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Three steps to find and win a gradschool scholarship/ international opportunity.
1) Search.
Sounds basic right?
Wrong!
This is the hardest part of the process. We all know about Chevening, Commonwealth etc, but thousands of people apply to these and less than 1% succeed.
1) Search.
Sounds basic right?
Wrong!
This is the hardest part of the process. We all know about Chevening, Commonwealth etc, but thousands of people apply to these and less than 1% succeed.
You need to search for targeted opportunities. This means YOU have to define what you want and use your parameters as a guide. Trust me, the more specific you are with your search, the more likely you are to find an opportunity in your field.
For example, if you are interested in maritime law (insert your field), don’t identify only the Chevening scholarship. You need to search for Maritime Law scholarships first and Chevening will be a backup plan, not the main plan!
So how do you find these targeted scholarships?
So how do you find these targeted scholarships?
Quick tips
1) Search for the 10 schools in maritime law, then explore their scholarship pages - both the department and the university scholarship pages
2) Search for GLOBAL Maritime law organizations - a lot of have bursaries for students
3) Search for top maritime lawyers
1) Search for the 10 schools in maritime law, then explore their scholarship pages - both the department and the university scholarship pages
2) Search for GLOBAL Maritime law organizations - a lot of have bursaries for students
3) Search for top maritime lawyers
What schools did those lawyers go to? Which associations do they belong to.
40,000 people apply for Chevening but only 100 people apply for the maritime scholarship.
Do the math.
Automatically, your chances of success are higher!
Spend a lot of time searching
40,000 people apply for Chevening but only 100 people apply for the maritime scholarship.
Do the math.
Automatically, your chances of success are higher!
Spend a lot of time searching
2. Prepare
A university in Switzerland reached out and asked @GetInEdu to kindly remove an opportunity we posted from their school.
Why?
Too many people submitted bad applications and the school was so frustrated. The applications were that bad.
A university in Switzerland reached out and asked @GetInEdu to kindly remove an opportunity we posted from their school.
Why?
Too many people submitted bad applications and the school was so frustrated. The applications were that bad.
Before you submit an application please prepare. What is the scholarship body looking for? What are their values? How can I demonstrate those values? What research centers does the school have? Who just received a grant?
Let it be clear that you didn’t come to play.
Let it be clear that you didn’t come to play.
3. Use your words
Machines don’t read scholarship essays.
People do.
Don’t send mediocre essays that have zero personality and uniqueness. Your goal should be to intrigue the committee so much that they want to read to the end.
Do this through your words.
You’ve got this!
Machines don’t read scholarship essays.
People do.
Don’t send mediocre essays that have zero personality and uniqueness. Your goal should be to intrigue the committee so much that they want to read to the end.
Do this through your words.
You’ve got this!
