Essays

For this section, you need to complete three (3) essays. Each essay should be one typed, double spaced page. A description of each essay are as follows:

__** Most Influenced: **__ This essay is written to tell colleges or employers who or what inspired you. This gives them a picture of who you are as a person. You should format this essay as follows:
 * Paragraph 1- Background:Who or what is important to you? Give a little information or background about the person or thing.
 * Paragraph 2 -Description: Use specific details and examples of what that person has done that makes him or her important or why that thing is important.
 * Paragraph 3 - Conclusion: Tell the reader why others will see this person or think like you do?

__**Hardship:**__ The focus of this essay is to get money for college or any school of higher learning. You keep this focus regardless of four G.P.A. It must move the reader and they must feel your hardship. You should format this essay as follows:
 * Paragraph 1-Background: begin your essay with a problem you had somewhere near the ninth grade and tell the story. Include as much as you want to toll! Names, places, locations, etc.
 * Paragraph 2-Description : Use specific details and examples of experiences such as death, death of a friend, poor teachers, leaders peers, work, medical, and any injuries.
 * Paragraph 3-Conclusion: End the essay by asking for help. Words to use to convey your tone are: although, help me, society will benefit, financial aid, scholarships, work study programs, or grants.

As people, we should learn from our mistakes so we won't continue to repeat the same ones over and over. For this essay, I want you to reflect back on you high school years, identify your successes and failures. If you could go back, what would you change? You should format this essay as follows:
 * __ High-School Reflection __**
 * Paragraph 1: Provide a general assessment of your high school years. Was it what you thought it would be. What were your expectations.
 * Paragraph 2: Use specific details to assess what you would change and why. This could be classes you would not take, relationships that you regret, grades you would change, etc.
 * Paragraph 3: Use specific details to assess what you would not change. What aspect of high school are you happy with? What were you good at and pleased with.
 * Paragraph 4: How will changing and/or keeping anything impact your life after high-school? What do you expect will change?