writing scholarships essays

Don’t act like you’re owed the scholarship.

March 26, 2008

It’s rare, but still regular, that we get applicants who will explicitly state that they are very obviously the best candidate and that the committee will most certainly agree when they’ve finished reading his/her materials. Well, maybe. And maybe not. Don’t get us wrong, confidence in life is generally a good thing, but there’s a [...]

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Use a standard font size.

March 26, 2008

Although the appearance of each font will differ, usually a standard size is 11 or 12 point (by way of comparison, this book is written in 12-point Trebuchet MS, and it’s written for easy reading, not essay-style formatting). If you go any bigger than 12, your essay starts looking like a billboard. The only reason [...]

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