Personal Narrative: After My Academic Scholarship

As a general contractor, my father exceeds the standards of a hard, dedicated worker. However, he will not be able to pay entirely for my college education. My father is a member of Laborers Local 942 in Fairbanks, Alaska, and while he has not worked for them directly in some time, my mother is currently seasonally employed with them. Her financial contributions have provided myself some small luxuries, but have not been plentiful enough to provide towards educational costs. I have been paying my way through school thus far with scholarship money, and if necessary, funds from my part-time job at the UAS Financial Aid Office.
As of now, I am a recipient of the UA Scholars Scholarship, Alaska Performance Scholarship, for the first time this year, the Federal Pell Grant. I have also received other UAS-specific, merit-based scholarships. In the past, after my scholarship money has been applied, my father has paid the remaining balance on my account out of pocket. I have yet to take out a student loan, and so long as I can avoid that, I plan to. …show more content…
I am incredibly grateful for the scholarship awards I have received thus far, but I fear that they will not be enough to further complete my education. Therefore, I would be profoundly grateful for any financial contributions I could be awarded.
As it stands, the cost of my attendance for my first semester at UAF is close to $7,500. This is substantially higher than what my father and I have been putting towards UAS costs. This past spring semester at UAS, my bill came to $6,000. Therefore, I am hoping to lighten my family’s financial burden by applying for your scholarship this