Applying to scholarships is a lot like competing in a professional eating competition. Most people think that the way to compete in an eating competition is just to eat like you normally would – just with vastly larger amounts of food. […]
At my college graduation, the Center for Asian Studies organized a small reception and ceremony for all graduating students and their families. All graduating Asian Studies majors including myself also had a chance to present our senior projects or thesis. Despite […]
A few months ago, I was invited by Peking University, one of the top universities in China to deliver a workshop on how to win scholarships to study in the United States. I titled the workshop “How to Win over $200K […]
When I started my scholarship journey, I was only looking for a way to pay for college without getting into serious debt or dragging the rest of my family into financial turmoil. That’s all that I wanted. But 30 scholarships and […]
Hi there! As we talked about last time, I had a really memorable and interesting meeting with my state governor a few years back. And who would have thought a state governor would end up giving me such incredible career/scholarship advice?! […]
As a recipient of the Boren study abroad scholarship, I had an opportunity to visit Washington D.C. and have a private meeting with a congressional representative. And since I’m from Colorado, I had the chance to speak to Jared Polis, the […]
I grew up in a family that drilled into us how important education was. Even though either one of my parents graduated from college, I was certain that I would. I thought that as long as I worked hard enough, I […]
Have you ever decided to try something out completely by impulse and then started regretting that decision almost immediately? Well…that was me during the first interview I ever had in my life. How It All Started Unlike my friends who decided […]
What would you call a superhero whose superpower was applying for scholarships? ??? I know that sounds super nerdy, but humor me for a moment. If you have Wonder Woman, could you have “Scholarship Woman?” If there’s Black Widow, could there […]
Want to win scholarships? Try winning them without applying for them. I know this sounds really counterintuitive and even a bit scammy, especially coming from someone that teaches people how to write scholarship essays for a living. I mean how can […]
