[nabs-l] NFB national convention scholarship

[Cindy Bennett]

Hi,

I think that asking previous winners to share their essays can be
affective. I found that all essays I read were different, but they did
help me to narrow down some experiences that I wanted to include. I
would suggest that if you know previous winners personally to reach
out to them personally. I did this and reiterated that I would not
share their work but was just using it for reference to learn what a
successful essay reads like. If you do not know any previous
scholarship winners, reach out to your affiliate president; you will
be asking them for a letter of recommendation anyway, so establishing
the connection early if you haven't already is always a good idea.
Since they are the affiliate president, they likely know former
winners. You can also reach out to anyone on the committee. Patti
Chang is the chair person, and I am serving on the committee this year
as well. Finally, I know that numerous student divisions are hosting
scholarship conference calls facilitated by an committee member, so
keep an eye out for those announcements to get an opportunity to ask a
committee member your questions directly.

Cindy

On 1/6/15, Miso Kwak via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Shikha and anybody who may be interested...
> First I want to make sure the scholarship you are applying is not the
> convention scholarship but the national scholarship. Finalists are
> invited and provided travel expanses to the national convention but the
> scholarship itself is for educational purpose not the attendance of
> convention
> In this case, I am by no means an expert; only an experience of
> becoming a finalist once in 2013.
> This essay was difficult as I was not sure how and what to talk about
> on my essay.
> I ended up just being honest and myself. This sounds like such a cliche
> but this is the best way to communicate yourself. Of course a lot of
> proofreading and editing was involved. Also, it seems to be helpful if
> you can write about how NFB has shaped your life, experience,
> perspectives, etc. At the time I had not as much involvement with the
> NFB but I was still able to write something.
> Best of luck to all who are applying!
> Miso Kwak
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gloria Graves via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> To: Alana Leonhardy <alana.leonhardy at gmail.com>; National Association
> of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 6:16 am
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB national convention scholarship
>
> Hi,
> Would you also send it to me as well because I also will be applying
> for the scholarship. I will be a grad student I want to try to apply
> for as many scholarships as possible and the scholarship always seems
> to be one of the harder ones when it comes to knowing what exactly the
> scholarship committee is looking for an NSA. Thank you so much
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 6, 2015, at 4:38 AM, Alana Leonhardy via nabs-l
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Sure. If I can locate it, I'll send it your way.
>> Alana
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2015, at 20:56, Shikha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey
>>>
>>>
>>> I am applying for the NFB National convention scholarship again. I
> am having a little bit of trouble writing the essay. Do you think
> anyone that has one the NFB national convention scholarship can let me
> see their essay.Shikha.
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Cindy Bennett
1st Year Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
Human Centered Design and Engineering

Treasurer of the Greater Seattle Chapter and of the National
Federation of the Blind of Washington
Affiliates of the National Federation of the Blind

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