One Thousand Dollar Scholarship Essay

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Throughout the short span of my existence, just fifteen short years that I have been on this earth, I have pushed myself to the limit to try to be the most successful person that I can and to reach my full potential. I deserve to win the thousand-dollar scholarship. I plan on going to law school, either in my home state (Utah) at Brigham Young University, or an out of state college such as Stanford or Harvard Law School. One-thousand dollars will help me immensely. This 2015-16 year at Harvard Law School, the college tuition alone is $57,200. When added with housing fees, books and supplies etc., the total cost of living for nine months is $85,000. One thousand dollars would help pay for that tuition, and help me get much further in my life.

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