Scholarship Essay
please write an essay that addresses your degree/major, educational goals, future career plans and why you feel you deserve a scholarship. Be sure to include information about your extracurricular/volunteer activities, leadership skills, your motivation to succeed, and any other experience that has helped shape the person you are today.
*I have writer's block and will be rewriting this essay to fit me afterwards.
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*26yrs, Hispanic Male, born in El Paso Texas
* Business Accounting major
*Goal is to become a CPA and work for a good company
*Completed my degree in business accounting and economics at El Paso
Community College with 3.9 GPA
*I was in the military served 4 years in USMC right after high school. Ranked Corporal
*team leader position in the Military
*first generation in college
*Graduated high school
*Came from a poor background, raised by my mother, eager to succeed in life.
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My name is Joe Joseph, a 26-year-old Hispanic male. For as long as I can recall, I have always wanted to be financially literate. I have always wanted to study, practice, and implement financial skills in my life. To reach my goals, I realized that I have to be consistent in my studies and have a healthy transition from a college other to higher expertise. With the opportunity your scholarship will provide, I can achieve my career goal- becoming a CPA holder and working in a top finance firm. I need assistance to attend to my career advancement options. I am from a low-income household. This scholarship would help me spend more time on my courses and work less. The financial burden may lessen my time in school, and I would greatly appreciate a helping hand that will help me successfully achieve my dream of being a CPA.
The choice to be in finance was not random. My childhood was structured well enough in that a system of rules governed my life. I drew my inspiration from my mother, a single parent who toiled so hard to raise me. I saw her manage her meager wages to sustain us. She always told me that life is a struggle, and one can make the struggle easier by excelling in school. She asserted that education is important because it is necessary. Her words encouraged me, and I was the first of my generation to join college. Her belief in may made me recognize that I would excel in a challenging environment of like-minded students. When I graduated from high school, I was told I am only but halfway through my education. Therefore, it was my responsibility to transform my life with no exaggeration.
I am a Business Accounting major. I completed my degree in business accounting at El Paso community college with a 3.9 GPA. My college experience has helped me acknowledge the benefits of a collaborative rather than a competitive environment. My peers and I have had a collective learning experience, and we all have a unique, inspiring motivation and level of passion in our respective careers and lives. College made sense in my life. I have been able to acquire significant employment in som...