Your scholarship application up to this point has been written entirely by you. It includes your statistics, ranking, grade point average, standardized test scores and personal essay. But it does not give another person’s perspective on you, your personality, your strengths and weaknesses until you have included your letters of recommendation. The letters of recommendation […]
The interview is the last phase in the scholarship process and means you have been selected as one of the finalists. For the first time, you have an excellent chance at actually receiving the scholarship you spent so much time and energy applying for. The interview gives you the opportunity to let the selection board […]
Letters of recommendation attest to your accomplishments and achievements and do so in an important way. It shows the scholarship selection committee that not only you, as the applicant, feel that you are worthy of the scholarship but that other people have recognized all you are capable of and think you are also worthy of […]
The essay is one of the most important aspects of the scholarship application and gives the applicant an opportunity to truly show the selection committee why the applicant deserves to be awarded with the scholarship. The essay may be the most difficult part of the application, but after the selection board has seen a student’s […]
Preparing months, and even years, ahead can maximize a student’s chance of winning a scholarship, particularly if that student recognizes the basic criteria scholarship committees strive to find within their applicant pool and if the student then meets that criteria. Even more impressive is a student who can meet the required criteria, exceed those standards […]
Picking the college you wanted to go to was no easy task, and finding scholarships to help you afford the high costs of tuition isn’t much easier, but with careful planning and a little helpful advice, you can improve your chances of selecting and winning a scholarship. Take advantage of the resources already available to […]
Writing the scholarship essay is a critical step in the scholarship application process because it helps establish why a particular applicant is deserving of the money. Other scholarship criterion such as a high SAT score and a solid GPA, while still valuable, do not personalize the scholarship application like the essay does, as the essay […]
Applications are structured so that every person must answer the same set of questions in the same order. Scholarship applications are no different. All applicants must answer the same sterile questions, sign there name, send it in, and hope for acceptance. There are only two elements of a scholarship application that lend the applicant any […]
Obtaining a scholarship to help cover the costs of your higher education, while time consuming and often demanding can be one of the most rewarding endeavors you will undertake as you prepare to enter college. It is not enough to just find a scholarship that you are eligible for. That is only the beginning. And, […]
The internet—if utilized appropriately—can be your best friend in your search for scholarships. There is no easier way to find the plethora of scholarships available to incoming and current students. The trick, however, to avoid wasting valuable time sifting through zillions of scholarship sites is to search effectively. Below, we will look at how best […]
