Scholarship Essay

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Brainstorming Scholarship Essay Topic
Selecting a Scholarship Essay Topic
Writing a Scholarship Essay

Writing a Scholarship Essay - Continued

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Remember, your essay need not be so tidy that you can answer why your little sister died or why people starve in Africa; you are not writing a "sit-com," but should forge some attempt at closure.

Do Something Else. Spend a week or so away from your draft to decide if you still consider your topic and approach worthwhile.

Give your Draft to Others. Ask editors to read with these questions in mind:

• What is the essay about?
• Have I used active voice verbs wherever possible?
• Is my sentence structure varied or do I use all long or all short sentences?
• Do you detect any clichs?
• Do I use transition appropriately?
• Do I use imagery often and does this make the essay clearer and more vivid?
• What's the best part of the essay?
• What about the essay is memorable?
• What's the worst part of the essay?
• What parts of the essay need elaboration or are unclear?
• What parts of the essay do not support your main argument or are immaterial to your case?
• Is every single sentence crucial to the essay? This MUST be the case.
• What does the essay reveal about your personality?
• Could anyone else have written this essay?

How would you fill in the following blank based on the essay: "I want to accept you to this college because our college needs more ________."