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Get Along With Essay Writing Help
Have always gotten poor grades
Constantly put off essay writing until the last minute
Are under extreme academic pressure
Hate essay writing?
All these factors can result in students who do not enjoy essay writing. How can you love something that is always associated with stress and fear?
And the sad part is that most students feel the same way. . .
For most students essay writing help is a chore they suffer through until they learn how to write essays that score well every time. Almost everyone feels the same in the earlier part of their school careers. If you plan to study further then you are going to make peace with essay writing. For many students university is the time when essay writing becomes easier. Thus there is no choice but to learn to love or to get help with essay writing.
For me, writing essays was not an easy task. Coming from a computer science background, I didn’t have the skills necessary to write a quality essay. I eventually was able to pick up the writing skills necessary to work in the real world, so here are some essay tips I have learned along the day.
Pick an interesting topic
This is one of the most critical aspects of your essay writing. There are some scholarships where they have a predefined topic, however you will want to tailor these topics to address one of the following issues. I have found that focusing on these issues will greatly increase your chances in winning the scholarship.
Focus on an event where you took action
Readers of scholarship essays LOVE imitative. This means that you saw a need and you actively pursued to fill that need. Some examples of this are being the ASB President, starting up a club, helping out less fortunate kids, etc. People who do these types of activities are most likely going to succeed in life, and the readers know this, so use it to your advantage.
Focus on an obstacle you overcame
Here, I would like you to you focus on adversity that has occurred in your life and how your managed to overcome in. Some examples would be the loss of a parent, living in a world with divorced parents, having a disability. These are the types of situation where when you tell somebody, they give you this puppy dog face and say, “I’m sorry”. When you write about these events, it is imperative that the focus is on how you overcame these obstacles and to stay positive. When a reader finishers your essays, you will want them to say, “Wow, this person has gone through a lot, this person deserves this scholarship”.
Fully research your topic
I know that when you start to apply for scholarships, you will realize that you will need to write a ton of essays! You will feel that you can skimp on all the essays and focus on quantity, and not quality, but SHOULD not be the case. This is an automatic path to rejection.
Give yourself 2 weeks time for research and the writing of the essay for each essay you do. This will allow you to fully think out the topic and have enough time for feedback and editing.
Remember to focus on QUALITY, not QUANTITY.
Write for your audience
When I talked about some of the topics you should write about, I said that when the reader is done with your essays, the reader should say, “wow, this person really does deserve this essay”. You will need to do this when you write your essay. Put yourself in a reader’s shoes and ask yourself if you really do deserve this essay. Keep in mind that the reader may have to read tens to hundreds of essays of varying quality, and it is his/her job to pick just ONE. Do you truly think yours will be the one chosen?
In addition, you can tailor the essays to the foundation that provides the scholarship. Say, you want to apply to your parent’s company scholarship. You could write a little bit on how your parent’s company has affected your life in a positive manner.
Make your essay different from the other essays they get
This comes back to the fact that the reader has to look at tons of essays and needs to choose one. One way to do this is to show, not tell, your reader about your topic. Focus on specifics so that you can avoid vagueness and you’ll be able to make an overall stronger impression.
Another way to do this is to take a totally different creative approach to help writing an essay. I can’t find the link to it right now, but I remember someone won with an essays that went like this.
“I have never parachuted from a plane. I have never taken a canal ride in Venice. I have never seen the light as feathers snow in Russia. I have never won a scholarship.”
As you can see, this is a totally different way to write an essay. So be creative, and try something different. Your readers will notice it.
Get someone to proofread your essay and keep editing!
Too many students treat their scholarship essay writing like a regular essay for class. Students will write their essays a couple days (or on the day) it is due and proofread it themselves 1 or 2 times. They don’t show it to their parents, or other teachers. You must remember that this essay will generate between $100-$100,000, so treat it like that! Show it to your parent and at least 1 teacher before submitting it. This will greatly increase your chances in winning the scholarship
About the Author
I am Fred Holt. I graduated (Master of Arts (M.F.A) in Teaching) from Stanford University in 1996 and since then I've been privately tutoring students of all ages. After that I started a business with group of five ex-professors having PhDs in their requisite disciplines from well-known Universities. Throughout our illustrious teaching career of 12 years, we have offered our assignment writing service as senior faculty members and research associates at various IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES.
My son is in bi-county classroom but taking regular science?
My son, is a 6th grader this fall, a bi-county (special education/learning disabilities) student - They have put him in a 'REGULAR' science class. The text book is even hard for me and I have had 2 yrs of college! The text book they use is Holt Science & Technology. I am completely lost already as I'm guessing he is. The homework he brings home is outrageous. I am spending all evening trying to help him with this class (in which he brings homework home almost nightly) - this is after a full 8-hour day of work myself. I am exhausted already. Should I ask to take him out of this class?
you should talk to the teacher..and IEP team--there should be supports and accommodations for him in the class, maybe a special ed study skills class where they can help with the homework
the teacher could be required to provide a breakdown of the text
and page references to help with the homework..and a general home work guide..breaking it down
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