This is your chance to describe your own experiences and goals. Avoid generalizations. Stay specific.
Before we dive into the “how to” of writing, let’s review some basic elements of a great scholarship essay.
#1 the introduction.
Think of the introduction to your essay not just as an overview of what you’ll be discussing, (though it should give the readers a glimpse of your theme and main points), but more importantly as a chance to capture attention.
The title of your essay functions as a hook, engaging your reader. In the same way, the introduction should be interesting. It functions to make your reader want to continue reading your entire essay.
For example, which of the following headlines are you more likely to read?
Most likely, you’d want to read the second one. The first one is pretty dry and boring, and doesn’t really say anything about what the essay is about-- other than it being a scholarship essay.
There’s no incentive to read it.
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The second title, however, queues you as reader to read on. It is a title you can relate to as a student and a school administrator. Most students would like school to be fun, most parents would like it to be affordable, and most teachers would like it to be both. The second title is engaging because it is specific, relatable, and tells the reader about the value contained in the essay that follows.
Make your title and introduction specific and think about how you can say them in an interesting way that shows the reader your essay has value.
An organized and convincing essay generally has one primary theme that weaves all parts of the essay together. For instance, a scholarship essay may have a central theme like “community service,” or “ nursing and healthcare ,” or “business management,” depending upon the education, interests and life goals of the student writing.
The idea here is that, in writing your scholarship essay, you want to be sure to not only tell your college’s scholarship committee what your goals are, but also to demonstrate how you’ll apply your education to the real world, and what experience you have so far to help you do this.
Educational Theme | Experience/Example |
Community Service | John Doe learned about the income and education gaps challenging minority populations in his community by volunteering every week to tutor elementary students at his town’s multicultural center. Students shared stories with him about their home and school experiences, and John used this information to help elementary school teachers relate to students. |
Nursing Education | Jane Smith worked as a CNA for two years before she started earning her advanced nursing degree. The bedside care experience she gained helped her understand challenges that new nurses might run into when caring for patients, such as how to manage time effectively with a full floor while giving quality care. Jane plans to use these insights to help create nurse education programs that improve both patient and nurse experiences. |
Business Management | John grew up helping his family manage their own furniture store. While his parents were talking with customers, he stocked inventory and cleaned furniture. As John got older, he began to talk with customers as well and complete sales transactions. This first-hand experience allowed John to understand all components of small business operations. John plans to combine his experiential knowledge with what he learns in school to help bridge understanding gaps between managers and front-line employees. |
Anecdotes are short, amusing stories about events or people. Similar to how we talked about using examples above, anecdotes are effective at demonstrating how the ideas you present in a scholarship essay apply to real life. Anecdotes help your ideas come to life.
For example, if you’re writing a scholarship essay about business leadership, you may choose to tell a story about how your work cleaning houses taught you about attention to detail in all areas of life. The example essay we’ll review below uses an anecdote about helping the family business better manage checkbook balancing.
Through stories, you have the chance to catch your readers’ attention by highlighting how you can contribute to the world with your skills and experience
Writing with passion is important because it shows the scholarship committee you’re applying to that you care, and that you’ll make your best effort to use the financial aid you’re given in a productive, meaningful way.
Passion also helps your reader(s) stay engaged by writing in a way that others can empathetically relate to.
Said simply, writing with passion makes your essay interesting.
The example essay later in this guide demonstrates passion in the concluding paragraph by explaining why the essay writer wants to study business management—in order to improve the lives of employees and community members through providing wholesome food.
In this way, the essay becomes personal, and reveals the writer’s individual values and motives.
Great scholarship essays are formatted according to the requirements of the school the essay writer is applying to. Following correct formatting requirements demonstrates that you are organized and able to follow instructions. Different schools may have different requirements when it comes to formatting, so be sure to clarify your instructions.
A general rule of thumb, especially if you’re given few instructions, is to double space your essay and use one-inch margins. If you quote or paraphrase any information from another source, be sure to cite it correctly and in the style the college you’re applying to requires. Common citation styles are APA and MLA.
Generally, you probably won’t have many citations in a scholarship essay since it is primarily focused on how you will apply your personal experiences and education to further your career goals.
Last, great scholarship essays have appropriately spaced paragraphs and phrases. They avoid run-on sentences and break up information into digestible bits. Generally, a single paragraph shouldn’t be more than two-thirds of a page if it’s double-spaced, or a third of a page if it’s single-spaced. Separating and organizing different thoughts into different paragraphs makes your writing easier and more enjoyable to read.
Fantastic scholarship essays don’t neglect the chance to leave a lasting impression with readers. A common mistake inexperienced writers make is putting lots of attention into the introduction but little attention into the conclusion .
Clearly, it makes sense that the conclusion would be an easy area to neglect from a writer’s standpoint, since the writing process is almost complete and a simple re-cap of your main points should suffice, right?
The conclusion is just as important as the introduction. The introduction flags readers’ attention and makes sure your essay is read in the first place, whereas the conclusion makes sure the reader remembers and acts on what he or she has just read.
And in the case of a scholarship essay, acting on what was just read means choosing the essay writer as a financial aid candidate.
The diagram below illustrates the components that make up a scholarship essay that is easy to read, interesting, relevant, and organized.
Element | Purpose |
Introduction | Engages your readers |
Theme | Unifies your paper |
Examples and Anecdotes | Makes your theme relatable |
Write with passion | Demonstrates your personal investment |
Introduction | Engages your readers |
Correctly format | Organizes your paper according to instructions |
Conclusion | Re-emphasizes your theme |
Now that we’ve reviewed the basic elements of a great scholarship essay, let’s dive into the steps you’ll need to take to write an essay that will win you the college education you’re aiming for.
The first step in being able to choose a theme that is relevant to your goals and experiences and sounds appealing to your scholarship committee, is to know what your audience looking for.
Think about what’s important to the school you’re applying to. This is a balancing act. You don’t want to write an essay that sounds too salesy, or appears to obviously “schmooze” your scholarship committee, but you do want your essay to be relevant to what your committee cares about.
The best way to do this is to understand the scholarship you’re applying for , and why it’s offered.
Likewise, if you’re applying to a scholarship offered based upon GPA, you’ll probably want to talk about your experience with grade achievement, critical thinking capacity and how you plan to apply those skills to your college and professional goals.
Finally, if you’re applying to a nurse educator scholarship, you’ll most likely want to highlight what life experiences contribute to your ability to be a fantastic future nursing leader.
The key, when understanding your audience, is to ask:
“Why are the donors of this scholarship (the people providing the money) offering financial aid?”
In other words, who do the donors want to support? Who would be their ideal candidate?
Next, list some reasons why you match what they’re looking for and some corresponding real-life examples. You can use this list later when you create your writing outline.
This second step is similar to the first, since in understanding your audience you’ll likely find your theme. However, during this second step, you’ll start to elaborate. Instead of just understanding what your audience, or the scholarship committee, is looking for, you’ll identify a theme that unifies your goals and experiences with what’s important to your audience.
Remember the list you created in step #1?
Here’s where it starts to come in handy. What’s the common theme that emerges as you look at the reasons you match what your audience is looking for? Likely, they’ll match the type of scholarship you’re applying to.
Or, if you’re applying for an arts scholarship, you’ve had experience painting murals with school groups and you want to become an art teacher, your theme may be “helping classroom education come to life with visual arts.”
Your theme won’t necessarily be the title of your essay (though it could be). Rather, it will guide your title, and it will also guide the rest of your writing. Your theme is like a compass. Everything you write should point back to your theme, explaining why and how you’re an ideal candidate for the scholarship.
This step should be relatively simple. Use the list you made in step one to help you. Your outline should start with an introduction and end with a conclusion (see the earlier section of this blog for how to write an effective intro and conclusion). In the middle should be the main body and point(s) of your essay (you should do this whether you decide to buy an essay or not).
The body and main points will be filled with examples of your experiences that relate to your educational and professional goals.
Start by listing the goals and the examples you want to write about, and then arrange them in an order that logically flows and makes sense.
As you write, use transitional phrases and storytelling so that your writing doesn’t feel like a “list,” but instead, flows seamlessly.
The word creative is used a lot today, but what does it actually mean? In the case of a scholarship essay, being creative means being original. You’ve got to stand out from a crowd of other applicants.
That means avoiding generic stories and phrases. It also means avoiding generalizations and clichés . When you tell a story or share your experience, get specific. If you get specific, it’s hard not to be original, because chances are, no one else has had experiences quite like yours.
Imagine trying to learn to play basketball just by being told about the game through a lecture, and then being thrown into your first game. It’d be pretty frightening, to say the least! You’d probably stumble all over the court and drop the ball. However, if a coach took you out onto the court and showed you how to dribble and shoot, you’d learn more quickly, because you’d be able to observe the game actually happening. You’d be shown.
If you’re an adult applying for a scholarship to help financially because you want to go back to school, you can be extremely descriptive in your reasoning for needing that scholarship.
The same concept applies in writing. If you tell your reader about something, you’re likely to have less of an impact. But, if you show him or her, they’ll understand and be able to visualize what you’re saying.
Telling |
“My experience working at my family’s furniture store helped me understand how to organize and manage all parts of a small family business.” |
Showing |
“Working at my family’s furniture store, I participated in everything from stocking inventory, to completing sales transactions, to balancing our business checkbook. I quickly learned that running a smooth business required me to not only be organized, but to communicate in an organized way. The clearer I was with employees, the more they felt I respected them and the better they performed. Likewise, the more I took the initiative to communicate with customers, the more lasting relationships I built, and this increased our client retention. Clients felt appreciated and welcomed in our store. There wasn’t one aspect of our business that was less important than the others. Every part served an important role.” |
Stories are effective ways of showing, instead of telling, your reader what you’re trying to say. In a scholarship essay, this couldn’t be more important. For instance, consider the “telling” versus “showing” example we reviewed above. If you’re trying to tell your reader about your business management skills, show him or her how you solved a specific challenge for a business.
Another round of editing can mean the difference between a polished essay that wows critical eyes of your scholarship committee, or one that gets set aside just because of a few fixable errors. Submitting a proofread paper shows that you’ve taken the time to correct your work and put your best impression forward. Proofread your work at least twice, and have a friend read it as well to catch any last errors. Finally, if you feel stuck, know where to find help. The Ultius writer help section is a great place to find comprehensive guides on essay writing.
Pro writing tips (best practices and advice):.
Check out the table below for additional hints and advice on crafting an outstanding scholarship essay. If you still have questions, visit the Ultius writer help section ! Best of luck, and remember, have fun with the writing process!
Take time to strategize and plan a well-thought outline. It’ll make the writing process much easier and your ideas will likely flow better for your reader.
Don’t try to be too fancy. Remember, you want your essay to be relatable and down-to-earth, while still keeping a tone of professionalism.
You want to do a little boasting about yourself in your scholarship essay. But, ironically, you don’t want it to sound like boasting. In other words, you want to highlight your strengths and all you have to offer, but in a way that’s humble and appreciative.
It’s easy to fall into the unconscious trap of sounding “like everyone else.” While other scholarship papers can serve as helpful examples in terms of organization, tone and style, you’ll have the best luck by using those examples as a foundation and then writing your own essay that stands out enough to catch your committee’s attention. In a pool of hundreds or thousands of “similar” essays, how can you give yours a different twist?
If you’re writing a scholarship essay for nursing education, don’t just answer the obvious prompt such as, “explain why you want to study nursing education.” Instead, think about what the scholarship committee is really asking you. Most likely, they’re asking, “how will you add value to our school and the professional nursing community?”
Remember, the introduction is arguably the most important part of your essay, aside from your conclusion. Proof read it again, even when you think it’s finished. As you proofread, pretend you’re someone on your scholarship review committee. How would it sound to them? How can you make it better?
Don’t let the pressure of time keep you from asking for a quick proof read from a friend, or from getting professional help from professionals at Ultius. It may not seem critical at the time, but it could make a big difference in your future college education!
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A groundbreaking new study provides extensive documentation of the “IPV-to-Prison Pipeline”—the pathways through which women who are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) find themselves serving long prison sentences for acts of survival.
The report, Fatal Peril: Unheard Stories from the IPV-to-Prison Pipeline and Other Stories Touched by Violence , is the product of a multi-year study by the Regilla Project , a research initiative of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center that focuses on women incarcerated for homicide offenses growing out of their own abuse.
Fatal Peril gives voice to approximately 650 people serving time for murder and manslaughter in two California prisons, the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women in Chino. Through surveys proctored at the prisons in July and November 2023, the researchers sought to better understand how people experiencing IPV are criminalized for actions they took to survive abuse. Stanford students contributed to the proctoring, data analysis, and drafting of the report.
A first-ever approach to IPV research
The study represents the first time the Composite Abuse Scale and Danger Assessment, two validated instruments used to assess intimate partner violence and intimate partner homicide, have been used in the study of a population who is incarcerated. In addition to quantitative results, the report presents qualitative data collected from hundreds of study respondents who shared their experiences of abuse, the circumstances of the offenses, their experiences of the criminal legal system, and their feelings of regret, remorse, and healing.
The women’s self-reported testimonies of surviving abuse are remarkably similar, according to Debbie Mukamal , executive director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center, who led the study with Dr. Andrea N. Cimino, an expert in gender-based violence research. Mukamal and Cimino serve as directors of the Regilla Project, which released a companion report in 2023 . “The stories of these women reflect a persistent belief that their lives were in danger,” Mukamal said, “often from an accumulation of their intimate partner’s threats and attempts to kill them, their children, or other loved ones.”
“These are a group of forgotten women,” Cimino said. “Their experiences of violence were silenced in the courtroom and they have been neglected in IPV research which focuses on non-incarcerated populations.” She hopes the study amplifies survivor’s voices and creates change in the criminal legal system.
David Sklansky , Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and the faculty co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center, said: “Our practices of criminal blaming and punishment have long failed to take adequate account of the realities of intimate partner violence, and of the ways in which abused women can be driven to violence by their own victimization. This new report, by giving long overdue attention to the accounts of women serving prison sentences for homicide—and the high rate at which these women report extreme levels of IPV in the year prior to their offenses—underscores the pressing need for comprehensive reform in this area. It deserves urgent study from judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, correctional officials, and policymakers.”
Our practices of criminal blaming and punishment have long failed to take adequate account of the realities of intimate partner violence, and of the ways in which abused women can be driven to violence by their own victimization.” David Sklansky Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and faculty co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center
The women’s stories reflect lives lived in constant fear: “I was three days at the hospital because I lost my voice because he strangled me and my neck and throat was purple with bruises. And I couldn’t talk for three days,” reported one respondent. Another said: “He had us scared, both [my children] and me, that if I told anything to the police and they arrested him, he was going to get out and kill us.”
“As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this month, this new study should embolden us to do more to prevent victimization and to help those who find themselves in abusive relationships,” said retired U.S. Representative Jackie Speier, who represented California’s 14th Congressional District until 2023. “The findings—while based in California—have broad national implications for how we treat some of the most vulnerable women in our communities. Our work is far from done.”
Cory Booker, U.S. Senator from New Jersey, agreed: “This is an urgent report, and it is well timed as we mark the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act,” he said. “Most incarcerated women are survivors of sexual violence. We must do more as a society to prevent that violence and to help the survivors. Prisons cannot be substitutes for our failures to keep people safe. And for those who enter our prisons and jails, they must be places that do not compound trauma but help people heal from it. I am proud that VAWA Reauthorization includes provisions to address the specific needs of incarcerated women, many of which are highlighted through the study’s stories of women incarcerated for crimes stemming from their histories of abuse. There is a moral imperative to address the issues in this report. To fail to do so harms and implicates us all.”
‘Stark and troubling’ findings
Nearly three-fourths of respondents reported experiencing IPV in the year before their offense took place, a rate that is 10 times higher than women in the United States , according to the report. Fatal Peril acknowledges that while IPV exists for people of all genders, the researchers focused on women given their disproportionate rates of severe and lethal intimate partner abuse.
The respondents recounted physical, psychological and sexual abuse, including being hit, threatened with weapons, having partners who controlled all or most of their daily activities, and having to perform unwanted sex acts. Nearly a third of all respondents said that in the year before their offense, they had been strangled or choked more than once or felt dizzy, confused or blacked out after being choked—injuries that can cause a traumatic brain injury , according to the report.
Among the 464 respondents who were experiencing IPV, two-thirds of them were in “extreme danger” of being killed by their intimate partner , according to their Danger Assessment scores. It didn’t matter who was killed – stranger, intimate partner, child, family member, acquaintance, or friend – they all were at risk for intimate partner homicide. The data suggests that the risk of being killed due to IPV tragically extends to all of those around the survivor.
About half of respondents believed they were treated unfairly at trial due to gender, racial, and socioeconomic bias , according to the report. “Respondents who experienced IPV were more likely to perceive gender and income bias compared to those who were not abused,” said Cimino. “Harmful courtroom stereotypes like being called masterminds, femme fatales, gang members, and bad mothers triggered beliefs about the survivor-defendants’ culpability.”
“Our findings are stark and troubling, and have implications for the entire criminal legal system, from policing to parole,” Mukamal said. “It is particularly critical that the system considers the potential lethality of abuse suffered by these women and how traumatic brain injury from hits to the head and strangulation may affect survivor-defendants’ testimony and experiences in prison.”
Recommendations and IPV prevention
Kelly Savage-Rodriguez, who advocates for ending life-without-parole sentences through the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, said she “was not surprised by the findings” and was “grateful to see this new data being published.”
“The results affirm my own experiences and those of too many others who have been criminalized for surviving abuse here in California and across the nation,” Savage-Rodriguez said. “These survivors need support, not long prison sentences.”
The report makes recommendations for addressing the impact of IPV on survivor-defendants, including urging the criminal legal system to take measures to more consistently screen for IPV and to better take into account how traumatic brain injuries as a result of intimate partner violence can affect survivor-defendants’ ability to remember and communicate details relating to their abuse and alleged crimes .
The study also calls for enhanced attention to programs and policies that can prevent IPV in the first place , including strengthening access to mental health and substance use treatment to address cumulative trauma for survivors, their children, and their partners. “Cross-sector collaboration between the criminal legal system, the domestic violence response system, and child welfare systems are critical to violence prevention,” said Cimino.
The Regilla Project plans to convene a diverse set of stakeholders this Fall to identify concrete and viable legal and policy solutions to respond to the report’s findings.
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Scholarship essay format at a glance. Read the scholarship essay format guidelines carefully, to check if the scholarship includes instructions. If you're submitting your scholarship essay outside of the Going Merry platform, set up your document with a 1-inch margin. Aim for a 12-point font. The best font to use is Times New Roman.
Font size & style. The MLA recommends using size 12 font, and that's what we'd recommend using. As far as the style of the font, you should stick to something that is legible and easy to read. Times New Roman or Arial are both going to be good bets. The scholarship essay is not the best place to get creative with a funky, hard-to-read font.
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Yes, but make sure your essay directly addresses the prompt, respects the word count, and demonstrates the organization's values. If you plan ahead, you can save time by writing one scholarship essay for multiple prompts with similar questions. In a scholarship tracker spreadsheet, you can group or color-code overlapping essay prompts; then, write a single essay for multiple scholarships.
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Consider how your interests and experiences align with what the organization is looking for, and make them clear throughout your essay. 2. Show your personality. You should also use your voice in your essay. Give the scholarship committee insight into who you are as a person — what drives you, what motivates you, and what interests you.
Absolutely, it can be extremely beneficial to have others review your essay. They can provide constructive criticism, catch any typos or grammatical errors, and provide an outside perspective to ensure your message is clear and compelling. Creating compelling scholarship essays can help you win college scholarships to pay for your education.
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4. Title or Heading: Check if the scholarship application requires a title or heading. If not specified, you can opt for a straightforward title centered at the top of the page, using a larger font size than the body of the essay. Alternatively, you may choose to omit a title and start directly with your essay. 5.
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The women's stories reflect lives lived in constant fear: "I was three days at the hospital because I lost my voice because he strangled me and my neck and throat was purple with bruises.