Scholarship Application Tips
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Scholarship Tip #1: Search for Scholarships related to your Field in any region
As we know that students always search by looking scholarships offers that matched their specific field, university and funding terms, it is also advisable to search in field related to their study in any region. This allows you added opportunity and more options.
Find list of scholarships at scholar-news.com through different menus, it will show you scholarships by your education level, by university/country and available for your origin country. Don’t worry of if you still have hard luck to find your scholarship. Explore scholar-news.com regularly.
Further several universities are also offering degrees that requirements will match with your profile but your local institutions may not offer. This usually matched in higher educations. So keep review more scholarships related to your education and specially focus on ‘field of study’ during review of scholarship profile.
Scholarship Tip #2: Search universities affiliated scholarships:
You may not witnessed that there are numerous scholarships offered by schools of a university that are not listed, they are usually offered by a specific school under a University, people mostly search scholarship programs offered by renowned institutions. For example, the ‘College of Commerce’ – a school/college affiliated with University of Chicago offers college-specific scholarships such as ‘Masters in Commerce for International Students’.
Since such scholarships are less popular and not easy to find on web, there is a fewer competition in applying such scholarships as compared to other scholarships. So keep search our school-specific scholarships at scholar-news.com
Some students may also search diplomas that may suites their requirements, such scholarships offered infrequently and have more chances of successful.
Scholarship Tip # 3: Also Apply Scholarships having tough criteria or smaller rewards:
Mostly students avoid the required cumbersome work for scholarship i.e., detailed project, videos, analysis, other assignments etc. It resulted significant decrease in applicant pool, which allows you have greater chances for selection.
In addition to above, mostly applicant’s always look for scholarships that offer the maximum rewards. Such scholarships are always very attractive to all applicants and competitive as well. Applicants have to also apply on scholarships with smaller awards as well, as there are fewer applicants and success chances are higher. It may also work as a backup plan in case the applicant is unlucky for his desired scholarships.
Scholarship Tip # 4: Apply to Limited Scholarship
A very important tip while searching for your scholarship is to focus on few or your specific scholarships rather than applying on every scholarship to try your luck. This will not only increase your focus on target scholarships but also save your time and increase your chances to get desired scholarships
see the example for further clarification.
You belong from India, an Indian looking for a scholarship in Bachelor program in Business Administration Studies in Italy. On searching, you will be able to find 10-15 respective scholarships that are available for Indian students for study in Italy.
Following our tip, a student will focus on 2-3 scholarships that results more chances of success in desired subject and university. You may questioning now is to how we pick the scholarships you should apply to?
Here is the criteria methodology that needs to be followed: 10 scholarships specifically targeted to Indians, align with their education credentials and also matches study programs.
The best scholarship for you is the targeted scholarship that requirement matches your qualifications, available for your country/region and its programs include BBA or related programs. Above matching criteria with your profile usually gives you more chances of success and also allow you to spend more time to review further details, furnish your application requirements and submit your application accurately and on time.
Please note that this tip will not limit you to search specific scholarship but emphasize on applying on scholarships that matched with your profile and criteria. Browse through our different categories to find scholarships that are best matched to you on scholar-news.com.
Scholarship Tip # 5: Focus on following areas during application submitting:
Mostly students shy away from a scholarship that needs essays, but a well-written essay can improve your chances to standing out from the crowd. Every student must have to focus on following areas while submitting scholarship application:
- Read the instructions carefully and make sure you clearly understand all of them.
- Plan thoroughly what you are going to write and organize your thoughts before you start writing application.
- Start the application writing an outline.
- Don’t use quotes.
- Ensure that your outlines touch every aspect and area required as per the instructions.
- Make sure you will elaborate each of the points in your outline.
- Try to use simple and concise language throughout the application.
- State your maximum achievements shortly.
- Review your grammatical and spelling mistakes.
- Read the application requirements again to be certain that your application addresses every point.
Scholarship Tip # 6: Improve your interview skills.
Some scholarships have requirement of interview through web or an in-person. Keep in mind that interview session is much important as your education qualifications as interview reflects your background, courage, ability to perform, passion etc. To ensure your selection you must have to do practice of answering of possible questions about your background, future plans, achievements etc.
For this, you may take help from books, internet and social media. Make sure don’t nervous throughout your interview session, keep more comfortable as much as possible during session without considering your answers are wrong or right, the most important thing to show who you are actually, what you have skills and ability for selection.
Scholarship Tip #7: Keep focus on Annual Scholarship Programs
Don’t worry if your application is rejected or scholarship deadline passed. scholar-news.com is updating all the annual scholarships time to time.
Most of the annual scholarships are offered annually every year and are well funded. It offers students enough funds to complete their program on a convenient way.
So keep in touch with scholar-news.com and review scholarships till you get your desired scholarships as there is no such thing as too late in life.
Scholarship Tip # 8: Doesn’t worry about your Grades.
Mostly scholarships don’t require maximum GPA (i.e., 4.0), your GPA will support you to become eligible for the scholarship, and in fact many scholarships don’t take grades into account. Most important is find a way to become outstanding from numerous applicants. For this, you must have to think about why the scholarship should be granted to you. Do you deserve that scholarship.