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Mouse Hole Scholarship 2008 Essay Topic
Applicants are asked to write about the following:
The year is 2018. You have just received an invitation to your 10-year high school reunion. Thoughts of the past fly through your head.
As you reflect upon the past, write about where you are in your life in the year 2018.
The essay should be a combination of fact and fiction. Use your imagination, experiences, and dreams to
create your essay!
Here are some questions to get you thinking!
A winning essay will be composed using these prompts in a very creative manner!
Please don't put our judges to sleep with a boring essay!
Don't be afraid to have some fun with this essay and dream a little!
Remember, it is ten years in the future! Let your imagination go!
About You:
- Who makes up your family and What are they like?
- What are your likes and dislikes.
- What are your strengths and weaknesses.
- What groups and organizations did you belong to in high school?
- What were your activities and interests in high school and how did they influence you?
- Did you continue these interests in college?
- How have the members of your family influenced you?
- What else has influenced you and your beliefs, goals, and dreams?
- Has blindness affected your ideas, goals, and dreams?
About college:
- Why did you choose the college you attended?
- How did earning a college degree help you reach your goals?
- Why did you want to attend college and study in your chosen field?
- What was the hardest part of college and earning your degree?
- Upon entering college, what was your biggest fear and how did you overcome this fear?
- How did the Mouse Hole $1,000.00 Scholarship help you?
- What did you expect college to be like?
- What activities and interests did you pursue in college?
- What groups and organizations did you belong to in college?
After College:
- What career did you end up in?
- Are you married?
- Do you have children?
- Is your life turning out as you expected?
- What are your goals for the future?
- Are you looking forward to your 10 Year Graduation Reunion?
Again, this essay is an opportunity to dream a little about your future and to tell us about yourself in a creative manner.
The length of the essay should be between 3 and 15 pages.
Essays will be judged on originality, creativity, grammar, spelling, and the judge's overall impression of the applicant.
We look forward to reading your essays!
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Eligibility Rules:
- Applicants or their parent or parents corrected vision must be 20/200 or worse in both eyes, i.e. legally visually impaired, to apply for this scholarship.
- They must be a high school graduate or equivalent and be graduating by the summer of 2008 and not have been previously enrolled solely in any college. If receiving a GED, it must be earned by the summer of 2008.
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The length of the essay will be at least 3 pages and not exceed 15 pages double spaced.
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Essays may be submitted for consideration in these ways:
A. Electronically sent as attachments by e-mail Submissions sent as an attachment by e-mail or those saved on Cd or 3.5 inch floppy must be in MS Word or text format. Entries received in any other formats except the above mentioned will not be considered.
B. Saved on a CD or 3.5 inch floppy and mailed -
The Information Cover Sheet and a letter of recommendation must accompany each essay.
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The letter of recommendation must be written by the student’s school counselor, an administrator , or by one of the student’s teachers.
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All Submissions will become the property of Blind Mice Mart and Mouse Hole Scholarships Inc.
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Mouse hole Scholarships Inc will not return Cd’s or 3.5 inch floppy diskettes.
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All decisions made by the judges and Mouse Hole Scholarships Inc. are final.
9. Essays will be accepted until May 5, 2008.
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Recipients of awards will be notified on or before June 30, 2008.
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. The names of award recipients and their essays may be posted on Blind Mice Mart’s web site.
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Applicants must be attending a college or university degree program in the United States beginning in either the Fall of 2008 or the Spring of 2009.
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Scholarships will be paid, in the name of the winning students, to the general scholarship fund of the college or university the winning applicants will be attending.
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Proof of visual impairment may be requested before awards are presented.
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These scholarships are limited to individuals pursuing a post-secondary college or university degree program in the United States.
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Individuals may submit only one
application for an award period
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Judges, officers, Board Members, and employees of Blind Mice inc. and Mouse Hole Scholarships Inc as well as their families are not eligible for the scholarship awards.
- These rules may be amended or changed at anytime by Blind Mice Inc. . without notice.
E-mail address for submissions:
blindmicemart@att.net
Submit Essay, Application, and Recommendation Letter Here!
Postal Address for mailing essays:
16810 Pinemoor Way
Houston, TX 77058
Contact Phone Number: 713 893 7277
We will be happy to e-mail an application to you. Click on the link below to request your application. If you need us to send it to a different e-mail address, please indicate the address that the application should be sent to.
The application, letter of recommendation, and essay can be submitted by e-mail or by saving the documents on a 3.5 floppy diskette or a CDR and mailed.
The documents should be saved in MS Word or Text format to be considered.
To Submit Electronically by E-mail:
Send application, recommendation letter, and essay as attachments to blindmicemart@att.net
Remember The files must be in MS Word or Text format. Electronic submissions must be received before midnight (central time) May 6, 2008 . A confirmation will be sent confirming the receipt of your essay.
To Submit by mail on CDR or 3.5 inch floppy diskette:
Save application, recommendation letter, and essay in MS Word or Text format on a CDR or 3.5 floppy diskette and mail to:
Mouse Hole Scholarships 16810 Pinemoor Way Houston, TX 77058
If mailing a 3.5 inch floppy indicate on the envelope that a computer disk is enclosed so it will not be scanned by the post office and erased. Parcel must be postmarked on or before May 5, 2008. No materials will be returned. Please contact us with any questions: By E-mail:
or
info@blindmicemart.com
By Phone:
call: 713 893 7277
