Minggu, 29 April 2012

Scholarship? don't procastinate it, but NOW


for better future :D
Competition to win scholarships is very tough and you should be better prepared to present your case in such a manner that it makes you stand out among the hordes of other resumes for the same scholarship.
Before exploring any further the art of writing a winning resume for scholarship, let’s understand what is resume for scholarship. A resume for scholarship is a vital piece of information that highlights your academic qualifications and achievements, your future career goal and any other relevant information that could help you get a scholarship.
Though, writing a resume that helps you win scholarship is an art, yet you can master it with research, good writing and a bit of patience.

Below are listed some steps that will help you compose professional looking resume’ for scholarship:


Gather All The Relevant Information: Don’t just start writing scholarship resume, it would be wise to gather all the necessary relevant and important information before starting. Make a list of all your educational qualifications, honors and awards (if any), achievements, extracurricular activities and information that you think might help. Afterwards critically analyze your list and categorize which information is worth featuring on your scholarship resume and which can be left behind.
Organizing Scholarship Resume in Right Order: After finalizing your list, it’s time to organizing it in a manner that will seem objective, professional and leaves good impression of you. You should list your achievements in descending order, meaning you should feature your current achievements foremost and then others.
Information on Resume: Mention all the required information such as your name, phone number, address, email, date of birth, nationality, education qualifications, marks or percentage scored, school activities, languages known, computer skills, extracurricular activities, hobbies (only those that matters) or job experience or internship etc. You could also mention the objective and how attainment of scholarship will help you achieve your goal. If you are thinking about simply stating you are applying for so and so scholarship then better not mention it. Don’t provide personal information such as marital status, religious affiliation, political views, gender or sexual orientation etc.
Be Truthful, Honest and Specific: Temptation to write a resume, embellished with achievements that will instantly stand out is usually great. However, just to make your resume stand out you should never add information that you can’t back with facts or actions. Be honest and truthful when mentioning your skills; don’t write down skills you don’t process.
Also, refrain from blowing your own trumpet. Yes you want scholarship committee to consider you but over embellishing facts, going on and on about your minor irrelevant achievements and not presenting an objective view of your achievements will not help you win that scholarship.
Checking for Mistakes: Before sending your scholarship resume to its destinations, make sure your have included all the relevant information and have edited it to make it error free. Small grammatical or spelling mistakes will reflect poorly on you.
Most importantly, refrain from asking someone else to write it for you, even if you think you are no good at it. Do research on scholarship resumes online, get some examples, re-write your copy until you get it right and finally have someone check it for mistakes.
Also, remember, resume isn’t a place to show your drawing skills, make it appear professional by sticking to point and using appropriate font size.


Read more: How to Write Impressive Resume for Scholarship : 2012 2013 Online Scholarship Positions | Scholarships Financial Aid College Help Loans
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