Reusable Materials 3: Master Application to Save Time & Impress

Thursdays we discuss how reusable materials WOW committees and save time

Nathan worked hard and got good grades. He met with one of our coaches. He learned about the 5 steps to earning scholarship money. He met with a coach and worked hard with his parents. He prepared a master application to save time. His master application allowed him to complete an entire application in less than 60 minutes. More importantly, his master application provided well-conceived and impressive answers that he could copy and paste into actual applications. He earned enough money to pay for all four years of his tuition, books, housing, 2 computers. He also earned enough money to buy some of his food over the 4 years.

Purpose of Your Master Application

You create your master application using a cloud based document such as Google Drive or MS Live. Your application contains answers to all of the questions listed on scholarship applications. A master application:

• Impresses scholarship committees with answers that you prepared, edited, and perfected
• Submits scholarship applications in less than 60 minutes so that you can submit more applications and get more money

Sections of Your Master Application

Master applications contain three major sections. I will briefly review them today and provide more detail in future posts.

• Part A contains all the short answers for questions about
  • Personal information
  • School names, addresses, and contact information
  • Work history, company names, addresses, results, duties, and responsibilities
  • Clubs, association, and other membership information
• Part B highlights special activities like
  • Athletic competitions and championships
  • Music or dance recitals, performances, and competitions
  • Drama performances, roles, and competitions
  • High school and college transcripts (not for official submission, but to use to calculate hours in courses and GPA in courses)
• Part C includes the answers to the longer questions in applications
  • Themes include the activities you love to do. You should select 3-4
  • You illustrate your breadth of experience for each theme by breaking it into three categories
  • You demonstrate depth with three home run statements for each category

Saturday we will share a caution about promotions or contests appearing as scholarships