Scholarship & Internship Helper.

1. Sell yourself. What are you passionate about? What motivates you? What makes you better than all the other candidates that apply? You may feel prideful or overly confident in writing scholarship and job applications, but that is what we and future employers want to hear. This world is a competitive place whether you like it or not.  

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2. Look through the scholarships and internships and pick a few that really fit you. You can not write good general application that will fit well for every scholarship available. Instead pick a few that you think you have a shot at and cater your application to those scholarships instead!

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3. Keep it simple. Don't drone on and on, spend the most time with the most important things. This isn't middle school anymore where there is a minimum word count—in fact its quite the opposite. Choose your words wisely!

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4.You don't have to be the best writer to be a good applicant. The world is full of engineers, professional athletes, scientists and so on, many of which are very good at what they do, but did not excel at english in school. Showing what you are passionate about or past projects you have worked on is where you will stand out. Show you are a self-starter and that you are a motivated individual. 

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5.Tell us about what makes you you. You may not have been class president or been part of 10 extra curricular activities, but maybe you spent your time developing your skills in a sport you love or learning a musical instrument. Different activities teach you different things. The quality of time you spent doing those things can be more important than the amount of activities you were involved in. 

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6.One of the most important things is be authentic. Tell us about your strengths and weaknesses. We all have them. 

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7. In the end, people need your help to solve a problem of some sort and they don't want to baby sit you while you work with them. Think of the prompt for an internship or job application as "How can you solve our problems and what makes you the most qualified?" As you answer these two quesitons, you will have a better application than most other competitors.

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8. Don't submit an application that looks like a paper you wrote 10 minutes before it was due. Proof read it and make sure everything looks good before you submit it. Have someone look over it as well, a second pair of eyes is always helpful.