Saturday 5 November 2011

POINTS TO NOTE WHEN APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

1. Prepare in advance.
Get all your application materials ready. These materials include, your statement of result, transcripts, TOELF or GRE results, Statement of purpose usually not more than 2000 words and reference letters.
2. Be patience.
To get a scholarship, you really need patience as you will need to apply to as many scholarships as possible. Bear in mind that scholarship committees have their benchmark for selecting candidates. So if you are not picked by a particular board it doesnt mean you will never be picked by another scholarship board!
3. Apply Randomly.
As i said in point 2 above, scholarship boards have different selection criteria. So you need to apply to as many scholarships as you can so as to stand a chance of getting at least one.
4. Prepare a nice statement of purpose.
Infact this is the engine room of your application- statement of purpose. Selection of candidates is majorly based on statement of purpose! A superbly written statement of purpose will surely win the hearth of the selection committee. Go to www.statementofpurpose.com for samples.
5. Make good use of search engines.
I like emphasizing on this issue because I know the benefits of search engines. Infact, you can get answers to virtually all the questions in the world, with the use of search engines.
Moreover, 98% of scholarships are advertised on the net, so you really need to make use of it if you really need a scholarship. Examples of these search engines are:
www.google.com
www.ask.com
and many others.
If you put all these to use, you will surely get that scholarship you have been looking for!
Thanks for reading my post and see you again latter

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