By Studentawards
The following tips, originally posted at the Studentawards Forum, were contributed by a student in the Studentawards membership.
Find your passion. I can't stress this enough. When you look out your window, at your class, at your school, community, city, province, country and the world, what do you see that can use improvement? Who do you see that could use some encouragement? Where do you see most of the issues, and when do they happen? Most importantly, how can you help to make it/he/she better?
The problem I see most with people looking for scholarships, is how people look at scholarship requirements, and try to tailor their life experiences, their extracurricular activities and their academic life around those requirements. This, in my opinion, is the wrong approach. People who do this often lack substance and can only provide a "shell" of achievements without being able to back it up with the passion inside to succeed.
When you find your passion, and identify an issue that needs a solution within that passion - THAT is the greatest asset you will ever have in succeeding with your scholarship applications. It doesn't matter how many clubs, how many organizations and how many hours you rack up volunteering in your community, if you aren't personally interested in any of your activities - and frankly, it shows during interviews. Meanwhile, if you are truly interested and invested in your cause you are able to speak honestly from the heart, something that will set you apart from the rest of the pack because this too, becomes quite obvious when you're on the spot.
Posted by: Obsessedwski
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