<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">If you know anyone who has not applied for a scholarship this year but is eligible, please pass this along. The deadline for applications is March 31. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Greg</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Chang, Patti via NFBNet-Members-List" <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" class="">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[Nfbnet-members-list] 10 best ways to avoid winning an NFB scholarship</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">February 27, 2017 at 9:53:06 AM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" class="">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Chang, Patti" <<a href="mailto:PChang@nfb.org" class="">PChang@nfb.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<b class="">TEN BEST WAYS TO AVOID WINNING AN NFB SCHOLARSHIP<br class="">
</b>By Patti Gregory Chang, Chair of the NFB Scholarship Committee and
Debbie Stein, Chair of the NFB of Illinois scholarship Committee <br class="">
<br class="">
Over the years, thousands of qualified blind postsecondary students have
succeeded in not winning an NFB scholarship. If you wish to follow in
their footsteps, you are encouraged to employ any or all of these tried
and true techniques. For your convenience, we have arranged these methods
in reverse order, with the most successful listed last.<br class="">
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10. Wait until the evening of March 31 to upload your scholarship
application. By that time the site will be experiencing heavy traffic,
and you may be unable to upload all of your documents before the deadline
of midnight Eastern Time.<br class="">
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9. Omit as many of the required documents as possible, or submit them
after the deadline. <br class="">
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8. Appoint your mother to speak to the scholarship chair on your behalf.
Encourage her to call regularly, raising all of your questions and
concerns, including those that never occurred to you. <br class="">
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7. Address your essay to Dear ACB Scholarship Committee, Dear
Admissions Director, or Dear
any other entity other than the NFB
Scholarship Committee. <br class="">
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6. Don't proofread your essay or application. This technique is
especially easy to follow when you compile your material on the evening
of March 31.<br class="">
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5. Invite your mother, your sister, or your best friend to write your
letter of recommendation.<br class="">
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4. Insist that your mother write your essay. Send it from her email
address so the scholarship committee will be sure to give her proper
credit for her hard work. <br class="">
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3. Make sure you are eating supper or chewing gum during your scholarship
interview. A loud TV in the background is also very effective. <br class="">
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2. Avoid scheduling an interview with your state president for as long as
possible or fail to answer the phone when the president calls you at the
time you finally designated. <br class="">
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1. The most reliable method to avoid winning a scholarship is not to
apply at all. So do not visit
<a href="https://nfb.org/scholarships" class="">https://nfb.org/scholarships</a>
or check with your state affiliate about state NFB scholarships.
Thousands of students can testify that this method is 100 percent
foolproof. You can't win a scholarship if you don't apply!<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
Patti S. Chang Esq.<br class="">
Director of Outreach<br class="">
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<br class="">
(410) 659-9314, extension 2422 | <a href="mailto:pchang@nfb.org" class="">pchang@nfb.org</a><br class="">
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