Crafting a Winning Scholarship Essay

The personal essay is often the most important of the scholarship application. The essay is your chance to write about yourself so the selection committee learns about who you are and why you deserve to receive a scholarship. You want to stand out from the other applicants. Your personal essay should present a picture of you as a person, a student and a potential scholarship recipient. It is an opportunity to share your story. The committee wants to hear an authentic story. Be yourself and show the committee why they should take your application seriously.

To get started, brainstorm using some or all of the following questions.  

• What is your audience looking for? (Remember, the scholarship committee wants to make sure their money will be given to the student who will work hard and fulfill his or her education goals.)

My audience is looking for if I have good academic performance, a specific future goal and am glad to take part in community service activities. They want to know my goal and if my goal is clear and feasible so that they know what I will do if I earn a scholarship.                                              

• What are your academic and professional goals?

My academic and professional goals are graduating from MBA and getting some accounting certificates.Then I will look for a job about marketing or accounting.

• Why are you at South Seattle College?

Because South Seattle College offers high quality courses and has many various activities which can enrich my after-class life. Everyone is nice and respect each other, it’s an important point that I was thinking about when I was choosing school.

• What academic and extracurricular activities have helped you prepare for your education goals?  Explain.

I have taken a business and static class and I have learned a little about business and what I will do in the future if I work for a company. This class also lets me know that I need to study math well because they are related.

• What is your financial need? How have you accomplished a lot so far in your education despite this financial hardship?  

I usually spend 1,000 dollars a month which doesn’t include tuition and rent fees. I don’t work so I can only get money from my family. I save money as much as I can to continue my education.

• How will receiving a scholarship help you with your goals and future? (Paint a picture for the scholarship committee).

If I receive a scholarship, I will take as many as possible classes per quarter to transfer to university early, because I can save lots of money if I get MBA in the shortest time. Then I will come back to China. I want to have my own business company and develop it slowly.  I will raise my parents to reply them for their understanding and support now.

Crafting Your Story

Your personal essay should provide the scholarship committee an opportunity to learn about an authentic aspect of who you are, what you’ve been through, and/or where you want to go. Here are some questions to help you brainstorm what particular aspect of your life you want to focus on:

Your Field of Specialization and Academic Plans

• How will your study of _______ contribute to your immediate or long range career plans?

Now I am studying business, it will help me create my own business. It’s hard to begin a company without any knowledge about Business.

• Why do you want to be a _______?

I want to be a businessman because my father is a businessman. I have been interested in business since I was child. I think there are many things I will learn and contact when I do business. For example I can know how to get along with different people.

• Explain the importance of (your major) in today’s society.

Society cannot function without business because every aspect in our life is related to business. It is a big part of society. If no one does business, we can’t do and trade, we cannot live any more.

Personal Achievements

• Describe how you have demonstrated leadership ability both in and out of school.

When I am  in school, I can push the group work smoothly and manage everyone’s work well.

• Discuss a special attribute or accomplishment that sets you apart.

• Describe your most meaningful achievements and how they relate to your field of study and your future goals.

I have won the third prize in mathematics competition which shows I can learn math well. That makes me love math that can help me do some stastic problems well.

Background and Influences

• Pick an experience from your own life and explain how it has influenced your development.

I went to boarding school when I was in kindergarten and I could only go home once every week. I became inpendent since I was 6. I can do many things by myselfe. My parent let me study abroad because they know I can take care of myself well.

• Who in your life has been your biggest influence and why?

My father has been my biggest because he always lets me do everything I like to do and bear the consequences. It makes me think a lot before I do anything, it keeps me from making a lot of mistakes.

• How has your family background affected the way you see the world?

My parents can do everything to give me the best, so I always think this world is full of love and good faith.

• How has your education contributed to who you are today?

My education makes me eager to become a better self and achieve greater success.

Future Plans and Goals

• Briefly describe your long- and short-term goals.

My long-term goal is having my own business company and my short-term goal is getting MBA.

• Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

I will study at school during the first five or six years and then I will begin my business.

• Why do you want to get a college education?

It can be a valuable experience in my life and I can improve myself a lot during college.

Financial Need

• Financially, what impact would this scholarship have on your education?

It will help me transfer to a univerisity early and save much time.

• State any special personal or family circumstances affecting your need for financial assistance.

Nothing special personal or family circumstances affecting your need for financial assistance.

• How have you been financing your college education?

I have been finacing my college education by family support.

Communication  

For this assignment, describe two strategies that you use in your nursing practice as a pediatric nurse, to effectively communicate with other members of your team, and with your patients.  Instructions 

•Describe two strategies that are used in your nursing practice to effectively communicate with members of your team and with your patients. 

•Explain how the communication strategies reflect your knowledge of pharmacology policies and procedures, protocol, practice standards, and regulatory guidelines. 

•Explain how the communication strategies demonstrate respect for others and cultural competence. 

•Explain how the communication strategies ensure patient safety with regard to the delivery of pharmacological agents  

Additional Requirements 

•Length of paper: No more than 3 pages, not including the title page and reference page. •References: At least two scholarly references, including this week's reading assignment. •Formatting: Follow proper APA style and formatting.

"Health Information Technology Barriers" Please respond to the following:

• Rank the four (4) broad categories of barriers to health information technology that are discussed in the textbook from the greatest to the least. Next, identify at least one (1) additional barrier that is not discussed in the textbook, and suggest a strategy to overcome the barrier in question. Provide a rationale to support your response.
• Analyze the fundamental manner in which the clinical information systems might affect patient care safety, quality, efficiency, and outcomes. Provide one (1) example to support your response.

 For this Assignment, review this week’s Resources. Then, select a population with which you might like to build a group. Consider the needs of the population and the type of group you might build to benefit the population. Think about how you might structure this group and what role you, the social worker, might need to assume in order to support the group members. Finally, reflect on what intervention skills this group might require and the potential group dynamics of which you should be aware while running the group.

Assignment: (3- to 4-page paper in APA format).

Your paper should include:

• A description of the population with which you might like to build a group and an explanation of the type of group you might build with this population.
• An explanation of the concerns that might be addressed for this population in that group and a description of which cultural structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, create, or enhance privilege and power for this group.
• A description of the details you must consider when planning the group. For example, composition of the group, recruitment strategies, format (open or closed), time frame, and use of screening interviews for members.
• An explanation of the intervention skills needed for working with this group and an explanation of the potential professional roles the social worker might need to take on as the leader.
• An explanation of the potential dynamics to be aware of when running this particular group.

POPULATION: fostered kids and foster families

Group: a support group for different foster families and kids to come together

USE ONLY MY REFERENCES:  

Kirst-Ashman, K. K., &  Hull, G. H., Jr. (2018). Understanding generalist practice (8th  ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

• Chapter 1, "Introducing Generalist Practice: The Generalist Intervention Model" (pp. 1–58)
• Chapter 3, "Practice Skills for Working with Groups”(pp. 102-137)
• Chapter 6, "Planning in Generalist Practice" (pp. 224-254)
• Chapter 7, "Examples of Implementation in Generalist Practice” (pp. 255-306)

Target Markets in Advertising 

Find one advertisement (print, TV, radio, billboard or online) and insert a picture or write a description of it.

Determine the target customer/market(s) to which the product/service in the ad would appeal.  You could include information related to age, lifestyle values, attitudes, wants and needs, gender, age, number of kids, education income, stage in the household lifecycle, geographic location (urban vs. rural, etc.), or risk orientation, etc. Hint: "Everyone" is not a target market.

Next, come up with a brief marketing pitch (two to three (2-3) sentences) to persuade the target customer that the product/service is right for him/her.

(Egoism)

1-Do you think that psychological egoism and ethical egoism are compatible or incompatible? Support your answer with reasons either way.

(Social Contract Theory)

2- Precisely explain how a perfectly moral society from the standpoint of social contract theory would fail to satisfy a Kantian standard of morality. Come up with an original example that illustrates the point.

3- Come up with an original hypothetical scenario, or a real life scenario, that is, in essence, a prisoner’s dilemma, and fully explain how it is a prisoner’s dilemma.

(Ethical Pluralism)

4- Come up with an original hypothetical scenario that clarifies the doctrine of double effect, and state whether or not the example supports or undermines the basic claim of the doctrine: namely, that all other things being equal, a difference of intent determines a morally relevant difference between two actions.

5- Come up with an original hypothetical scenario that clarifies the doctrine of doing and allowing, and state whether or not the example supports or undermines the basic claim of the doctrine: namely, that all other things being equal, there is a morally relevant difference between actively producing a result and omitting an action, thereby allowing that result to occur through the actions of others or through a natural course of events.

6- Explain the theory of prima facie duties, and come up with an original hypothetical scenario that illustrates how prima facie duties can legitimately override one another.

(Virtue Ethics)

7-Precisely explain Aristotle’s idea that for every virtue there are not one but two vices. Provide an example of a virtue and its two corresponding vices from an Aristotelian point of view (your example need not be original, but must clearly exemplify Aristotle’s theory).

(Feminist Ethics – Ethics of Care)

8-Thoroughly discuss how the ethics of care challenges foundational concepts of traditional moral theory. Do you think that the challenge makes a significant contribution to ethics? Support your answer with reasons either way.

(Ethical Relativism)

9-Come up with an original hypothetical scenario in which an action is morally right from the standpoint of ethical subjectivism but morally wrong from the standpoint of cultural relativism. Explain precisely how the action is right from the one standpoint and wrong from the other.

(Moral Nihilism)

10-Explain precisely why an error theorist would reject ethical relativism in all of its forms. Your answer should include a thorough discussion of criterion of truth presupposed by ethical relativism, and of error theories criticism of that criterion.

Personality Analysis

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapter 3 in your textbook and the HumanMetrics Jung Typology Test website, and read the Choca (1999), Paris (2005), and Westen (1998) articles.

For this assignment, choose a historically important figure or a character from a movie, novel, or TV show, then address the following in your paper:

• Examine your figure or character from the perspective of Jung’s theoretical approach to personality and describe your chosen figure or character based on the dichotomous facets of personality as defined by Jung. 
• Evaluate the current Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality instrument, which is based on Jung’s theories, and provide your impression of your chosen figure or character through the major facets of the MBTI. 
• Analyze how ethical issues might affect the implementation of MBTI personality assessment in the setting native to your chosen figure or character.  
• Assess the MBTI and its use to provide results on your chosen figure or character and describe the efficacy and reliability of this assessment as it relates to your chosen person.
• Summarize and present your opinion about how well this theory describes the person in question. Provide research to support your claims.

The Personality Analysis

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• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must use at least three peer-reviewed sources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford University Library.  These may include the required articles for the assignment. 
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Assessment plays a significant role in the educational setting. Educators may want to assess what students have learned in class, or they may want to find out the extent to which students are able to learn more advance material. A variety of testing instruments are used in all levels of education.

Write a 750 word paper about the significance of intelligence testing. Include the following in your paper:  

1. An explanation of the significance of intelligence tests
2. Attributes of intelligence tests to include normative culture, language, and so forth
3. An example of when it would be appropriate to administer an intelligence test and why
4. A minimum of three scholarly resources

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. 

This assignment meets the following CACREP Standard: 2.F.7.l. Use of assessment results to diagnose developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders.

Parents like to think that they are the only influence in their child's development, but what about peers? What role do they play in the development of a school-age child? What factors influence with whom a child makes friends? 

One of the major developmental disorders that we often hear about is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). There have been several hypotheses tested in search of a cause of ADHD. Factors that have been considered include food, food additives,  and food colorants. Is the diet of today's children really creating issues like ADHD, or is something else behind the rapid rise in the number of children being diagnosed with it? What can you offer to back up your position?