Scholarship Essay For High School

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Hunter Girten
Dec. 05 1998
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Dec. 31 2016
Scholarship Essay
As the last few days of my high school career were winding down, I had to stop and reevaluate my goals for the next stage of my life. A goal of mine had always been to graduate high school early. Now that I have accomplished this goal, I must find new goals and challenges that I can complete and conquer. A new short term goal I have set for myself is simple, yet challenging for me, as it requires me to step out of my comfort zone. My short-term goal is to try new things, meet new people and to get involved. Being from a small town in Illinois, there are fewer opportunities to try new things. I have known most of my friends since childhood, so I look forward to the opportunity to meeting new people from different places. I also look forward to getting involved in many campus clubs and organizations. In high school I was involved in football, wrestling, and track; I was also involved in FFA and bass fishing club. Participating in those …show more content…

Before my Freshman year, I had just always done well in school without very much effort. Before high school I had never done and homework or studying, I just always got good grades and that was the way it was. My freshman year I had signed up for some challenging classes and I had kind of a rude awakening. Not long after school had started I realized that I was in over my head and something needed to change. I had to change all my bad habits. I had to start taking notes in class, doing my homework every night and taking time to study for every quiz and test. Then I formed new habits and these habits were good and they helped me to turn my grades around and do better in school. This new-found work ethic helped me make to goal of graduating from high school a semester early. This experience helped me become a more focused student and gave me the inactive to invest in my education and in my

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