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Give Me Scholarships!

Free Advice From a Real Scholarship Judge.

From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Don’t use novelty envelopes or paper.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Don’t trash-talk the committee.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Don’t plagiarize other people’s work.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Don’t use email smiley faces or any other sort of text-messaging language.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

If your scholarship application is being sent via email, send it from a neutral or professional-sounding email address.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Don’t email your essay as an attachment.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Have two or more people read your essay before you send it in.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Language has rules. Abide by them.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Learn the difference between “their” and “there,” “its” and “it’s,” “effect” and “affect.”

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

Use proper punctuation.

by Josh Barsch on March 26, 2008

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