SAMPLE QUESTION 3: Why should you be selected for a scholarship? Please describe any academic achievements, community service activities, examples of leadership, or other personal characteristics that make you deserving of this scholarship?
I believe I deserve to be selected for one of your foundation’s scholarships because
as a hard working student I commit myself to effectively take advantage of the opportunity
that the scholarships will provide me. Besides, I am a student that does not only
persistently works hard academically, but also I constantly try to improve my own
community's quality of life by doing volunteer work.
I believe education is the key to success, and I try to connect my passion for
education with my desire of helping others. As a result, I decided to be part of the
establishment of a non-profit organization named ScholarshipsA-Z, which provides college
educational resources to parents, educators and students regardless of immigration status.
Along with other college and university students and advisors, we decided to unite and
create such organization in order to establish a more educated community about the steps
needed to take in order to attain a higher education. As a board member of the
organization, my responsibilities consist of planning and organizing educational
discussions about immigration at conferences and high schools, doing research about
scholarships for students regardless of immigration status, updating a scholarship list on
the ScholarshipsA-Z website, and translating any ScholarshipsA-Z documents including a
60-page student resource guide. I believe that education should be a right not a privilege,
and when I see that students are being denied the right of acquiring a college education, I
feel the need to take action. Consequently, this is the major reason why I decided to be an