Scholarship Essay: Format, Examples and Don'ts

An excellent scholarship essay becomes a necessity and the key to winning the money. In this video, I’ll share with you some of my biggest “don’ts” when it comes to writing and where to find some scholarship essay examples!

Scholarship application essays often carry a TON of weight when deciding who will receive the scholarship but it’s not always easy to stand out in a crowd of applications. Even if your student fits the scholarship criteria exactly, they’re still likely to be one of a number of applicants with similar grades, accomplishments, community involvements, and aspirations.

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P.S. International Students - This information is meant for US citizens and/or residents in the United States. While many of the tips will be helpful for you (i.e. how to write a well-written essay), we are not specialized in international student scholarships.

[hello-nrjz]

1. Get emotional, but not too much.
2. Meet requirements (aka word count, answer all questions, deadline)
3. Don't talk about overdine words (Percevierance, resilience, hardworking)
4. Don't use filler words. (Don't be wordy!)
5. Remove dead words like (Clearly, Obviously, Perhaps, somewhat, I believe, I think)
6. Remove unnecessary transitional words.
7. Proof read the essay. Yourself, and other qualified people.

[Scrubsfordays_withMia]

Thank you so much I've been procrastinating on writing a scholarship essay for this particular scholarship and these tips are super useful to help me just get started in general I have one scholarships in the past but for some reason this scholarship that I'm proceeding to apply to it's just very intimidating😂❤😅

[noahmurtland]

Applying for scholarships post high schools finally able to go back to school

[Scrubsfordays_withMia]

My essay don't is don't copy and paste the essay and put in another essay Yes you can reuse essays for what people forget to do is tweak it and edit it so that the old essay fits to do as a prompt and word requirements

[tnyecampos]

Thanks so much i'll definitely use these tips!!

[dylanpickIe]

Hi, this video helped a lot and made me rethink on how to write my essay. I am writing an essay about, "How has catholicism impacted my life?" in 1000 words. Do I write it in MLA format? Am I also allowed to include type of like bible verses in my essay? Thank you very much.

[tinanyarkoa]

Hi
I have gained admission and funding is a challenge.
I have been assigned about 30 essays to write and qualify to fund my education. Please help.

[casey]

I have question is it okay if I use Grammarly for scholarship essay?

[supermax]

If we are doing an essay that requires research on a topic, do we have to include citations and works cited since we don't know it?

[Fatima-oliy]

Hi. I have to write a scholarship essay of 500 words regarding medine. What should i do