For anyone who wants to take full-time courses Singapore is one of the leading Asian countries providing high quality education. Unfortunately, because it is “high quality”, these courses tend to be costly even with the deductions from government subsidies and the $500 SkillsFuture.
Individuals who have good grades and other winning criteria can apply for an ITE scholarship in Singapore. However, it is a sad fact that many graduates don’t get the scholarship because of a poorly written essay. Here are some tips on writing that great scholarship essay... 1) Know your scholarship provider Get information about the scholarship provider. This will help you to align your essay toward their goals and thus make you look attractive to them. If you can get it, look for the criteria by which the provider judges essays. 2) Identify the keywords in the assigned essay topic and understand what they mean to you. Every scholarship essay has a topic which may seem broad in scope. For example, with the topic “Share with us your career and personal development aspirations”, it is so broad that you may be tempted to ramble past your 50 to 100 word limit. As you read this topic, the keywords here are “career”, “personal development” and “aspirations”. Internalize these words and determine what they mean to you. It may be that you can see an inter-connection between career and personal development goals in order to achieve a better future. If you have a list of your goals, it will be easy for you to write your essay. 3) Use positive words that are directly related to the topic keywords. Identify positive words that are related to the topic keywords and make a list of them for you to use in your essay. Examples of words that you can use in the above topic are “leadership”, “upgrading skills”, “innovation”, and “community service”. 4) Start your essay with a strong opening statement. It is important that you get the scholarship judges’ engagement in your essay with your opening statement. What better way to do this than by starting with a sentence on the course that you want to take and adding a personal touch. For example, if you want to get into aviation maintenance, you can write “While I’ve always dreamed of becoming a pilot, the field of aviation maintenance has captured my interest because of the growing need for flight safety.” Use the statement as your guide for the rest of your essay, emphasising the need for innovations in the field and your planned contributions. 5) Close your essay on your end goal. Finish your essay by stating your desired end goal and what it would mean to the organisation and/or community. In our above example, conclude your essay with “It is my hope that my education in aviation maintenance will preserve the high standards of repair and maintenance in the field and ensure the safety and well being of our frequent flyers.”
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