Application Process
Thinking of applying for a scholarship? Here are some tips to get you started.
Building Your Potential
Merit-based scholarships are based on your future potential as demonstrated by your past achievements. They are investments in your future based on your past achievements rather than strictly rewards for past achievements. More ->
Locating Scholarships
It’s important to start early. What is “early”? It’s a good idea to begin considering your short-term academic and long-term career goals, talking to your professors, taking challenging classes, engaging in public service, and keeping up your GPA beginning your freshman year. In terms of specific scholarship applications, typical preparation times vary between three or more months (for the most competitive national scholarships) and four to six weeks. Certainly, preparing a competitive application will take no less than four weeks. More ->
Applying for a Scholarship
Practice: start applying to scholarships for which you are eligible. The more practiced you become at applying, the stronger your future applications will be. When you have located scholarships for which you are eligible and would like to apply, keep in mind some ground rules. More ->
Preparing for the Interview
Many of the most competitive scholarship applications will require an in-person interview. Becoming comfortable with (or at least able to smoothly survive) public speaking is one of the best, most universally applicable skills you can develop. You will do yourself a favor if you start to develop that skill now. More ->
After you Apply
Prepare to wait, which can be excruciating. More ->