Pursuing My Post-Secondary Education

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Finally, other than the fact that I’ve always been passionate about being able to afford food and housing, receiving this scholarship will help me build a sense of financial security that I would otherwise not have. With my current financial situation and the big and obviously goals I have in mind for myself, with this scholarship I am determined to use it to the best of my ability to further my post-secondary education. Not only that, but it receiving this money would encourage me to apply and search for other like scholarships in the aree or online. It would bring up the question, ‘if I could do it once what is to stop me from doing it again and succeeding?’ Which is precisely the type of attitude that I need to not only pursue my goals,

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