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What does scholarship means to you?
A scholarship is an award of access to an institution, or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar, for the purpose of furthering their education. Indeed, scholarship is not only able to provide the opportunity for outstanding students to be developed to their full potential; it has also fulfilled the dream of many.

College is able to give students a wider lens from which they have learned to view the world. Unfortunately, it is a very expensive lens. And as everyone knows, the sum of money needed for the education may be demanding, especially for those who came from a disadvantaged background where their parents cannot afford them to go to college. Scholarships enable them to go to college even without going to work. It might be a dream come true to those who had the athletic, academic, artistic or other abilities and would like to pursue further studies, but had financial obstacles.

Scholarship can also be considered as a form of recognition. Since it is also given out to students based on merit, besides their needs. Nevertheless, it also encourage the outstanding performance of scholars and might as well be a motivational source to some of them. For example, a student might work harder in his or her academic in order to achieve the scholarship that one desires.

What responsibilities does a scholar have?
Personally, I feel that a scholar should have a certain quality in them for them to be qualified as a scholar. Being a scholar also means to hold a great responsibility. He or she must give people a good impression in terms of attitude. A scholar must also constantly do well in studies. One must also be prepared to serve others, and provide a quality service. Last but not least, I think, a scholar must not be intensely absorbed by their topic of study; they must be able to balance their life for them to really live a fruitful live.

What are some of the obstacles that you think you will face?
Some of the obstacles I think I might face will be that I do not work hard enough and tend to not have confidence in myself. In addition, I might face strong competitiveness with other people and is unable to cope with stress. But then, I know I will have to overcome them.

Is a scholar also a leader? How so?
Indeed, I believe that a scholar is also a leader. Since scholars are already the outstanding ones among the rest of the students, he or she can be a leader in terms of academic area, and guide the rest along in their studies. A scholar may also provide services to the school or the country. In this way, a scholar is a servant leader. A scholar with good attitude and brain might as well be able to deal with all kinds of personality and knowing how to find an answer if you do not know. In this case, wasn’t a scholar considered a leader too? In fact, everyone can be a leader, or rather, everyone is a leader. Whatever you do in lives, there are surely situations that you have encountered that require you to be in-charge and to lead others. No-matter how small the matter is, you are still being a leader one way or another.

Who and how you intend to serve as a scholar?
As a scholar, I intend to serve the needy. To do so, I will consider being a volunteer in community service or helping out in social work. Also, I intend to serve the country or government in future when I go out to work. Furthermore, I would also serve the school and even my friends and family wherever I can.