Scholarship: Capella University Degree: MS - Leadership in Educational Administration Essay: Currently, my primary goal is to achieve a graduate degree in Educational Administration. This goal is essential in order for me to attain principal certification in the state of Arizona. Last year, I moved to Arizona from Texas to assume the principal's position at a Catholic School. I already have an active...
Scholarship: Ashworth College Program: Professional Bridal Consultant Essay: I got married in 2007 to a military man! We have talked so many times about me going back to school to start a career, but nothing was available where we lived that fit into our budget. We heard about Ashworth College and decided this would be the best choice for me. I want a career that I love, respect, and desire. Being...
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: BS - Accounting Essay: I graduated high school in June 1984. My dream/goal after graduation was to obtain my bachelors degree in accounting. I began attending a junior college after graduation, became pregnant and then married. Although I did obtain my associates degree from the Junior college, I did not enter the work force. My husband and I decided it would...
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: PhD - General Information Technology Essay: Please let me start this essay on why I am even going back to school. I was told growing up in a blue-collar town that the only way to succeed was to get an education. I attempted to do just that, attaining Bachelors and Masters degrees. Following this advice I expressed this same message to my children. One is now...
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: MS - Social and Community Services Essay: Yeah okay, I realize I’m not going to be your first sob story essay, and I sure as shootin’ know I won’t be the last on here, typing up the same thesaurus driven words about how years of educational torture is going to help get my life out of the toilet, about how it will land me this awesome job with...
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: PhD - Nursing Education Essay: I have overcome many obstacles to reach the place that I find myself in right now. I was born in Newcastle, Wyoming. I grew up in Ohio and my childhood was such that I left home at the age of 14. I found myself in California at the age of 14 in an abusive relationship, the result of which was becoming a mother at the age of 15....
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: MS - Social and Community Services Essay: Getting my education, particularly an online education, is important to me because I live in a rural area where there are few options, whether for education, entertainment and culture, medical or mental health, or employment. Most of our young people move away from home as soon as they graduate from high school, not because...
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: BS - Health Informatics Essay: Achieving a college degree is my perception of the beginning of educational completeness. Without a college degree I can not realize my professional goals. I have been aware of the benefits of achieving a college degree since I was elementary school age. It’s been very frustrating for me to live with not acquiring my college...
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: PhD - Nursing Education Essay: I have always told my children that getting an education would help them as an adult to make good choices for their life and provide them with a quality of life that would extend to their family. While my children were young, they never realized a day when their dad was not in school. The culture in our house then, as it is today...
Scholarship: Capella University Degree: MS - Clinical Psychology Essay: I find myself at a crossroads in my life. A recent lay-off has provided me with an exciting opportunity to finally pursue my dream to continue my education and move into the career path of my choosing, and not the one I followed by chance and remained in due to circumstance. However, being currently unemployed, and having one child...
When the Empowerment Tour was in Minneapolis, MN we enjoyed our time at Mall of America with our new friends, and one of the eight sponsor schools of the tour, Minnesota based Capella University. I had a chance to speak with a couple of the schools representatives and get to know how great Capella really is What sets Capella apart from other online institutions? The quality of our programs and our...
