An Essay On Why I Deserve A Scholarship

Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Essay Growing up, my heart and my mind almost never agreed. I constantly define myself as indecisive, especially when deciding what career path I wanted to pursue. At the beginning of my freshman year I had picked a single class that I wanted to take more than anything, but I had to wait until junior year. The class was AP Psychology. I have always found psychology to be fascinating and I really wanted to have a career in it. What was my dream job though? I would have loved to be a psychologist, but I didn’t foresee myself following through with that much schooling. I had to consider other options. The only thing my head and heart agreed on was that I wanted to make enough money to provide my family with everything that they needed, and of course I wanted to wake up every morning feeling happy.
From a young age my mom constantly told me that I should be a teacher. “I could just see you being a teacher,” she would always say to me. This idea sounded just fine until I realized that I don’t like kids and teachers do not make a whole lot of money. A voice …show more content…
Currently, I am most interested in attending The University of Iowa to get my degree in secondary education in social sciences. The University of Iowa is a great school for both education and psychology. Social Sciences is a bit more broad than psychology, it also includes sociology, history, geography, and anthropology. I plan to enroll at The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and declare my major in secondary education. From there I have to apply for the College of Education. I have high standards for myself in college. I know I will need to maintain a good GPA as well as stay involved. Community service and volunteering is very important to me, so I hope to find many places to give back. I would like to join a sorority, because I know that they have great philanthropies and it is a great way to meet