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Revise your essay or essays again and
again. Ideally, you will have several weeks to revise the essay(s).
Allow yourself some breaks between revisions so that you can look
at it with fresh eyes. Ask for feedback from your professors, advisors,
and friends. Read the essay aloud and see how it sounds. Make sure
your prose style is economical and interesting. Use your spellchecker. Further
guidelines on the personal essay...
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Carefully read through all of the information
on how to apply. Make sure you understand the specific procedures
for each application (they vary from one scholarship to another).
Follow these instructions to the letter. You do not want your application
disqualified because of technical error. Read all of the fine print.
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If you cannot apply online, you will need to
find a typewriter to type the information onto your cover sheet. The UHP
office has a typewriter and you are welcome to use it during office hours.
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Answer every question or complete every
blank that is relevant to you on the application form. Limit yourself
to the space provided unless you are specifically invited to expand
elsewhere. Avoid the congested effect - packing too much into a
limited space. Don't offer more or other than what's requested.
If instructions read, "If applicable," and the question is not
applicable, do not write "N/A." Just leave it blank.
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Use academic titles in listing academic
referees: "Professor" not "Dr." For faculty with senior administrative
appointments, use "Dean" (even if actually an "associate dean"), "Provost," "Chancellor," etc.
Do not write, "Professor Jane Smith, Ph.D." If asked for fax and
email contact numbers for your referees, be sure to supply them,
along with addresses and telephone numbers.
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Order any lists (employment, publications,
travel, activities, etc.) from the most to the least recent.
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Sign and date the form. Be sure you
understand what your signature agrees to.
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