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4 Simple Steps to Impress College Scholarship Judges
Want to impress college scholarship judges?
Use this handy infographic as a chart to ensure each submitted scholarship application has the best chance of being chosen as the winner.
She is my second daughter to use the ideas in your How to Win College Scholarships ebooks with success.” – Proud Dad
Directly from a scholarship judge,
“Completeness, neatness, paying attention to the details, and well written essays are very important.” JR Miller, College Scholarship Judge
Thank you, Mr. Miller!
Parents can help their students with these key points:
- Qualifications are all met
- All required materials are included
- The essay is memorable and starts with a hook (More on the hook here.)
- Proofread for completeness, grammar, and typos
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They seem like common sense steps, but I’m sure in the excitement (or drudgery depending on how you look at it,) these things can be overlooked.
Exactly! Thanks for stopping by, Jennifer!
Oh proofreading. Always necessary. So miserable. Flipped. Pinned. Saved for my future college applicants.
Thank you, Anna!
Great infographic! and a very useful final check list too.
Thank you, Margaretha!
These SEEM like common sense, but as we all know, common sense is not all that common! I’m just relying on my eight years of teaching middle school to say that students almost NEVER do these things consistently! Great tips!
Thank you, Lee!
Saving for very very soon, when we’ll have to begin this journey!
Let me know if you have any questions when the time comes, Rosemond. Thanks for saving my info!
I bet you’d be shocked at how many people don’t follow these 4 simple steps. I love the way you’ve outlined them so clearly. Too many times instructions are complicated and difficult to follow. There is no reason why someone should miss a step following your advice.
Thanks so much, Molly!
Amazing how often people seem to forget to proofread important things!
Sometimes our eyes play tricks on us when reading the same material over and over. Having a few other sets of eyes really helps find mistakes.