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How much attention to school should you give if you want a scholarship?
Like for example do you need to give 60% to school and 40% on yourself, family, friends
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Esther’s Answer
Hi Syed. Good question! Work-life balance (or in this case, school-life balance) is something that must people are still trying to figure out.
Here’s an analogy that has helped me: Imagine you have a pile of sand, a pile of pebbles, and a pile of rocks. You need to fit all these things in a jar. If you pour in the sand first, then the pebbles, and then the rocks, there’s not enough room. But if you put the big rocks in first, then you can fit the smaller pebbles in the cracks between them, and then you can pour the sand in and it will fill in all the tiny spaces. Suddenly, everything fits!
You need to decide what the “big rocks” in your life are—the most important things. For me personally, those “big rocks” are things like spending time with family, living my religion, and serving others. When I do those things first all the other things, like work and getting good grades, fall into place.
Getting good grades and working for scholarships still takes hard work. And how much time you dedicate to school will fluctuate. One week it might be 60%, another it might be 90%, and other might be 40%. But the percentage isn’t the important part. The important part is that you take time to care for yourself and your relationships by putting the most valuable things first.
Here’s an analogy that has helped me: Imagine you have a pile of sand, a pile of pebbles, and a pile of rocks. You need to fit all these things in a jar. If you pour in the sand first, then the pebbles, and then the rocks, there’s not enough room. But if you put the big rocks in first, then you can fit the smaller pebbles in the cracks between them, and then you can pour the sand in and it will fill in all the tiny spaces. Suddenly, everything fits!
You need to decide what the “big rocks” in your life are—the most important things. For me personally, those “big rocks” are things like spending time with family, living my religion, and serving others. When I do those things first all the other things, like work and getting good grades, fall into place.
Getting good grades and working for scholarships still takes hard work. And how much time you dedicate to school will fluctuate. One week it might be 60%, another it might be 90%, and other might be 40%. But the percentage isn’t the important part. The important part is that you take time to care for yourself and your relationships by putting the most valuable things first.
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Paula’s Answer
I'd say it's 50% of the equation the rest you have to focus on other endeavors like work, extracurricular activities, etc.