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Briefly Describe your Financial Need for this Scholarship
Describe Your Financial Need for this Scholarship Essay Sample
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Why should you be selected for a scholarship? Please describe any academic achievements, communit...
Why You Should You Receive this Scholarship Essay Example
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What are your career goals, and how will this scholarship help?
Future Career Goals Scholarship Essay Example
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How Will This Scholarship Help Me Attain My Career Goal?
How Will Winning this Scholarship Help You Attain your Goals Essay Sample
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Please provide a Personal Statement regarding how your academic achievements, personal interests,...
Personal Statement for Scholarship 250 Words Sample
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Why do you feel you are a strong candidate for selection to the NHS? How do you personally define...
National Honors Society Scholarship Essay Example on Being a Strong Candidate
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Tell Us About Your Need For This Scholarship
Statement of Financial Need Scholarship Essay Example
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What Does this Scholarship Mean to You?
What Does this Scholarship Mean to You Scholarship Essay Sample
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A personal statement (within 300 words) explaining why you are interested in attending a UWC scho...
United World College Scholarship Essay Example - Personal Statement
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What life experiences have shaped who you are today and what challenges have you overcome in achi...
Life Changing Experiences and Influences Scholarship Essay Sample
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We are interested in learning more about you and the context in which you have grown up, formed y...
QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship Essay Sample
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To help the reviewers get to know you, describe an experience you have had, a person who has inf...
National Merit Scholarship Essay Example 1 - Influential Person or Obstacle
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In 600 words or less, please tell us about yourself and why you are applying for this scholarship...
Tell Us About Yourself and Why You are Applying for this Scholarship Essay Example
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State Your Need for Financial Aid
Statement of Financial Need Essay Example
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Provide a short Personal Statement describing your academic and other interests. This statement s...
Rhodes Scholar Essay Example 3 - Personal Statement
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Personal Statement
Marshall Scholarship Essay Example 1 - Personal Statement
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Discuss a leadership experience you have had in any area of your life: School, work, athletics, f...
Gates Millennium Scholarship Essay Example on Leadership Experience
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Before he became America's 40th President, Ronald Reagan pursued leadership roles to inspire and ...
GE Ronald Reagan Scholarship Essay Example on Leadership and Service
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Before he became America's 40th President, Ronald Reagan pursued leadership roles to inspire and ...
Essay Example on Leadership and Service for GE Ronald Reagan Scholarship
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Provide a Personal Statement to the Scholarship Committee
Personal Statement Scholarship Essay Example
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Short Answer Essays
Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Scholarship Essay Example
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Provide a short Personal Statement describing your academic and other interests. This statement s...
Rhodes Scholar Essay Example 1 - Personal Statement
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Research Proposal
Fulbright Scholarship Essay Example - Research Proposal
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Statement of Grant Purpose
Fulbright Scholarship Essay Example - English Teaching Assistantship Proposal
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Briefly describe a situation in which you felt that you or others were treated unfairly or were n...
Gates Millennium Scholarship Essay Example on Unfair Treatment
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To help the reviewers get to know you, describe an experience you have had, a person who has infl...
National Merit Scholarship Essay Example 2 - Influential Person or Obstacle
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Please describe your experience with diversity and your commitment to bring diverse groups togeth...
University of Washington Erving Scholars Diversity Scholarship Essay Example
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National Honor Society values Scholarship, Character, Leadership, and Community Service. Compose ...
National Honors Society Scholarship Essay Example on Being Inducted into High School National Honor Society
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Narrative Autobiography
Jack Kent Cooke (JKC) Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Essay Example
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Who has been the most influential person in your life?
Winning Scholarship Essay Example on Influential Person
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The biographies of the members of the Horatio Alger Association offer you examples of people who ...
Horatio Alger Scholarship Essay Example - Personal Mission Statement
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Discuss your involvement in and contributions to a community near your home, school or elsewhere....
Gates Millennium Scholarship Essay Example on Community Involvement
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Personal Statement
Marshall Scholarship Essay Example 2 - Personal Statement
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Provide a short Personal Statement describing your academic and other interests. This statement s...
Rhodes Scholar Essay Example 2 - Personal Statement
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Personal Statement
Carol E. Macpherson Scholarship Essay Example - Personal Statement
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The biographies of the members of the Horatio Alger Association offer you examples of people who ...
Horatio Alger Scholarship Essay Example
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Describe any unusual or personal experiences or income situations that make it difficult for you ...
University of Arizona Scholarship Essay Example on Financial Need
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Submit a personal statement that provides information about their community involvement, career g...
Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship Essay Example - Personal Statement
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Describe something or someone that made a lasting impression on you and your life and why
Lasting Impression Scholarship Essay Example
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Opening Statement
Fulbright Scholarship Essay Example - Opening Statement
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Nearly all of our Presidential Scholarship applicants demonstrate significant involvement in extr...
Saint Louis University Presidential Scholar Scholarship Essay Sample
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Personal Statement
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Essay Example - Personal Statement
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Discuss the subjects in which you have had difficulty. What factors do you believe contributed to...
Gates Millennium Scholarship Essay Example on Difficulties
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Discuss a current international issue, which demonstrates how international affairs and business ...
University of Pennsylvania Scholarship Essay Sample
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Please give the committee an idea of who you are and why you are the perfect candidate for the sc...
Who You Are and Why You Should You Receive this Scholarship Essay Example
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Describe an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official that occurred during or after 195...
John F Kennedy Profile In Courage Winning Scholarship Essay Sample
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Describe and evaluate one experience that significantly influenced your academic interests. The e...
University of Texas Austin Scholarship Essay Example on Influence
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Propose Academic Program for Study
Marshall Scholarship Essay Example 1 - Proposed Academic Program
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Is there anything else you would like to tell us about that may help us evaluate your nomination ...
Gates Millennium Scholarship Essay Example on Additional Information
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Propose Academic Program for Study
Marshall Scholarship Essay Example 2 - Proposed Academic Program
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Discuss the subjects in which you excel or have excelled. To what factors do you attribute your s...
Gates Millennium Scholarship Essay Example on Excelling
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Project Proposal
Fulbright Scholarship Essay Example - Project Overview
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Select a torch and submit a short essay (250 words maximum) on the qualities that torch represent...
Florida State University Vires, Artes, and Mores Scholarship Sample Essay
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Tell us a story that helps us better understand a person, place, or thing you find inspiring
University of North Carolina Scholarship Essay Example on Inspiring Story
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Other than through classes in school, in what areas (non-academic or academic) have you acquired ...
Gates Millennium Scholarship Essay Example on Acquiring Knowledge and Skills
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