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How and when do I apply?
Almost all of the scholarships have web
sites with applications that can be downloaded or sent electronically.
However, you must remember that many of the “big”
scholarships require a nomination from your school. Our campus deadlines for applications will often
be several months earlier than the actual deadlines for
the scholarships. Planning ahead is essential!
Personal Statements and Written
Research Proposals
Both of these are crucial pieces of the
application process. Dr. Jane Curlin, Director of Student
Academic Grants and Awards at Willamette University, created
the resource below for her students. We feel this is a useful
tool for students at St. Edward's University and encourage
you to browse the provided information.
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Personal Statements
Most national fellowship applications
require a personal statement or autobiographical essay.
This is a critical component of your application,
and it is, in fact, the most difficult part to write.
At first students don't believe this. Several weeks
later, they sit shamefacedly looking at the few tepid
sentences they have managed to compose about themselves,
and say: "I had no idea!" Your biggest obstacle
to writing an effective personal statement is the
way you think. Not what you think; how you think.
When you write an essay for class, you sift through
scholarly publications, journal articles and statistics;
you arrange, collate, and analyze. You construct an
argument with objective, verifiable data. The personal
statement comes from inside you, passionate and gutsy.
Its composition is organic, a natural growth dictated
by an obscure, internal logic. You don't "make
it up"; instead, you listen. You "get it
down."
Read on for more words of wisdom, including advice
from former Scholars, Foundation representatives,
and members of scholarship selection committees.
Getting
Started
Definition
of a Personal Statement
What
Marshall Selection Committees Like-And Don't Like
Sample
Personal Statements
Boston
University Essays
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