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  • 5 Ways to Win More Scholarship Money (1)
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    What's this site all about?
    
    
  • 3 Rules Worth Repeating (4)
    The 3 most important themes on this site. You'll hear them over and over again.
    
    
  • America vs. The World (1)
    American students now compete for scholarships with students around the world. And that's bad.
    
    
  • The Most Important Rule (4)
    If you read only one page of this site, read this one.
    
    
  • Your Essay: Content (41)
    What NOT to write about, and how NOT to write.
    
    
  • Your Essay: Appearance (7)
    Bad fonts, formatting & printing get essays tossed in the trash -- even great ones.
    
    
  • Your Essay: Packaging (4)
    Yes, Viriginia -- details like envelopes, paper & folders really DO matter.
    
    
  • Other Important Tips (24)
    Other critical stuff I couldn't find a category for.
    
    
  • Incredibly Dumb Mistakes (12)
    Stuff so dumb, we're ashamed to have to mention it. But apparently we do.
    
    
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  • Parting Shots (1)

Do not print your essay in all boldfaced type.

Yes, this actually happens, and more than you’d expect. We suspect the writer begins bolding certain passages here and there, and then before long, decides to shoot the moon and bold the whole thing. Don’t do it. Bolding text here and there adds emphasis to certain words, setting them apart from the rest, but that’s a trick you have to use sparingly or it’ll lose its effect. Needless to say, then, when you bold everything, there is no effect at all. Not only that, but the words appear to be screaming at the judges from the paper, and that’s not good, either.

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