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Bella Pendegraft

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General information

Hobbies & Interests

  • Art
  • Advertising
  • Track and Field
  • Fashion
  • Animals
  • Camping
  • Collaging
  • Marketing
  • Writing
  • Teaching
  • Drawing And Illustration
  • Graphic Design

Reading

  • Magical Realism
  • Literary Fiction

I read books multiple times a week.

Bio

My name is Bella and I am currently a senior in high school who has been thinking about college since the month of June 2024. I am known to be a bit of a nervous Nelly. However this fear of the unknown didn’t come from nowhere. In December 2024 my mom was diagnosed with cancer. For months people told me she would be fine, and there was nothing wrong. But as I watched as her gorgeous smile fade with time, I was left to try and fill the void of positivity that was suddenly gone in my house. Home, school, work. It was a constant cycle, with all of my responsibilities including being an older sister, I barely had time to be social and focus on myself. Junior year of my high school experience was already hard, but I especially love challenging myself. With four AP classes, three sports after school, two part-time jobs, and several clubs I was burnt out. However, I was burnt out with a smile on my face. So while my mom’s situation was starting to look better, I was starting to grow. I started hanging out with people more and I started becoming more confident. My smile became real. My mom is one of the strongest people I know and without her I wouldn’t even have the opportunity to go to college and experience new things. I would be a great contestant for a scholarship because I would like to take a little bit of stress off of my parents when it comes to the financial side of paying for college. I am no longer scared of the unknown, I look forward to seeing what the future has in store for me at college!

Education

Rochester Adams High School

High School

2021 – 2025

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Bachelor's degree program
Majors of interest:
Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
Medical school interest:
No

Career

  • Sales Associate

    Apparel & Fashion · Dry Goods Boutique

    Jan 2024 – Jan 2024

  • front end associate

    Consumer Services · Busch's Fresh Food Market

    Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

  • Swim Instructor

    Education · Aqua Tots

    Jan 2024 – Present

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Marketing and Advertising
Dream career goals:
stability
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Politics
  • Volunteering
  • Entrepreneurship
Student Life Photography Scholarship
Creative Expression Scholarship
Elijah Holt Kindness Scholarship
Go Blue Crew Scholarship
When people ask what my goals for the future are, I usually would say being successful or making money. But when I really think about what I want my future to look like, I picture happiness, I picture family, and I do picture being successful. But not just successful in a rich sort of way. Being successful means achieving the dreams and life I’ve always wanted to have. Creating my own family, and making sure they are always taken care of. In my future, I see an environment of positivity, an environment of smiles and laughs, but most importantly an environment where I can grow and continue learning. As a student who always strives for the best, in almost everything I do, I want a life that reflects all of the hard work I have put into it. A life where my children can say yes my mom is cool, yes my mom is funny, and yes my mom is kind. Going through the past high school years I take a lot of pride in having my mom as a role model. After she was diagnosed with breast cancer my junior year, things became a lot for me to handle. But I continued showing up for work, and I continued completing my school work, I continued being an older sister, but I stopped leaving the house. I took care of all of her needs, but in return I lost a lot of the people around me. Even though losing my friends wasn’t her fault she still takes some of the blame and now encourages me to actually go to parties (which is something I never thought would happen). But what she doesn’t understand is that there was nowhere else I would’ve rather been, than sitting on the couch watching stupid shows like Love Island USA, right next to her. So after all of the things my life has put my through I continued to persevere and if my life doesn’t reflect all of the good things I have put into it, it simply isn’t a life worth living. When my future doesn’t reflect who I am, it just isn’t my future. Because I take pride in the people who raised me, and I take pride in the events that shaped me. That is all I could ever ask for.
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