| It's that time of year, the time when you just got done | | | | "gangsta it is a professional sales pitch. You have to |
| with high school and are feeling the pressure of going | | | | use the best grammar, the finest choice in words, and |
| to college. College admissions never have been easy | | | | the most excellent sentence structure you can come |
| and finding money for college is even harder. Perhaps | | | | up with, principally when you are typing any sort of |
| your parents are pushing you to get your applications | | | | essay. Remember if it resembles like a song with lyrics |
| in, or perhaps you have enough initiative to get them | | | | from a country music star you know you might want |
| done yourself. Either way, if you want to get into | | | | to consider to rewrite it. |
| college, now is the time to act. One of the hardest | | | | 3rd, don't worry if you think you are being too |
| things for graduating seniors to do this time of year is | | | | confident. Many times we are so focused on making |
| move on. Sure, perhaps you were the most popular | | | | sure that we don't have a big head that we don't give |
| kid in high school, but now its time to act. Don't just go | | | | ourselves enough credit. Find a way to bring out every |
| and forget all those cool accomplishments you had in | | | | one of your good points in an application. There is a |
| high school though. You are going to need them to sell | | | | very large list of activities and special traits that can be |
| yourself! | | | | included on your application. For example: unique skills |
| What you unfortunately didn't realize as you were a | | | | you know such as cooking sushi. Let them see the |
| younger classman looking longingly up at the upper | | | | real you and what you like to do. |
| classman is that your senior year was more than a | | | | Now this principal is one of the easiest things to do |
| just a big party. Instead it was the year where had to | | | | during the application process, but it can also be one of |
| learn to sell yourself. I know, it doesn't sound right, but in | | | | the hardest if you become lazy. The fourth principle is |
| order for you to impress any college admissions | | | | deadlines. Don't put off doing your application. Take a |
| officer you have to learn to become a giant billboard, | | | | few hours a day and get it done in a week. Don't let |
| screaming to them and letting them know who you | | | | that week be the week before the deadline either. Be |
| are. So how do you get a college admissions board to | | | | Smart! |
| notice you? Or how do you score a college | | | | The final suggestion, be ready for a little rejection. You |
| scholarship for yourself? In order to help you with this | | | | can't always win and won't get every college |
| process, I am going to tell you some very easy things | | | | scholarship. That doesn't not mean though that no one |
| that can be done in order to help you in this whole | | | | wants you. It simply means you have to try again, it is |
| process. | | | | hard work to get free money and it takes a lot of time |
| The first thing that is necessary to know is that the | | | | to dedicate your life to education. Be ready to make |
| application itself is key to your success. Can you | | | | those sacrifices and try and try again. |
| imagine how many applications admissions officers | | | | Colleges do want students and scholarship |
| receive? How do you make yours different? You | | | | committees do want to give out their money so go |
| need to learn how to stand out from the rest and let | | | | make a sales pitch that says I am the perfect |
| them know who you really are. The most obvious | | | | candidate. Use these 5 simple steps and I am positive |
| thing you must do with your application is make it | | | | they will make your application more appealing to any |
| legible, and professional. | | | | college admissions team or college scholarship |
| 2nd, agreeable speech, use it. Although you may be | | | | committee. |
| the coolest kid in school because you can speak | | | | |