I am pleased to announce this annual scholarship opportunity. This scholarship serves as a framework for students to succeed on larger stages past high school, in applications for colleges, jobs, and other scholarships. This is a proven method of success: despite what the application calls for, I always send each of the boxed items below in the checklist. Highlights of my winnings using this holistic method of application since my graduation from high school in 2012 include (but are not limited to):

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• Cash winnings amounting to $31,250 – checks that arrived in my mailbox. This allowed me to graduate with Associate's, Bachelor's and Master's degrees debt free!

• All expense paid airfare, 5 days lodging, and attendance at Oracle’s annual business conference in San Francisco, California. Had lunch with Oracle’s co-CEO Safra Katz.

• All expense paid airfare, 4 days lodging, attendance at a conference. Delivered a speech after keynote speaker and NFL Hall-of-Famer Terry Bradshaw in Orlando, Florida.

• Two scholarship applications I knew I did not quality for but applied to anyways that the committee reviewed, and mailed me a rejection letter thanking me for applying – with a $500 check enclosed.

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