Bruce Fishkin Scholarship Analysis

Being a member of the board of a scholarship committee for need-based awards does not come with simple decisions. People that work for this committee have to think about each student suffering from financial problems, along with those who stand out against the others. Having the opportunity to win up to full-tuition for college is an amazing opportunity for many students across America and if in twenty years I had the choice to award the 17-year-old me the Bruce Fishkin Scholarship, I most definitely would. I believe I greatly qualify for this life-changing award. This amount of money I could potentially earn will not only give me less stress about paying off student-loans, but will allow me to excel in my college work. My entire life, both my parents have held jobs that only pay commission. My mom is a real estate agent and …show more content…
My parents are home all throughout the day just waiting for their next client to call, which isn’t very often, but neither parent has stepped up to get a new job so our family could be supported. The housing market has gone extremely downhill in the past ten years, so my mother’s job does not call for much profit. My family has needed food stamps, I get free lunch at school and there has been a time where I did not have health insurance. College is not the first thing my family and I have to worry about. With not enough money to pay for the taxes, the mortgage or even the food, a scholarship such as the one Bruce Fishkin awards could finally take some weight off my shoulders. Without any scholarships or enough financial aid, I will have to work my entire college career. Although I do not have a problem with keeping a job, I truly don’t believe I could balance many hours of employment and an overload of academic work. My junior year of high school, I worked around thirty-five hours per week and I was not able to focus on my school work. This is shown in my report card for junior