This continues our series explaining how to get someone else to pay for collegeThree things may prevent you from getting the money: 1) don’t do anything, 2) do it with doubt, and 3) do it poorly. In other words, you will not receive the funding for college if you do not act to find it and apply for it. You application will lack conviction if you doubt you deserve the money or you doubt the process of applying. Finally, committees will reject your applications if they contain errors, typos, blanks, and unimpressive answers.
Act
You must act to get funding for school. You need to
- Find sources of funding
- Prepare a reusable master application
- Write 5-6 reusable essays
- Obtain 6-7 letters of recommendation
- Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1 each year
- Complete 3 scholarship applications a week
- Confused
- Unsure
- Overwhelmed
- Unprepared
- Undeserving
- Self-doubt
Doubt may paralyze you into inaction. It also robs you of the confidence you need to get the funding for college. Without confidence you understate your experience, abilities, and qualifications. Understating your qualifications denies the committee from knowing the real you. You can gain confidence through several actions:
- Analyze what kind of person they want to reward and recognize how you meet those requirements
- Collaborate with others; groups tend to strengthen one another’s confidence
- Prepare home run statements that help you realize the good things you have done
- Say 3-4 of your home run statements aloud each day
- Seek professional help with a therapist for severe doubt
You must submit excellent materials for the funding:
- Prepare materials filled with impressive, honest, and filled with facts and numbers.
- Ensure your materials share themes, categories, and home run statements
- Ask someone to edit your materials to ensure proper grammar, spelling, and syntax.
- Fill in every field of the applications, essays, and letters of recommendation
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