EXCELLENT Results –
Obtaining Them,
Focusing On What To Do
And What NOT To Do!
Once all your
paperwork is done and
all the applications
are in and the results
start coming back,
trying to keep track of
all your feedback will
be another priority. If
you are selected or
short-listed you will
surely be notified in
writing.
Some scholarships
will require an
interview from you. It
is often referred to as
a ‘scholarship or
short-list interview’.
It is a very important
element in your
scholarship application
process.
This opportunity of
a lifetime for you to
present, sell and
position yourself, will
give you the chance to
transmit certain things
to the scholarship
judges and selection
committee, that cannot
be conveyed through
your written words on
paper. Your scholarship
application on its own
can only take and bring
you this far.
Now it will be up to
you to engage,
stimulate interest,
convince and impress.
Here you can now
supplement any
strengths, credentials
and achievements, with
a good first as well as
lasting impression on
yourself.
Try to avoid anxiety
and make sure to just
be yourself. Make sure
that you are selected
based on your
potential, and
achievements in terms
of leadership
qualities, etc.
It will be critical
that all elements of
your process are
truthful and very
accurate. Never feel
the necessity to make
things up as you keep
going, sell half-truths
or maybe even give
feeble excuses for your
GPA or SAT scores.
These facts are always
what they are. Telling
lies about them, will
certainly not help you
in this process. Quite
to the contrary, you
could actually be
jeopardizing your whole
future as well as other
prospects by lying on
your application or
withholding any key
information.
Recommendation
letters and scholarship
requirements, selection
and eligibility
criteria are all good
gages of what your
chances are to land a
certain amount of free
money for college.
Referral and
networking, word of
mouth championing and
positioning has also
been made use of to
great avail in the past
by a large number of
successful applicants.
Most of them when asked
about the success,
failure and or lessons
learned as they went through the application
process reveals that honesty, determination
and confidence were the
most important elements
for them during this
time on a personal level. Support from
family, teachers and
peers, some quiet time to think and time to
write an efficient essay about themselves, as well as being organized and systematic in their
scholarship searches all contributed to
their successful outcomes and most brilliant results.
A keen eye for and lots of attention to detail, are other key elements you cannot afford to overlook. Confirm and verify, check if all the blanks have been filled in, the letter “i” dotted and all “t” s crossed!
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