Meeting Dates: Biweekly Fridays 3pm-4:00pm
Every year students in UHP win nationally competitive scholarships that help them to pay for their undergraduate education, conduct summer research, or pursue graduate studies or other experiences abroad after graduation. To successfully apply for most of these awards, students should start planning well ahead of the deadline. This NEXUS experience aims to help you prepare an effective application, whether you are a junior applying this spring for post-graduate awards or a sophomore planning for the future.
Topics covered have broad application outside of scholarship application as well, and will include:
Introduction to competitive scholarships and how they might fit into your academic and professional plans
Assessing a scholarship and yourself
Building relationships and soliciting letters
Composing a personal statement
Writing about what you do
Talking about what you do (i.e., interviewing skills)
In addition to attending the six sessions, participants should plan to spend 4 hours per session completing related reading, research, and writing. Students will have a one hour meeting with the director of ONIS.
Application Opens Nov. 2