had been given a scholarship from Oklahoma to play football. The University released him from his contract, he was no longer able to play for them. With his rap and his background all over the internet there…

The ‘noble lie’ has tangible impacts on policy design, which seem informed by an underlying belief that the actors need to be controlled (Dupre & Durak, 2008; Harris, 2004) and constrained via policy levers (Schneider and Ingram, 1990) or accountability measures (Achinstein & Ogawa, 2006) or prescriptive policy (Achinstein & Ogawa, 2006). This most often…

Patrick Paul Mrs. Dickson English III period 7 04 October 2018 Overcoming struggles Khalil Gibran once said, “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity”. This book shows us how friendship can be torn apart by the choices we make. Marcus is black and Eddie white, they both live in a small city called…

I am a humbled, hardworking, self-motivated individual, master in photography and creator of my fortune. I come from Vredendal, an insignificant rural town in the West Coast, Western Cape. An insignificant town that is developing, but it develops frequently from problems. By watching and investigating these issues I am mindful that everyone’s prosperity relies upon…

“ The NCAA is really F’d up ” said Ben simmons per espn’s Myron Medcalf. For a couple years now people have been debating whether or not the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) should be paying there college athletes. “While seemingly operating in a purely professional atmosphere, the NCAA continues to endorse an amateurism concept…

In this selection of lines, Dr. Faustus both casts aside traditional learning in favor of the dark arts and contemplates how he will use his powers, once acquired. In this scene, both Faustus and Valdes speak in iambic pentameter. While this may be due to iambic pentameter being “the norm” of plays and writing at…

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Anthony J. D’Angelo’s words are true for a learner. If we grow erudition and aspiration for education early on, nothing can hold it back. By creating a passion for learning, we can create a lifetime of opportunity. However, achieving of higher…

Illinois is a great state to live and an even better place to go to school. With some of the top schools in the country and some of the best assistance programs out there going to school in Illinois is a great choice. When thinking about how you will pay for college, we at Funding…