How to write a winning scholarship essay - Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe 2018

The scholarship strategies you’ll learn
The secret to winning a scholarship

This book is jam packed with secrets, tips and strategies. It’s also filled with plenty of examples to show you how these strategies work in the real word. The following is a brief summary of what you will learn in each chapter:

chapter 2: where to find great scholarships. Before you can win a scholarship you need to find them. This chapter shows you the best places to find scholarships and also how to select the awards that you have the best chance of winning.

chapter 3: Judges’ Roundtable: Inside the selection process. Meet actual judges and understand from their perspective what it takes to win scholarships.

chapter 4: essay writing workshop. In this information-packed chapter we give you everything you need to craft a powerful essay. We guide you step-by-step from selecting a topic to using effective writing techniques to avoiding common mistakes.

chapter 5: 30 winning scholarship essays. See how strat-egy is put into action in these essays that won $3 million in scholarships. See how your essay compares and be inspired by these successes.

chapter 6: 12 essays That bombed. The best lessons often come from failure—and preferably the failure of someone else!

These disaster essays illustrate important lessons of what not to do in the essay.

chapter 7: Judges’ Roundtable: The scholarship essay.

Many of the scholarship judges have read hundreds if not thousands of essays and know what works and what doesn’t.

See what the judges have to say about the making of a winning essay.

chapter 8: winning Interview strategies. Learn how to deliver a knockout interview. Discover what every good interviewee knows and how to overcome interview nervousness.

chapter 9: Real Interview Questions & answers. Preview typical interview questions and review example responses to learn what makes a powerful answer.