How to write a winning scholarship essay - Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe 2018
The secret to winning a scholarship
You are 60 seconds away from the trash bin
The scholarship strategies you’ll learn
Not just looking for straight a students discover card tribute award scholarship
Why we know so much about scholarships
Where to find great scholarships
Exploring scholarship goldmines
Work experience & financial aid
Which scholarship is right for you?
Make learning their mission your mission
Judges’ Roundtable: inside the selection process
What is the purpose of your award?
Who typically judges the scholarship competition?
How does your scholarship selection process work?
What qualities do you look for when selecting the winner?
What sets the winner apart from the runner-up?
What advice do you have for future applicants?
Participating Judges & Experts
Essay writing workshop
Why the essay is critical to winning
The making of a powerful essay
Four Common Features of All Winning Essays
Hard to believe but true essay mistakes
Answer the underlying question
How to write a great introduction or conclusion
Essays get better with each revision
30 winning scholarship essays
The intangible benefits of applying
National or international issues
The importance of getting editors
Community Service & Volunteerism
Career plans or field of study
12 essays that bombed
The most influential person in the world
Complex problem, simple solution
Judges’ roundtable: the scholarship essay
How important is the essay to winning a scholarship?
What qualities make an essay powerful?
What common mistakes do students make on the essay?
Participating Judges & Experts
Winning interview strategies
Face-to-face with the interview
Transform any interview from an interrogation into a conversation
You are not the center of the universe
What it’s like to be an interviewer
How to make practice into perfect
Real interview questions & answers
Achievements & leadership guestions
Tip #1 from a scholarship winner
Why you deserve to win questions
Tip #2 from a scholarship winner
Tip #3 from a scholarship winner
Your career & future questions
Tip #4 from a scholarship winner
Tip #5 from a scholarship winner
Judges’ Roundtable: the Interview
How important is the interview in determining who wins the award?
What are some typical questions that you ask?
From your experience what are qualities of a good interview?
What common mistakes do students make in interviews?
How should students prepare for interviews?
Poor ways to begin an interview
Participating judges & experts
Final Thoughts