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Why Applying to Scholarships Are Like Eating Competitions

April 12, 2021March 3, 2021 0

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. […]

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What It Really Took to Win $200K in Scholarships

March 22, 2021March 3, 2021 0

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 […]

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How to Deliver a Killer Self-Intro in a Scholarship Interview

March 15, 2021March 3, 2021 0

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 […]

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5 Unexpected Benefits of Winning a Scholarship

March 8, 2021March 3, 2021 0

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 […]

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I Met My State Governor & Surprising Scholarship Tips Part 2

February 15, 2021March 3, 2021 0

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?! […]

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I Met My State Governor & Surprising Scholarship Tips Part 1

February 8, 2021March 3, 2021 0

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 […]

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How I Went From Barely Graduating High School On Time to Winning $200K in Scholarships

January 11, 2021March 3, 2021 0

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 […]

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Epic Saves: How I Saved An Interview I Nearly Bombed

November 23, 2020March 3, 2021 0

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 […]

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My Origin Story: How Applying to Scholarships Became My Superpower

November 2, 2020March 3, 2021

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 […]

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How I Won Over $20,000 Worth of Scholarships, Without Even Applying!

October 26, 2020March 3, 2021 0

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 […]

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