4 Steps to Writing a Winning Scholarship Essay

Dreaming about education abroad is so so exciting, but the efforts required to fulfill all the formalities starting from form filling to assembling all records and documentation turns to be so exhausting and formidable. Though, just a call from the institution confirming your admission boosts back your energy levels. Quite similar to all this is yet another task equally challenging – writing up your scholarship essay. However, this time-taking and the challenging task might turn so rewarding if you avail a good scholarship. Remember, a scholarship is not just an opportunity to cut down on most forthcoming expenses but is a matter of pride for the student as well as his/her parents.

Mentioned below are 4 steps that would help in writing up an effective scholarship essay –

Research

The first and foremost step should be researching your aimed scholarship. For this, you need to accomplish yourself with all the detailed info regarding the trust offering the scholarship. Remember, crack every key aspect they would want in their selected candidates as it’s not just a strong academic background that attracts these trusts, it’s an all-rounder they look for. Leadership qualities, innovative thinking, and enthusiasm along with an honest character steal the hearts of all. All that you have done or faced in life from day-1 might help you here. Chalk out and list each instance that points out all the qualities expected by the trusts for eg. if you’ve been the head boy/girl or have ever supervised any program in or outside school. This will portray your leadership skills. Also, your participation in any event organized for charity purposes would reveal your selfless intentions. All your creativity and your interest in sports need to be penned properly to add essence to your persona. Apart from your life, you need to shuffle around the life stories of past winners and look for hints that made their profile stronger for that particular scholarship. Reading this might help you assess and even improve your chances for your aim.

Ideate

Knowing all about the expectations of the trust offering the scholarship makes it easy to frame your part of the story. Focus on showcasing every piece of information vividly. Also, make sure that your story presentation is such that you appear to be confident and deserving rather than distressed or appealing. So do mention all instances when you came out in flying colors despite all the odd situations that came your way. Collect all ideas and details of the presentation and finally create an outline for your essay.

Write

Once you have the outline ready for all that you wish to portray in your scholarship essay, go ahead with the writing part. Here you need to pen down everything perfectly, also focussing on the language of your essay. So, just keep it simple and do not try to complicate or fancy your sentences. Let it come straight from the heart. Remember, the idea is to portray your potentials as an individual and not your word power. Furthermore, take care to follow all instructions/guidelines given, as the slightest negligence here might lead to elimination.

Edit

Just an excellent write-up is of no use if it has errors. So be very careful to check out the spellings and also go through word by word to avoid any spills. Read the entire content twice before finalizing the copy.

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