School Year Scholarship Essay

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A three thousand dollar scholarship will help with pay for my education this coming up school year. I will be able to use the money and use it for classes and books. This money will lessen the amount my parents would have to pay. My parents work so hard and I would like to be able to help pay for some of my college education to lessen the pressure off of them. This scholarship will make such a difference in my life because I will be able to focus more on school then worrying about paying my education off by working part-time jobs. I don't wanna worry about paying for classes and books that I would need for my education. I wanna be able to go through college and not worry about money. I wanna be able to finish college with a bachelor's degree

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