<p>Does anyone know where my son may get a Scholarship?</p>
<p>He made 31 ACT and has a 3.2 GPA. He attends Jefferson County International Baccalaurette School in Irondale, Alabama. ([JCIB](<a href=“Blog doesn't exist”>http://jcib.edublogs.org/)</a>)</p>
<p>Below is what he wrote for a Scholarship at my company:</p>
<p>Since my early childhood, I have always been one to set and strive towards many different goals, ranging from academic to athletic and even including my social and creative experiences. Throughout my adolescence I have always retained one academic goal: to achieve the optimum education available and go on to succeed in the world as an adult. Therefore, when the opportunity to attend the top-ranked public high school in America presented itself, I elected to depart from my original school and friends to receive the premium high school educational experience. Although the decision was not simple, I knew it would have a colossal impact on my future ambitions; it is my deepest desire to join a prestigious university and afterwards attend law school so that I may fulfill my predominant goal of becoming financially and wholly successful in life.
I consider my higher education to be vital in my endeavors towards achieving this goal. Due to the financial strains experienced by my family in the past several years caused partly by a divorce, any financial assistance would significantly facilitate my pursuit of this target, an objective which I feel is necessary no matter what the circumstances may be. I wish nothing more than to be allowed to attend a prominent and distinguished college instead of settling for a lesser, inferior education, such as the type my family and I would only be able to afford without any financial aid. This knowledge has motivated me towards higher aspirations for my future, and I feel strongly that the struggles I have experienced throughout high school have benefitted me as an individual and will hopefully prepare me for college and life afterwards.
One of my deepest fears that has resided within me throughout high school has been that all of the work and time I have donated towards the promotion of my knowledge and advancement towards my future success will go to a waste, and that I will not accomplish my goal of earning enough financial aid to make it into a first-rate school. It has disconcerted me to no ends to think that because I chose to cross over to a more difficult curriculum for the betterment of my education and allowed my grades to slip lower than I would like I may miss out on receiving scholarships that I could have possibly gotten simply by staying with a standard high school education due to GPA requirements. This has incited me to strive harder than ever towards the ends that I desire, and covet the awards available to those who deserve their reception.
In light of my financial needs and future ambitions, I feel candidly that I would make the optimum use of any potential awards available, and hope with great anticipation that I may be granted my deepest yearning: an opportunity to embark on a journey of numerous triumphs and successes in my life.</p>