HO RIZ O N
SCHO LARS
PRO GRAM
· 20 26
APPLICAT IO N
Amara
Nwosu
First
-
generation
student
·
Aspiring
computer
scientist
·
Houston
,
TX
amara
.
nwosu
@
email
.
com
· (713) 555-0184 ·
Westbury
High
School
,
Class
of
2026
AB OU T
ME
I
’
m
Amara
Nwosu
,
a
senior
at
Westbury
High
School
in
Houston
,
Texas
,
and
the
first
in
my
family
to
attend
college
.
I
grew
up
watching
my
mother
work
two
jobs
while
studying
for
her
nursing
license
at
night
—
she
taught
me
that
ambition
is
simply
discipline
with
a
deadline
.
That
mindset
carries
into
everything
I
do
.
I
love
building
things
that
make
education
more
accessible
,
whether
that
means
writing
a
Python
script
to
organize
our
tutoring
schedule
or
teaching
middle
-
schoolers
their
first
lines
of
code
.
AC ADEMIC
J OU RNEY
I
carry
a
3.94
unweighted
GPA
(4.62
weighted
)
and
rank
11
th
in
a
class
of
612.
Computer
science
wasn
’
t
offered
at
my
middle
school
,
so
I
taught
myself
Python
through
open
courseware
and
free
online
resources
,
and
I
’
ve
been
building
ever
since
.
My
senior
-
year
schedule
centers
on
AP
Calculus
BC
,
AP
Computer
Science
A
,
AP
Physics
C
,
and
AP
English
Literature
.
I
’
m
especially
drawn
to
human
-
computer
interaction
and
education
technology
—
the
intersection
of
the
two
fields
I
want
to
study
.
3.94
Unweighted
GPA
11 / 612
Class
Rank
5
AP
Courses
Taken
120+
Volunteer
Hours
C OMMU NIT Y
&
L EADERS H IP
Founder
&
President
,
Westbury
Coding
Club
.
Grew
the
club
from
6
to
62
members
and
led
the
school
’
s
first
UIL
Computer
Science
team
to
a
regional
finals
appearance
.
Senior
Tutor
,
Houston
Public
Library
— “
Read
Write
Now
”
Program
.
Logged
120+
hours
helping
elementary
students
in
under
-
resourced
neighborhoods
build
literacy
skills
.
Webmaster
,
Student
Council
.
Rebuilt
the
school
’
s
announcements
platform
and
reduced
printed
bulletin
paper
by
roughly
40%.
WH Y
T H IS
S C H OL ARS H IP
College
is
the
largest
investment
my
family
and
I
will
ever
make
,
and
as
a
first
-
generation
student
I
’
ve
had
to
navigate
most
of
this
process
on
my
own
—
which
is
exactly
why
the
Horizon
Scholars
community
matters
so
much
to
me
.
This
scholarship
represents
more
than
financial
relief
;
it
’
s
access
to
mentors
and
peers
who
have
already
walked
this
path
.
My
goal
is
to
study
computer
science
at
the
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
,
build
a
career
in
education
technology
,
and
one
day
return
to
Houston
to
teach
the
next
generation
of
first
-
generation
coders
that
they
belong
in
this
field
too
.
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Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration
.
Sincerely
,
Amara
Nwosu
Horizon
Scholars
Program
· 2026
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