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| Pin me! |
Imagine you’re a scholarship provider for a moment. You have a stack of 106 essays in front of you, you’ve gone through 48, and it’s 11 p.m. You pick one up:
I want this
scholarship because…
Boring.
My name is Sally Jones
and…
Yeah, whatever.
If I get this
scholarship, I will…
Yawn.
Fighting aliens with
lightsabers changed me into Jason Bourne.
What!?
Never underestimate the power of a wild, fascinating
scholarship essay opener. Make it you.
Use a story, movie reference, bizarre quote, radical statement. Be
professional, but be risky—playing it safe does not get you scholarships.
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| Go on. Fight some aliens. |
So say something radical. The boring things have all been
said too many times, anyway. Besides, if you’re not living life on the edge,
you’re taking up too much space. (And you won’t fund college through scholarships.)
