I'm very serious winning it but a bit confused where to start my scholarship 'personal' essay

I will be happy if anyone could help me out here.
this is a scholarship essay and I'm very serious winning it but a bit confused where to start.
Prompt:
please provide personal statement detailing your personal and/or academic goals and how your personal life experience shapes or impacts your hope for the future

Sanda3, I'm pretty sure no one else on the Internet can help define your personal goals and hopes for the future. I know it's pretty overwhelming to think about, but reflect on your own, then have an introspective discussion or with your mentor (teacher/parent/coach) to discuss your ambitions. Put some broad goals down to paper, and see whether you can weave a story from there. Essay wise, you can tell the reader about an experience that defined you as a person and awoken your dreams and hopes. Usually, it's easier to grow from a setback or challenge, so you can explore these angles. Depending on what the scholarship is for, perhaps you can relate it to how it will help you actualize these dreams!

All the best!

lightjade, thank you so much for letting me know how I will go about it however, I'm confused whether personal goals should come first before experience and lastly hopes. I just want to know how to start it and end base on either experience, personal goals or hopes

Hi Sanda, I think a strong essay would not be set in stone with a rigid structure specifically following the question. Illustrate how the lessons you learned from such experiences shaped your personal goals and how you'd actualize your hopes. Have an interesting life story with a memorable lesson to ground your essay. Usually, scholarship applications want to see what sort of person you are beyond your sterling academics and extracurriculars, and how awarding this scholarship to you would be a worthy investment to benefit society.

For example, I could write an anecdote about how I once met an illiterate elderly gentleman in the dead of night. He was unable to return home because the last bus had left and he had no money for a taxi. I'd show how we drove him home, and the realization that he lived with abject poverty and loneliness on a daily basis. From there, it would then shape my personal goals on championing the forgotten pioneers of my society, and how I hope to change that.

It boils back down to who you are and what defines you as a person! I hope this clarifies some doubts, but do wait on other contributors' opinions.