Receiving a scholarship means you actually get PAID to go to university. And early entry offers mean you can say goodbye to the stress and anxiety of waiting for your ATAR!
Pretty awesome, right?
But with THOUSANDS of students applying, how do you stand out and get those scholarships & early entry offers?
在这个视频和文章中，我将向您展示如何使用简单的3步框架在人群中脱颖而出！
Step #1: How to tell stories to create pattern interrupts
Step #2: Why you need to be specific and how you can do this
Step #3: Why and how to show and not tell
When universities receive applications from thousands of students competing for the same scholarships and early entry places, they all look the same.
Most applications talk about leadership experience gained from SRC, being House or School Captain or Prefect; or they talk about doing Duke of Edinburgh, volunteering for the Salvation Army or Barnardos.
All of these achievements are amazing, butwhen the selection committee has seen literally hundreds of the same experiences on applications, they don’t stand out and your application won’t be particularly memorable.
因此，当您申请少量垂涎的位置时，您需要确保您的申请从人群中站出并帮助您distinguish yourself as the best applicant.
“But how do I do this?”
第1步：讲故事
Most scholarship and early entry applications read like a boring list of achievements. Even if they’re impressive, no one wants to read pages and pages of text.
这就是为什么你应该始终用一个故事开始你的应用程序！
There are 2 main reasons for doing this:
Reason #1:Create a pattern interrupt
如果你是唯一用一个故事启动申请的申请人（或少数几个），那就立即对读者感到印象，只需通过不同！
Reason #2:Enable you to connect personally with the selection committee
这是非常重要的,因为它会ow the selection committee to get to know you on a personal level much more easily. Secondly, it gives you an opportunity to powerfully communicate WHY the selection committee should pick YOU!
第2步：具体！
So many applications simply list all the amazing achievements students have done, but they are really general.
For example, applications will say:
“我为慈善机构提出了钱”
“I taught school children”
“I volunteered at a shelter”
“I participated in a community event”
These activities are all great and really incredible achievements, but they are not specific at all. These examples don’t really tell you anything about what this person actually has done and aren’t particularly impressive.
以下是如何在您的奖学金和早期申请中具体：
Step 1: Quantify your achievements
这意味着将实际数量或数字放在成就上。而不是说“我为慈善机构提高了钱”，说“我筹集了慈善机构的2,000美元”。
第2步：解释你是如何做到的
Explain to the reader what you actually did to achieve this. Instead of simply saying “I raised $2,000 for charity”, say “I raised $2,000 for charity by holding a bake sale at my school once a week in Term 1 2018”
第3步：显示你所做的事情的影响
在这一步骤中，您需要为读者提供有形的感觉，对您的成就意味着或对社区所做的事情。
Using our example above, you could say “I raised $2,000 for charity by holding a bake sale at my school once a week in Term 1 2018. By donating this money to the Salvation Army, this money supported 5 homeless people to develop skills in training programs to help them find employment.”
Now that sounds much better, doesn’t it?
第3步：显示，不要告诉！
这是一个好消息：
If you’re starting with a story and being specific in your application, you’re already 80% of the way there!
Here’s an example to show you what I mean about showing and not telling!
谨慎，2017年我们未来的领导者之一对学习亚洲语言以及亚洲文化来说真正热衷。
Prudence could have simply said in her applications “I am passionate about learning about Asian languages and culture”, which is true, but anyone could say that about something they’re passionate about.
仅仅因为你说你喜欢做某事或对应用程序上的某些东西充满热情，并不一定意味着你是。
This is why it’s so important to show and not tell. Back to our example:
而不是简单地写“我对学习亚洲语言和文化的热情”，谨慎讲述了一个故事，是特定的，并通过写作她站在中国大使馆的步骤时，展示了她的热情，在普通话中嘲笑！
Doesn’t that give you a better sense of Prudence’s passion and love for Asian language and culture?
RECAP：如何使您的大学奖学金和早期进入申请令人难以置信
To recap what we’ve learned today:
#1 Tell a story in your application:This gives you the opportunity to stand out from the hundreds or thousands of applicants who simply list their achievements like a grocery list! It creates a pattern disrupt for the person reading your application and help you make your application memorable
#2 Be specific:通过量化，解释如何以及展示您的活动的影响，确保您对您的成就进行具体。这将使您的成就更加令人难忘，更令人印象深刻！
#3 Show, don’t tell:Don’t just tell the selection committee what you’ve done or what you’re passionate about. Anybody can say they’re passionate about something, or that they love doing something, but it’s better to actually show the reader that!
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