Student Financial Aid Essay

Student financial aid is important for a student like me to have. My parents work hard to earn enough money to be able to support me through college. However, it can be hard with the amount college pays. Getting some money in financial aid will help my parents and myself out. I believe I have the personality traits to earn financial aid. I’m allocentric, responsible, and reliable. I use all three of these traits in my daily life. This year i’ve really had to learn how to be allocentric. I went from being a shift manager to almost running the place in three months. I shared responsibilities with another co-worker and had to balance work with other things going on in my life. I had to learn how to put work and customers needs over my own needs and wants. I had to not only balance a new position at
I’m responsible in making sure I make it to work and volleyball practice on time. I’ve never missed a volleyball game or not shown up to work. I try to always have everything prepared for the volleyball team. I make sure to meet all the deadlines I need at work. I do my job and make sure it’s done well. Being responsible shows people that i’m mature and reliable.
Being reliable is another important trait to have. I have always made sure I could be reliable and trustworthy. I reassure others that they can rely on me to get my job done at work. When I say i’m going to do something with work or my friends, I don’t back out of it. I own up to my mistakes and admit when i’m wrong. You can always rely on me to tell the truth and be honest (I don’t have any reason to lie).
Having these specific traits and qualities will carry on to college. It’s important to me to be responsible so people will always know I can do tasks well, being allocentric shows others that I care about what they have to say, and being reliable shows people they will never have to know if they can trust me or