Most scholarship essays fail for boring reasons: they answer the prompt without saying anything, or they sound like a cover letter from 2009. The judges read hundreds of these in a week. Here is how …
Most scholarship essays lose points before the committee finishes the first paragraph. Not because the writing is bad, but because it sounds like every other essay in the pile. You can fix that with …
Most scholarship essays fail for boring reasons: they answer the prompt but never say anything only the writer could say. The fix isn't fancier vocabulary. It's picking a smaller story, cutti…
The essay is where most scholarship applications are won or lost You can have a 4.0 GPA and still get passed over because your essay read like a form letter. Most applicants write the same essay: a ti…
Most scholarship essays fail for the same boring reasons: the writer tries to sound like a committee member instead of a person. The advice below is about fixing that, not adding more adjectives. Star…
A statement of purpose is the part of a scholarship application where you explain why you want the thing you're applying for — and why you're the one who should get it. Most applicants either…
A scholarship that asks for a fee before it tells you whether you won is not a scholarship. That's the whole scam in one line, and it's worth memorizing before you hand anyone your card numbe…
