(New scholarships posted everyday)
Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)
an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).
S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or a transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free; you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010/2011
SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY
10-20-2010
Bessie Irene Smith Trust Scholarship
Sponsored by: United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Purpose of Award: To help African American students attending United Negro College Fund (UNCF) member colleges and universities.
Eligibility: Applicants must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and have unmet financial need that is verified by the college or university financial aid office. Students are encouraged to complete the UNCF General Scholarship application to be matched with scholarships for which they meet the criteria.
Deadline: Varies
Award Amount: Varies.
Number of Awards: Varies.
Renewable: No.
How to get an application: Applications are available online.
Contact Information:
8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive
P.O. Box 10444
Fairfax, VA 22031-8044
Phone: 800-331-2244
Self Confidence Strategies
Self confidence is a belief in one's own abilities and talents. The way one thinks and believes will have an impact on his or her decisions. Gaining self confidence is a process in itself and one cannot have it overnight.
To develop a positive image and be successful one has to have self confidence. It is the key to move towards success in a right direction. It also gives us the liberty to commit mistakes and cope with failure and simultaneously help us in dealing with it. Self-confidence develops from the confidence one has in own self.
To gain self-confidence, one has to adopt a few strategies:
•Firstly one should always have a positive thought that will help in achieving and realizing one's own dreams and goals.
•One should have an intense desire to reach the preferred goal with a worthy purpose.
•Make a note of one's strengths and weaknesses: Listing down the strengths and weaknesses helps you in realizing your ability. Strengths help you in moving forward to achieve your goal and one can then focus on how to improve the weaknesses. One should never be afraid of showing positive strengths and qualities to others. Eliminate all negative thoughts of failure from the mind.
•Focus on how to achieve the goal. Always appreciate the positive things in yourself and recognize it. This helps in gaining confidence and can do wonders to people.
•Always think of a positive outcome. If it comes out positive it is ok but if it is negative try it once again. Never give up trying. Success once achieved through hard work raises the bar of self confidence.
•Even if one has achieved and reached a goal, never believe it to be over. One goal leads to another and by doing so one gains confidence in oneself.
•They say appearances are deceptive but we are often judged on the basis of how we carry ourselves and how well we interact with people.
•Maintaining a straight posture and walking confidently has a positive impact.
•Always be happy and show a positive feeling. Smile.
To sum up, to gain self-confidence one should always be positive and think positively to convert the weaknesses into strengths. With strong determination and following the plan given above one can surely improve the self-confidence.
About the Author: Elizabeth Hayes
If you would like to read my article "Why Increase Your Confidence?",then click here: http://www.createselfconfidence/why-increase-your-confidence/.
And for more great information on self confidence, visit my website at http://www.createselfconfidence/.
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p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact S.E.A. c/o
NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com
*As part of .E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary
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