Gregory Said:

I need help writing my Florida state essAY!?

We Answered:

i feel ya on that....im trying to start mine too and have no clue what the **** to do...this **** sucks

Thelma Said:

Florida state university CARE program application essay help?

We Answered:

Sleep:

Did you ever see that movie Pay It Forward? The one with Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment? As a school assignment, Haley, playing the role of a boy called Trevor McKinney, has to figure out how he can make the world a better place.

He comes up with this idea that he won't repay favors - instead - he decides that every time someone does a good deed to him - he'll "pay it forward", by doing a good deed for three OTHER people.

This is what a scholarship committee is looking for.

The committee doesn't want you to pay back your scholarship - the committee is looking for people who have thought about how they might pay the scholarship forward. Tell them how giving the scholarship to YOU isn't really about helping YOU - it's about how the scholarship will eventually help OTHER people.

If you're planning to study medicine so that you can earn a lot of money and buy the best clothes and the coolest cars and live in a giant house and send your kids to exclusive private schools - you're not scholarship material.

On the other hand, if the scholarship will make it possible for you to achieve your dream of attending college so that someday you might be able to go to medical school, setting in motion the ability to dedicate your life to finding a cure for some illness or disability - if you hope to someday set aside money for other income challenged students to be able to afford school - if you dream of a life in social work or teaching kids in inner city schools - these are "pay it forward" goals that you can proudly tell the scholarship committee about.

Don't make the essay about what the scholarship means to you - make the essay about how the scholarship will enable you to repay it many times over - not just by providing a nice life for your family, but by giving back to your community and to people who need a hand up in the world.

I hope that helps you - good luck!

(oh, by the way, the movie's not particularly great!)