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Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC)

Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC). How to Get Scholarships Yolanda Santiago Venegas. Overview of Presentation. Get organized The parts of the scholarship application Finding scholarships The scholarship essay Letters of recommendation

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Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC)

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  1. Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC) • How to Get Scholarships Yolanda Santiago Venegas

  2. Overview of Presentation • Get organized • The parts of the scholarship application • Finding scholarships • The scholarship essay • Letters of recommendation • Resources to help you submit strong scholarship applications

  3. Getting Organized1. You will need to create a system to organize your scholarship application materialsTo do this download a scholarship spreadsheet or create your own list using the table tool option in wordBuy a scholarship binder or accordion file folder to keep your application materialsThe reason you need a system is to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the scholarship application process—it’s all about breaking it up into parts and keeping it organized

  4. The Parts of the Scholarship Application Most scholarships will ask for three things: • One or more short essays • School records (transcripts) • 2 or 3 Letters of recommendation

  5. Steps to applying for scholarships • •MAKE THE MATCH: Find the scholarships that make the best match between what you and the scholarship organization • •DO THE RESEARCH: In order to make the best match you will have to study the mission statement and websites of different scholarships and answer the following questions: Why are they offering this scholarship i.e. What is they mission? What kind of student are they looking to support? • •START LOCAL AND MOVE OUT: Start by finding out about scholarship at your school, then move out to scholarships in your community and then move to your city and then to your region etc… • •USE E4FC RESOURCES: Find out about scholarships at your school then go to the E4FC website—we have an excellent list of scholarships that is a great place to start!

  6. Writing a Winning Scholarship Essay • While writing the scholarship essay turns many students off and keeps them from applying; what you need to know is that you really only need to write one strong essay and then keep revising it to fit different scholarship applications•Some scholarships ask for one essay, while others ask for two or three. These are short one, two, or three page essays and they are all asking you to answer the same basic questions: Who are you (what is your family/community history); what have you done in your community and school and where are you going or why do you want this college education.•If you can write one terrific essay that answers the questions above, then you can revise it for different scholarshipsThe best part about this one magical essay is that it keeps getting better and better each time you use it or revise it because writing helps us discover who we are and why we want what we think we wantTIP: As you revise your essay for a particular scholarship go back and re-read their mission and study their website so you can make the match

  7. Letters of Recommendation •Most scholarships will ask you for two or three letters of recommendation •Who you get letters from depends on what the mission of the scholarship agency is; if they are very interested in your school work make sure you have strong letters from teachers/professors; if they are very interested in your community work or community involvement be sure to include letters from people you have worked with in your community •Ask for the letters of recommendation three to four weeks before you need them and get them a week before you need to send the application •the more information your letter writer has about you—the better the letter they can write so be sure to give them a folder with key documents; your essays, resume, special projects, anything that will help them talk about how wonderful you are and why you deserve this scholarship

  8. Resources to Help You Submit Strong Scholarship Applications: 8 Email me if you have any questions: Yolanda Santiago Venegas yvenegas2@gmail.com Online resources: Link to on-line scholarship writing tutors who will give you feedback on your scholarship essay within 24 hours Link to E4FC to scholarship list Link to SFSU scholarship list Link to SFSU downloadable spreadsheet Link to examples of successful scholarship essays Book: much of what I include here is from the book How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay by Gen and Kelly Tanabe, 2006ow to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay, Gen and Kelly Tanabe 2006

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