Tips

Start Early, Submit Early!

Submit your FAFSA

• Many scholarships will ask for your Student Aid Report (SAR)

Get your transcripts ASAP

• Committee's are looking at the courses you've taken, grades, and GPA.

Save your attachments as PDFs

• This helps the committee view your attachments

Answer all questions

• Every question that appears are tied to scholarship opportunities. If you skip it, you disqualify yourself from the scholarship.

• If you cannot answer the question because it doesn't apply to you, that's ok.

Prepare you Personal Statement in Word Doc

• Have this ready before applying to save time.

  • Tips for your Personal Statement

    • This is your chance to show who you are. Reveal something that isn't in your application.

    • Be mindful of word choice, tone, and voice. Revise, revise, revise! Have someone else read it before submitting it.

Notify recommenders before asking for a letter of recommendation

• Always ask if a teacher, counselor, coach, community member is willing to write a recommendation for you.

• Ask well ahead of the deadline to give the recommender lots of time. The minimum amount of time should be two weeks.