No one in my family has ever gone to college; it’s an embarrassing fact of my life. Often it feels like no one wants me to plan on going, either – but I’m not easily convinced. I’m exceedingly determined to attend a university because I know that education is the key to true success. I have an advantageous example from my own life – my mother never attended university or community college and she will spend the rest of her life depending on a man to take care of her, as she’s always done. Not me: my ultimate goal is to provide for myself, by myself. I’m going to prove everyone else wrong, show them that I can do it.
I am actively involved in my school as well as my community: I’m a member of the French club, the president of the Beta Club, and the creator and president of DVAC, the Domestic Violence Awareness Club. I also volunteer at the local library every week and participate in a number of events every year, such as Light the Night Walk, Beach Band Blast, and Meals on Wheels Food Drive. I’m also an athlete – I cheerlead for a competitive squad in Myrtle Beach.
My ideal career would be doing something that makes a difference in people’s lives, traveling the world, and learning about new cultures. I want to help others who also face adversities, even if they are not the same as mine. I want to travel the world doing it, seeing all the beautiful and magnificent countries and learning about the way of life there. I love learning new languages: I am a member of both the National French and Spanish Honor Societies. I want to continue my studies of French and Spanish as well as learn other languages such as Italian and German, and most importantly Farsi and Arabic. I want to do this by earning my college education because I have the immense potential; however, I cannot attend college without the necessary financial means – and that I don’t have.
You might want to check out fastweb.com. There's a scholarship for being the first in your family to attend college, and it's a pretty decent amount, if I remember right. There's probably also some for being bilingual. They practically make excuses to give people money for school. Also, check out your school(s) of choice and see what scholarships they offer. You might be able to get a full scholarship if you rank high enough in school and/or on the SAT or ACT. And, if all else fails, there are options for loans to make up the rest of the money.
My ideal career would be doing something that makes a difference in people’s lives, traveling the world, and learning about new cultures.
You might want to check out being a diplomat (government job), a teacher in foreign countries, an anthropologist, or traveling with a group like the Red Cross or Peace Corps. With a little research, you'll probably find a ton of things you'd be interested in. There's huge demand for people who are multilingual.
I just found this site, you might be interested in.
Keep that drive and those goals and you can go far. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something.
I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do. ~D. Dale Gulledge