Scholarship Essay Submissions

Skills outside school that help achieve a goal

Skills outside school that help achieve a goal 150 150 Max Mader

The skills I have gained throughout my football career, Pee Wee through High School, have directly contributed to realizing my goal of pursuing a higher education, attending college and playing…

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Managing Time

Managing Time 150 150 Brooke Tuchman

One of my biggest goals was to learn how to manage my time wisely. I always struggled with spending my time wisely, I was a huge fan of procrastination, if…

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Eureka!

Eureka! 150 150 Makenna Piper

My story of academic struggle is a recent one. Last year, I decided to double up on math, and take pre-calculus as well as statistics. A few weeks into the…

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Photo Journey

Photo Journey 150 150 Keelon Viney

Mememories are important events. Influential fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, once said, “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” Indeed he…

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Bullet Journal Skills

Bullet Journal Skills 150 150 Valerie Sokolow

About a year ago, when searching for planners to use in school to become more organized, I stumbled upon the concept of a bullet journal. Right away, I watched YouTube…

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How I overcame my struggle

How I overcame my struggle 150 150 Mikenzi Pelzer

No one ever likes to reflect back on the negative things that has happened in their life. High school has to be one of the most challenging obstacles that you’ll…

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My Struggle: Seventh Grade Math

My Struggle: Seventh Grade Math 150 150 Walker Smith

The hardest time I’ve ever had in school was by far seventh grade math. Due to difficult content, (at the time) a teacher who I could only describe as out…

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Determination in Unmasked

Determination in Unmasked 150 150 Amber Williams

As soon as school started, I glanced at my schedule coming to find out that I’ve an economics class with one of the most difficult teachers in school. Walking into…

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Overcoming Education Adversity

Overcoming Education Adversity 150 150 Spencer Erdman

Perhaps the most blatant time that I can remember where I was struggling with a class was actually last semester at my school, Cuesta College. The class was Calculus two…

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The SAT: One Last Hurdle

The SAT: One Last Hurdle 150 150 Peyton Baranowski

As I look around my room I quickly notice it is littered with loose papers, pencils, pens, a calculator, and numerous tutorial books. My current goal is to master the…

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