Essay Questions

Essay Questions

Please  submit a 250 word short essay by picking one of the topic questions below. You can email your essay response and question to djcscholarishfoundation@gmail.com or mail it to The Deshon Johnson College Scholarship Foundation at PO Box 202 Glen ridge NJ 07028. 
You must have your application and Essay in by April 5 every you around this date for review No exception. 

Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 973-432-6463. Thank you for your understanding!

 

Currant social issues:

1. What are the most important issues your field is facing today?

2. Explain the importance of your major in today's society and, Why do you want to be ___?

3. What do you consider to be the single most important societal problems? Why?

4. If you had the authority to change your school in a positive way, what specific changes would you make?

5. Pick a controversial problem on college campus and suggest a solution.

6. What do you see is the greatest threat in the environment today?

Personal achievement:

1. Describe how you have achieve leadership ability both in and out of school.

2. Why are you a good candidate to received this award?

3. Describe a special attribute or accomplishment that set you apart.

4. Describe your meaningful achievements and how they relate to your field of study  and your future goals.

5. What does education means to you?

6.What does it mean to work hard to you for your career future?and How hard did you have to work?

Background Influences:

1. How does your family background help you see the world.

2. Who in your life has been your biggest influence and why?

3. How has your education contributed to who you are today?

4. Pick a experience from your own life and explain how it has influence your development.

5. Explain your weakness and your strength? How can you improve your weakness.

Future Goals:

1. Where do you see yourself five years from now?

2. How hard you welling to work to become successful?

3. Why do you want to get a college education?

3. Please describe your long and short term goals.

4. Describe your plans for college (educational goals, personal goals, activities, etc).

5. Emphasize how the scholarship allows you to meet or work towards those goals.

6. Expand on your plans beyond college ( type of job, positions) and What are your ultimate plans?

Financial Need, Goals and Plans:

1.How have you been financing your college education?

2.From a financial standpoint, what impact would this scholarship have on your education?

3. State any special personal or family standpoint, what impact would this scholarship have on your        education?

4. Why do you need this scholarship?

5. How will this scholarship help you meet your educational goals? Do you have any other financial aid or scholarship?

About you:

1.Who am I? and Tell me about your friends?

2. What obstacle have you overcome (disability, abuse, etc)?

3. What motivates you?

4. What is your study habits? and How well can you work under pressure?

5. Do you have any strong family support? If so, who are they?

6. If there is a risk and you run into a hardship. what would you do?

Random topics:

1.Tell us about The Deshon Johnson College Scholarship Foundation? and Why it was founded?

2. What do you think college would be like?

3. What make you think you can go the whole distance to reach your goals?