Essay Question 1: Alyssa Parks, Leadership Scholarship

Please type using 12-point type, double spaced - (800 word limit)

Please list and explain, in detail, your leadership experience and training in the last 3 years. Please include information about the leadership skills that you have gained as a result of these experiences and training. (Examples: leadership training, other training, student organization involvement or officer roles, volunteer activities, employment, etc.) Include how your LGBTQ experiences impact your leadership.

Essay Question 2: Alyssa Parks, Academic Excellence Scholarship and LGBTQ+ (need-based)

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Please explain, in detail, your academic interests and your academic and career goals. Include the impact of your LGBTQ experiences on your academic work.

Essay Question 3: Jesse Clayton Jacobs Memorial Scholarship, Enbridge, LGBTQ+ Fueling the Future Scholarship and, LyondellBasell, LGBTQ+ Advancing Possibilities Scholarship – LGBTQ Community Involvement

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Please explain, in detail your financial situation at it relates to paying for college. What are your anticipated total costs of college this coming academic year, including tuition, fees, room & board, and books? What are your sources of income and financial support? Will you receive other scholarships or stipends? Will you receive benefits from the GI Bill or Hazelwood Act?

Essay Question 4: Jesse Clayton Jacobs Memorial Scholarship, Enbridge, LGBTQ+ Fueling the Future Scholarship and, LyondellBasell, LGBTQ+ Advancing Possibilities Scholarship – LGBTQ Community Involvement

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Please list and explain, in detail, your LGBTQ community involvement in the last two years.

For example: Involvement with the UH LGBTQ Resource Center, LGBTQ student organizations, service or volunteerism in LGBTQ community organization(s), advancing issues of equality for LGBTQ people, extra-curricular activities in the LGBTQ community.

Essay Question 5: Pride Scholarship

Please type using 12-point type, double spaced (600-800 word limit)

Please write an essay on “The benefits of being LGBTQ” - Many times, the LGBTQ community focuses on negative issues and problems that arise, so in this essay please explore the joys, advantages, wonders and positive benefits of being a member of this fabulous community. (This is not just a coming out story). Essays will be judged on relevance to the topic, style, content, and quality of writing.

Essay Question 6: All Scholarships (except Pride Scholarship)

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Please tell us something unique about yourself and why you feel you should be a recipient of a scholarship. This can include your motivations for seeking higher education; your identity; how you interact with your family; your proudest accomplishments; the impact you have in your community or at school; your personal and professional goals. What distinguishes you from other applicants? Is there anything vital you want to share?