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Personal Narrative: Select Me For This Scholarship

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Select me for this scholarship because I am an ambitious leader and innovator. For building new skills and sharpening my current ones, I need further education. To focus on my studies and become valuable to humanity is a priority, and incessant worry about my financial situation would be a huge distraction to that goal. I’ve proven with my efforts that I am a steaming teapot of potential. In just high school, I have participated in and explored multiple organizations, such as JROTC and Scholars Bowl, giving me a diverse pallet of experience. In those that I found a passion for, I’ve risen to a leadership position and markedly improved. When I joined Parity in my freshman year of high school, we only had a handful of students and merely milled

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