Writing – Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising

CFSA to host writing workshops for 2018 scholarship applicants

The Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA) will be hosting a series of writing workshops for 2018 scholarship applicants on the following dates: Tuesday 8/21/2018: 1:00 – 4:00 pm – 306 Bowne Hall Thursday 8/23/2018: 1:00 – 4:00 pm – 306 Bowne Hall Tuesday 8/28/2018: 3:30 – 5:00 pm – 013 Heroy Friday 8/31/2018:…

Application Bootcamp August 23rd and 25th

All 2016-2017 Fulbright and UK/Asia award applicants are invited to CFSA’s Application Bootcamp. CFSA will host two “bootcamp” workshops at the end of August for applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Marshall Scholarship, Luce Scholars Program, Schwarzman Scholarship, and Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Rhodes and Mitchell applicants are restricted from receiving help on their drafts.…

Feeling stuck working on personal statements?

This website has a great little exercise for brainstorming some prose that you could modify for personal statements, application essays, or cover letters. Why don’t you set a timer for 20 minutes and give it a try? http://www.writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/apessay_tutorial.html Here’s a link to one of my favorite online resources for writing personal statements: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/writingpersonalstatementsonline/p5.html Image: Albrecht Dürer,…