Students write scholarship essays to distinguish themselves from other potential candidates in order to get selected by the committee and thus get a scholarship. However, the main success of getting selected for the scholarship through this essay depends on how students utilize their art of writing to inspire the committee.
No doubt, scholarship essay is not much different than other essays, yet a little mistake from your end can become the main cause of your scholarship rejection. Therefore, it is highly important that you should be completely and utterly aware of some critical mistakes that can ruin your chance – that comes only once in a life time – to get scholarship and make your college life debt free.
Here we have a list of common mistakes that students usually commit while writing scholarship essays.
Not Knowing the Audience
Writing scholarship essay without knowing the audience is just like making a castle in the air because if you don’t know the audience, you won’t be able to know whom you are addressing and what your motive behind the writing is. To be completely aware of your audience, you must visit college campus personally or visit their website to understand the culture, ethics and vision of that college
Unaware Of the Motive
When you know your motive, it will be easier for you to achieve your goals not only promptly but efficiently and swiftly as well. Like, the motive behind writing the scholarship essay should be clear in your mind so that you may keep it engaging and to the point.
Ignoring Spelling Mistakes
Some students don’t pay attention to spelling mistakes as they take them lightly or something as trivial. These minor mistakes not only make the difficult for the reader to grasp the message that you want to convey through the essay, but also it compels them to think that you are a totally irresponsible and careless person. After all, if you don’t show care in doing something that could change your life, you indirectly demonstrate your lack of interest.
No Creativity
Your essay may bore the reader if it does not have any creativity in it. A little spark of creativity may retain the attention of reader throughout the essay thereby reinforcing your chances of earning the scholarship. Your essay must be written in such a way that the reader shall find it interesting to read.
No Consistency
After you have completed the essay, read it carefully to ensure that the flow of the content or the information isn’t inconsistent, but smooth. To ensure consistency in the essay, use concise and to the point information and keep the content free from any irrelevant or unnecessary details.
Grammatical Errors
Some students got awfully terrible sense of grammar. Consequently, they write essays that are devoid of correct tenses, parallelism, proper sentence structure, subject-verb agreement, etc. It is important to understand that such errors should be avoided at all cost or else you would end up making a bad impression on the review committee.
Exceeding Word Count
It does not matter how lengthy your essay is, but what matters is how engaging the write-up is. With this said, it would be wise to keep the essay in line with the required word count so that you may keep the essay precise and to the point.
Not Proofreading
Proofreading is basically an essential part of essay writing. You must proofread your essay critically to find out each and every mistake in your work. If possible, ask an expert to proofread your essay to find out the mistakes that you might have missed.
Author:
A respected coordinator at Dissertation Writing Service for over 2years now, Stewart Agron spends her most of the day working side by side with her colleagues devising pragmatic strategies to help students with their academic needs. Apart from being a full-time employee, she’s an aspiring blogger, consultant, gardener and a HIMYM fan.
