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SCHOLARSHIP INFO Alaska Commission of Post-
Secondary Education & The Alaska Performance Scholarship
Scholarship Searching: Tips Unlikely Sources Search Smarts Online Searches
Letters of Recommendation Scholarship Essays
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Alaska Commission on Post-Secondary Education
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Tips for Getting Scholarships and Other Financial Aid:
Work hard to get and maintain good grades in school
Perform as well as you can on your ACT or SAT exam (Fee Waivers are available for FR&L recipients for many tests and college applications)
Start early looking for scholarship money: Internet, library, your community, etc.
Have a teacher or counselor proof-read your scholarship essays before you submit them
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SCHOLARSHIPS—not just for the athletes and the 4.0 student$114 million was given away last year from private
donors (not including state/government funding) Have asthma? Use duct tape? Left handed? Last name Leavenworth? Jewish orphans who want to be aeronautical
engineers? Baptist minister’s daughter? Like to build models, operate HAM radios, bird-watch,
garden, basket-weave? Entering a profession where there is a foreseeable
shortage of workers, like nursing?
5SEARCH SMARTS
Tips To Protect Yourself From Scholarship Scams: http
://www.finaid.org/scholarships/scams.phtml 1. If you must pay money to get money, it might
be a scam, unless purchasing a book on scholarships or aid
2. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. 3. Spend the time, not the money, looking for
scholarships 4. Never invest more than a postage stamp to
get information about scholarships. No one can guarantee that you will win a scholarship
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Online Search for Scholarships & Colleges:
www.fastweb.com
www.AKCIS.org
Username: Matsu Password: 4akcis
www.gocollege.com
www.fafsa.ed.gov
www.finaid.org/scholarships/
www.wiche.edu/sep/wue
www.school-grants.org
www.nationalhumanservices.org
www.indian-affairs.org
http://alaska.spe.org
www.ashrae.org/students (Heating & Refrigeration)
www.uncf.org/
www.bp.com
www.collegescholarshipsandgrants.org/
www.collegeboard.com www.uaa.alaska.edu/futurestudents
www.APS.alaska.gov
7Letters of Recommendation
Why you need them
Who to ask
Remember, this is a
favor!
An amazing example:
using the portfolio
process
Plan and prepare
Request
Assist
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LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
Things to
place in
your
portfolio
Cover
Letter
Resume
School
Form
( i f ava i lab le )
Dear Mr. Bowker, I am asking you to write this letter of recommendation because I trust you. I feel that you have seen the kind of person I am and, perhaps more importantly, the person I strive to be. I have done well on my testing, have a strong GPA and rank, have taken a rigorous course load, and as a result am applying to many highly competitive schools, such as Northwestern University and Dartmouth College. To get in, it is of the utmost importance to attain strong unique letters of recommendation that set me apart. Despite that I have only been in your class one year; I believe you know me enough to do just that. You will be sent an email shortly with a link to the common application recommendation form. This is what needs to be filled out. While I encourage you to write freely and candidly, I feel that you are especially qualified to give insight on my academics and character. I have included some other events that may or may not help:
•How I was more interested in knowing why and how math worked, as opposed to just memorizing for the tests. •The improvement of the quality of my assignments over the year.•My general participation and charisma in class.•The log line•The “man talks” we’ve had over the years.
Thank you for doing this, it really means the world to me. I would like to have this letter at the latest by October 26, 2011. This is the day after parent teacher conferences, and while sooner is always better than later, I know that you are a very busy person, perhaps more so this year than others in light of the seven period schedule. Again, I want to thank you for doing this, as well as for all the guidance you’ve bestowed upon me in the past four years. You’ve really helped make the high school years something worth remembering. Sincerely,~~~~~~~~
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SCHOLARSHIP ESSAYSBASIC GUIDELINES FOR ALL COLLEGE
PREPARATION ESSAYS
Meet deadlines Follow rules
(due dates, length, margins/fonts, type of title, and WHAT you are supposed to be writing about!
Reviewers—peers & a 24-hour reread
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WHAT TYPE OF ESSAY? ADMISSIONS—
showcase YOU
Give selectors a reason to want to have you belong to their organization—demonstrate virtue, or personally meaningful, startling, or specific experiences
SCHOLARSHIP— academic or issue oriented
Reveal your passion/position for the topics or issues
11 is about…A meaningful experience in my life was failing to make the varsity volley ball team my
freshman year.Main idea
Failing to make team
Main ideaAlternatives
Main ideaGrew as a person
Key Topic SELF
Played for the love of the game—not just recognition
Respected for perseverance
Made the varsity the next year
Tryouts
History as a player
Pressure from family
Got to be captain of new team
I loved the sport and stuck with it
Could have quit
Personal dream shattered
This coach taught me special skills
Perseverance in the face of disappointment has been a valuable quality in my life, and failing to make the team as a freshman was a
meaningful time in developing it
Needed that to be a team player
Essential Details
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So what is important to understand about all of this…Conclusion
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Main idea Main idea Main idea
Key Topic
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So what is important to understand about all of this…Conclusion
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