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Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is
easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new
listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major,
academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity,
and more. Each entry contains all the necessary information for
students and parents to complete the application process, including
eligibility requirements, how to obtain an application, how to get
more information about each award, sponsor website listings, award
amounts, and key deadlines. With scholarships for high school,
college, graduate, and adult students, this guide also includes
tips on how to conduct the most effective search, how to write a
winning application, and how to avoid scams.
The powerful tools in this invaluable resource equip students with
the skills to write successful entrance essays for top-notch
universities. The strengths and weaknesses of 50 application
compositions from Ivy League schools, as well as Caltech, Duke,
MIT, Stanford, and University of Chicago, are analyzed in detail,
highlighting techniques to emulate and mistakes to avoid. College
admission officers from some of these schools provide informative
strategies and inside information on their writing assessment
criteria. A comprehensive writing workshop provides tips toward
selecting topics, developing stories, editing drafts, and applying
finishing touches. Acknowledging that the written portion of the
process is one of the most important factors for admission into
highly selective schools, this helpful guidebook offers sage advice
and inspiration to keep applicants on the right track.
Students will prepare powerful and successful admission essays with
the tools provided in this invaluable, newly-updated resource for
the college-bound. Examples of 50 real essays are included,
discussing such topics as leadership, personal obstacles,
athletics, public service, special talents, and future goals. The
strengths and successes of each example are analyzed, as well as
the inspirations of each writer. A comprehensive writing workshop
provides tips toward selecting topics, developing stories, editing
drafts, and applying finishing touches. Further examples of 12
unsuccessful essays, a list of 25 easy mistakes to avoid, and new
interviews with admissions officers are presented to help would-be
entrants avoid costly blunders.
Helping applicants navigate the intricate yet vitally important
essay process at elite schools such as Stanford — a university that
enrolls students from all 50 states and 52 countries and has an
admission rate less than five percent — this go-to guide helps
prospective students see for themselves what it takes to be
admitted to selective programs at colleges nationwide. Along with
the 50 essay examples that give a detailed analysis of the
strengths and even weaknesses of each essay, there are tips from
college admission officers and successful applicants and a
description of the 25 essay mistakes that guarantee failure. For
highly judicious colleges, the essay is one of the most important
factors in whether students are admitted or rejected, yet this
resource, from a pair of award-winning authors and college
application gurus, will help readers temper their fears and inspire
their writing.
Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is
easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new
listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major,
academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity,
and more. Each entry contains all the necessary information for
students and parents to complete the application process, including
eligibility requirements, how to obtain an application, how to get
more information about each award, sponsor website listings, award
amounts, and key deadlines. With scholarships for high school,
college, graduate, and adult students, this guide also includes
tips on how to conduct the most effective search, how to write a
winning application, and how to avoid scams.
Completely revised with updated descriptions, contact information,
websites, and available monies, this guide to financing higher
education is the only resource students need to fund their pursuit
of knowledge. Balancing detailed explanations with real-life
examples and practical resources, the featured topics include
finding and winning scholarships, requesting a reassessment from
colleges for more financial aid, maximizing assistance from state
and federal governments, taking advantage of educational tax
breaks, and benefiting from government-subsidized student loans.
Creative strategies such as starting profitable dorm-room
enterprises, trading tuition costs for volunteer service, and
canceling debts with loan-repayment programs help students find
extra money when more traditional routes are exhausted. The
provided tips are designed for students of all ages and levels and
their parents.
Adults can find the means to go back to school despite the
pressures of work, family, and a mortgage with this guide to
funding continued education. With expanded information on online
and distance learning and part-time classes and new financial aid,
loan, and scholarship opportunities, this updated resource teaches
adult students how to find and win scholarships designed especially
for them, obtain financial support from employers, get financial
aid for distance learning, receive larger financial aid packages,
take advantage of educational tax breaks, trade tuition costs for
volunteer service, and cancel education debts with loan forgiveness
programs. Twenty firsthand anecdotes inspire adult students with
creative and unusual ways to pay for their education.
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