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PREPARTAION IS THE KEY

4 tips to ace your scholarship application

Meet all application deadlines.

Use a calendar or planner, make a schedule, and stick to it. If you miss a deadline, even by just one day, you may not be considered.

Write a great essay.

Think carefully about the question being asked and use this opportunity to tell the selection committee things about you that might not be shown elsewhere in the application. Get help with editing for grammar and spelling, but do your own writing—the committee wants to hear from you personally. 

Gather application materials early.

Give yourself plenty of time to complete each step. Incomplete applications probably won’t be accepted.

Try, try again.

Keep trying even if you don’t win a scholarship right away. Save copies of every application that you complete so you don’t have to start from scratch every time.

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