Description
- In a separate attachment of no more than 5 pages, tell us about your qualifications for an award and your personal journey to the degree program. Highlight all activities and experiences that are helping you toward your career aspirations.
The personal statement should include:
- Career goals
- Steps – already taken or planned – to advance your career goals. Include work experiences, fieldwork, volunteer work, internships, cooperative education and/or mentoring
- Reasons for requesting scholarship aid – academic, personal, financial
Please use attachments to assist you with this. I included my previous statement from last year and a draft statement for 2018-2019
The resume attached should be helpful in detailing my career development.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running Head: PERSONAL STATEMENT
PERSONAL STATEMENT
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PERSONAL STATEMENT
Student Name
The Foundation Scholarship
2018-2019
I have known in my heart ever since I was a young girl what I wanted to become when I
grow up. I grew up knowing that one day my dreams will become a reality. Born and raised in a
socio-economically disadvantaged immigrant family, I dedicated myself to ensuring that I
develop a career that could uplift my family. At the age of 3, we moved to the United States
together with my parents in a bid to look for better opportunities. Life became hard as my father
worked as a deliveryman at a supermarket and my mother became a street vendor. At the age of
16, I applied for my first job with the hope to live a better life and help support my family.
Balancing school and work at that age was not easy, but I had to push hard to help support my
parents and siblings while at the same time attending high school. I struggled so hard to maintain
a passing grade in high school since I gave little attention to school as I was more focused on
making money to support my family. At the age of 17, I still could not understand the value of
education because growing up in the economically disadvantaged family; my parents gave little
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