Scholarship Essay - Writing Graphic Organizer
Directions:
Respond to each task or question in 5-7 sentences.
1.
Discuss the subjects in which you excel
or have excelled. To what factors
do you attribute your success?
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2.
Discuss the subjects in which you had
difficulty. What factors do you
believe
contributed to your difficulties? How have you dealt with them so they
will not cause problems for you again?
In what areas have you experienced the greatest improvement? What problem areas remain?
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3.
Briefly describe a situation in which you felt
that you or others were treated unfairly or were not given an opportunity you
felt you deserved. Why do you
think this happened? How did you
respond? Did the situation improve
as a result of your response?
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4. Discuss your short and
long-term goals. Are some of them
related? Which
are
priorities?
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5. Discuss a leadership experience
you have had in any area of your life:
school
work, athletics, family, church, community, etc. How and why did you
become a leader in this area? How did this experience influence your
goals?
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6. Discuss your involvement in and contributions to a
community near your
home, school or elsewhere. Please select an experience different from the
one you discussed in the previous question, even if
this experience also
involved leadership.
What did you accomplish?
How did this experience
influence your goals?
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7. Other than through classes in
school, in what areas (non-academic) have your
acquired knowledge or skills? How?
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8. Is there anything else you
would like to tell us about that may help us evaluate
your nomination (i.e., personal
characteristics, obstacles you have overcome)?
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