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Bodybuilding
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Elijah Vice
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Elijah Vice
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My main goal in life is to work for a company that involves traveling and working. I'd like to go on an adventure and get paid to do so. My current major is Biology, and with that, I want to work in a Ocean Community. The ocean and the animals that live within it has always intrigued me. I've always thought it was weird that we knew more about the complexity of space rather than that of our oceans. The mysteries of it all has me drawn to a career in Marine Biology.
Education
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Biology, General
Miscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
Career
Dream career field:
Biotechnology
Dream career goals:
Marine Biologist
Sales Associate (Hardware)
Hardware Tools2017 – Present8 years
Sports
Football
Varsity2012 – 20164 years
Awards
- state championship trophy
Research
Botany/Plant Biology
Tulsa Community College — The Analyzer2018 – 2018
Arts
Booker T. Washington HS
TheatreSchool advertisement2016 – 2016
Public services
Volunteering
Booker T. Washington HS — Student2012 – 2016
Future Interests
Volunteering
Ron Johnston Student Athlete Scholarship
It would be best if you kept in mind that athletic standards are considerably higher than they used to be since competition in sports is expanding. In comparison to twenty years ago, children are today beginning to play sports at a much earlier age and competing at a higher level. Many athletes want to play on their school's varsity squad, whether they are in high school or college. People desire to succeed in their chosen sport during their years of participation. Becoming the top athlete takes time and dedication, but it also necessitates particular athletic qualities. This objective is not simple to achieve, and athletes must exhibit specific attributes such as athleticism, mental strength, and determination to advance their development as well-developed athletes.
Athleticism, of course, is a desired trait for athletes, who must be physically strong, fit, and active. Athletes should demonstrate these athletic attributes via developed fitness and skills. As an athlete, you must be able to compete at all levels of competition, including high school, college, and professional. Coaches would expect players to be well-conditioned in terms of speed and endurance, as well as the ability to compete at high levels of intensity. Unlike fitness, abilities like hand-eye coordination and footwork are learned through time. Technical abilities need several years of experience playing at the highest levels of your sport before progressing to the next level. I had years of experience playing football in top divisions with highly ranked teams when I started my freshman year. I had the same talent level as the team's upperclassmen. I improved these talents by doing nothing; attending sessions numerous times a week for eight years was a role in my skill level. Practice is crucial for succeeding at anything, especially in sports, and for increasing athletics such as fitness and abilities. The more practice you get, the better. Practice and hard effort lead to success; this will aid in the development of an athlete's athleticism as they progress toward their objective.
When it comes to athletics, mental toughness is crucial. If an athlete wants to improve and advance in athletics, they must possess a unique and rare attribute called toughness. Toughness will assist you in overcoming challenging problems in your sport. Coming ailments will necessitate an athlete's fortitude; this means that players must be both physically and psychologically strong in order to battle through these difficulties. Having these qualities of physical and mental strength will assist players in returning to a fit state where they can play. Being psychologically strong will set you apart from other players who have amazing skill but refuse to push through problems. This feature indicates that you are not a quitter; you are determined to overcome obstacles that will require you to work twice as hard.
True athletes aren't quitters; they're willing to go the additional mile to be well and back in the game. Athletes with a positive outlook will excel in their sport. A strong attitude, on the other hand, varies from mental toughness in that toughness allows the athlete to push through severe circumstances, but a strong mindset supplements toughness with optimism. When it comes to sporting success, mental toughness is crucial. This attribute will help players improve in the areas of athleticism and devotion. Mental strength will provide an athlete a positive view on overcoming difficult problems that are linked to crucial athlete attributes. These three characteristics go hand in hand, therefore in order for an athlete to get to the next level, they must have athleticism, mental strength, and determination.
Bold Confidence Matters Scholarship
"Stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth." - Susan Cain.
Some people exaggerate their self-confidence in order to avoid appearing week or afraid in the eyes of others. You can obtain actual confidence by taking your self-confidence, which is a great consequence. The temporary self-confidence occurs when you do something and become elated while believing in yourself. When you receive an award, an opportunity, or something similar, you begin to push your confidence too far intake a risk.
Self-confidence is a quality that can't be taught. It is up to every individual to determine how much faith they have in the period I've come to the realization that I have to believe in myself before others will believe in me. Nobody instills in us the ability to be happy or sad. They are natural sentiments that accompany our mental, physical, emotional, and psychological development. Self-confidence can take many forms including artificial, transient, in true confidence.
Bold Creativity Scholarship
Creativity is a style of life that values uniqueness and creates unexpected interconnections between seemingly unrelated concepts. Living life as a journey towards seeing and sharing the extraordinary in the most ordinary of deeds is what creativity is all about. We frequently associate creativity with the process of creating something, yet the word's core meaning is 'to develop.' When we are creative, we have the impression that the world and everything in it are vibrantly alive. The by-products of creativity include some of civilization's greatest triumphs, from the development of the wheel to Mozart's sonatas. Humans are fundamentally born creative; we create novel methods to navigate life from the moment we are born. Because they perceive barriers not just as bottlenecks but also as possibilities, the most creative individuals discover ways around them. Our senses are enlarged by creativity, and with expanded perceptions come new ways of problem-solving–from preparing an incredible dinner when you don't know how to cook to painting an extraordinary scene while you live in a cold attic and can't afford a whole box of paints. On the off chance that you pass well, thinking about it might be beneficial. If done correctly, it has the potential to infuse your life with vibrancy, attentiveness, and opportunity. This article will provide you with the tools you need to achieve just that. Not worrying about what's coming up in your life and spending a few minutes to relax might let your imagination soar to unreasonable heights. Because we live in such a jumbled, fast-paced society, creativity is frequently hampered by the demands of others, as well as our own. I believe that a person's mentality may be changed by using a creative method, which also indicates that you have a bold mindset.
Bold Study Strategies Scholarship
A student's academic performance can be improved by employing various study skills practices. Graphic organizers, understanding tactics, memory strategies, point of clarification strategies, essential changes, goal setting, and identity are some study skills strategies. Graphic organizers, first and foremost, assist students in organizing information, comparing the relationships between concepts, and applying knowledge. In addition, visual organizers assist students in making connections between what they already know and what they are learning. Students use comprehension skills to find significant material in a book and relate it to existing knowledge. This is significant because kids with learning disabilities frequently have issues processing information, which affects their ability to comprehend the material. Memory methods are often referred to as mnemonic strategies. Visual or auditory clues are used in helpful ways to assist pupils in making connections between what they already know and new knowledge. Students can use note-taking tactics to help them comprehend information offered in books and lectures, crucial process information, and stay interested in the content. Finally, students' academic performance may be improved by using organizational tactics to assist them to stay on task, prepared, and efficient.
In contrast, students who are not organized are more likely to suffer academic obstacles. For instance, if a student writes down their next assignment on a piece of paper and then throws it away, they risk failing the project due to lack of preparation. In addition, students can use time management skills to estimate how long an assignment will take. Students will overestimate the time required to finish a job if they do not have it. Finally, self-regulation methods assist pupils in employing learning processes. Students will comprehend the concept of knowing when to utilize a specific technique, for example.
Bold Nature Matters Scholarship
Nature provides enough to meet natural requirements. It has produced everything around us, and her power is limitless. Few people realize it, yet we exist because of nature, which provided us with everything we needed to live. We cultivated food and built trees from trees on the ground. Mother Nature has provided us with all we require, but human nature continues to want more. These magnificent assets are no longer appreciated by humans. .The consumer mindset triumphs over the aesthetic sense of beauty. Hundreds of hectares of forest are felled, and no thoughts of the devastation they have caused themselves, much alone nature, enter their minds. She provided us with not only physical but also spiritual nourishment. Nothing will calm us down like a couple of hours in the woods or even a park. This type of relaxation is extremely beneficial to both our bodily and spiritual selves. Even a few minutes in the midst of nature may help us relax, organize our thoughts, and find peace. Let's not get carried away with our gains over nature. It's important to remember that nature has the ability to both give and take. We frequently take advantage of her generosity, forgetting that interfering in her business might be costly. Nature has the ability to take hundreds, if not thousands, of lives. All of nature's calamities (hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis) are simply manifestations of her rage at humans. Nature is slowly being restored, therefore people should maintain and preserve the environment in which they live. We owe it to nature to take care of ourselves! Careful attitude, resource conservation, development of resource-saving technology, and effective waste management will aid in the restoration of nature's original equilibrium.It will take a long time to reestablish the prior comfortable lifestyle.
Bold Driven Scholarship
My future personal goal is to become more healthy and robust outside of my academics and career. Unfortunately, many individuals do not understand the value of physical fitness and keeping good health; therefore, they disregard physical fitness and activities, which may lead to life-threatening problems, including heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and various others. You are improving the status and condition of your body and your mental state by engaging in everyday physical exercises. This can help your mental health by increasing your confidence and making you feel better about yourself and your appearance. Cardio-respiratory capacity, muscular capacity, flexibility, and body composition are the four main components of fitness. Increased flexibility allows more blood to circulate to your muscles, reduces your chance of injury, and improves your posture overall. Body composition refers to the total amount of fat, muscle, mass, water, and tissue composition in our bodies. Daily physical activity can help you lose weight, become leaner, and gain overall size and muscle mass. Better sleep, normal blood pressure, reduced hip and back discomfort, and an improved BMI are all advantages of keeping a healthy body composition. Physical fitness can help you minimize your risk of heart disease, obesity, osteoporosis, stroke, and high blood pressure, among other things. Maintaining a physically fit physique will make you stronger and enable you to live a healthier life. Physical fitness improves the functioning of all of your body's muscles, including your heart, as well as balance, power, speed, coordination, and many other factors. This will help the individual relax and return to a calmer mind. They won't have to worry about what's going on in the outside world since once they're in the gym, nothing else matters except the physical activities they're doing.
Bold Giving Scholarship
Despite spending a lot of time focused on myself and my education, I never lost sight of my goals. I'm a natural giver who is always prepared to provide a hand to those in need. In high school, I was always the person who people could count on. Whether it was for favors, a shoulder to cry on, or just advice, I was happy to help. I'm not going to lie; I've been taken advantage of by individuals who knew I'd assist them or give them stuff but never received anything in return when I needed it. Because I was such a good person, I frequently requested assistance, which I enjoyed. I like helping people. People referred to me as the "good man" who is always willing to assist. "The person who never said no" was another label given to me. Regardless of whether I had other obligations, I would never refuse to assist others. Being known as "the nice person" encouraged me to perform good deeds. I was adhering to the labeling theory concept. I would no longer be the great guy who wandered about ranting and cursing at people. I'd be the obnoxious one. But I try to keep my cool and move on. In some ways, society is the source of social disobedience. When someone is labeled as a bad or good person, they dictate how that individual will behave.
EDucate for Eating Disorder Survivors Scholarship
Our eating habits are inextricably linked to our view of food. External influences, like receiving a bad grade on an exam or financial aid problems, can also impact our eating patterns. Some people eat more or less as a result of certain triggering conditions. For example, students under a lot of stress are more likely to have a messed-up attitude about food, leading to an eating problem. The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between stress and eating disorders among university students. I'd both starve myself and work out all the time, or I'd become so miserable that I'd stuff my face and then feel awful about it, so I'd make myself sick. My perspective was so twisted. The eating issue became so intense that I had to see a doctor. I won't give out too much information. But, finally, I became tired of feeling this way and sought treatment.
I had rigorous treatment for the emotional suffering I was experiencing and antidepressants, physical therapy, and medicines to help with my eating habits. An eating problem is a significant ailment that many people face in their lives. Eating disorders are severe and can be life-threatening. There are many resources available to someone suffering from an eating disorder, including websites with a wealth of information and hotlines to call for assistance, as well as psychotherapy. However, the first step is to accept that they are doing something wrong and are only harming themselves. A person with an eating disorder may begin by overeating or eating tiny portions of food daily, but it does not end there; ultimately, a need will take over that person, and they will lose control and may begin eating minimal amounts or overeating excessively. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are three of the most common eating disorders. While researching bulimia, I discovered that bulimic feels no control over what they eat and have a solid need to exercise, similar to those suffering from anorexia nervosa. They also eat tiny quantities of food, if at all, and use weight-loss tablets to avoid gaining weight. However, unlike anorexics, bulimics might be within the normal weight range for their age and height, but they are afraid of gaining weight, making them frantic to lose weight and dissatisfied with their appearance. Diet pills can identify bulimia, frequent trips to the bathroom to throw up shortly after a meal, puffy cheeks, and other symptoms.
To summarize, eating disorders are a severe condition, and no one deserves to hate themselves and their bodies for the rest of their lives. Several warning signals might alert a person that a loved one is suffering from such a terrible condition. The vast majority of people with eating disorders recover; nevertheless, it takes a long time and a lot of self-acceptance, treatment sessions, and proper nutrition to get healthy again. There are several effective therapies available that have a high possibility of success. It's difficult to combat a disease that makes a person despise it, but it's always preferable to fight it and recover from it because eating disorders may be life-threatening.
Bold Simple Pleasures Scholarship
Sleeping is one of the simple pleasures that I enjoyed in life. I enjoy sleeping. I do some of my greatest thinking when laying in my bed with three fluffy pillows by my side. That may sound unusual, but thoughts occur to me while I'm lying under my comfortable down blanket, with my pillow supporting the curve of my lopsided skull. Sleep provides me with a sense of safety and calm. Sleep, to me, is death without responsibility. I could go on and on about my accomplishments and boast about them. But, in my opinion, sleep is significantly more vital. I get the impression that some individuals my age don't value sleep. They are so preoccupied with their work that they have little time to sleep. It is a lifetime hobby that influences how I interact with others and how I feel about myself. Too many of my acquaintances fall asleep in class; they claim that their busy lifestyles prevent them from sleeping. How active are they sleeping in class, jerking their heads up and down in an attempt to remain awake? I mean, don't get me wrong, I too had troubles staying awake. I would stay up late at night to do my assignments. I reasoned that if I gave up a few hours of sleep, I'd be able to keep up. It would, however, aggravate the situation. With only 5-6 hours of sleep, I had little stamina throughout the school day and found it difficult to retain the subject being taught. I sought assistance from school tutoring programs and stayed up late. It was a fatal loop that led me nowhere. Then everything changed one day.