Tag Archives: resume

50 Worst (and Most Common) Scholarship Interview Mistakes

Most large cash award scholarships today come with an interview as a “last step”. Sometimes you are lucky to go to an interview in your home town, but on occasion you may have to travel out of town to such an interview. [...]

College Student Success Strategies

Succeeding in college is not all that difficult. Freshmen enter the “Halls of Ivy” with optimism and trepidation. They soon learn that it isn’t always the smartest students who do the best. [...]

Always keep a List of Professional References Handy!

In many cases – scholarship and fellowship applications will ask for professional references [NOT personal references from your Aunt Wetherby...] from you at a 2nd or 3rd stage of review.   [...]

Resume Buzzwords… If you Plan on Using them… You have to Prove Them!

Having sat on many scholarship review boards in the past, the Scholarship-Option staff has seem ‘em all!  And the resumes that use the buzzwords and do not back up the verbiage used… [...]

“Should I Put a Short-Term Job on My Resume?”

The scenario: You worked a job for a very short time (1 to 2 months) and want to know if that job belongs on your resume or not. Scholarship-Option’s Team hears this question a lot. [...]

Five Rules for Building a Great Scholarship-Focused Resume

Your resume has one job: To convince the scholarship committee member that you are a candidate worth interviewing. [...]

“I make too much to qualify for Financial Aid”… Can Anyone Help Me?

It is unfortunate that our financial aid is doled-out based on extended family incomes and assets, but the reality is that a majority of families will qualify for some level of scholarship if they pay close attention to the following tidbits of information. Too many times, parents believe that they must pay 100% of their child’s tuition, room and board and incidentals [...]

Tips & Tricks for Scholarship Success

With rising college costs, continuing inflation, and narrowing job markets; students all over the U.S. are seeking a variety of options for college financing. In many cases, the attainment of a scholarship is the difference in whether a student attends college or not. [...]

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