Science and Engineering Scholarships and Fellowships Blog

Flip Tomato posted to his blog that it is time to start grad school/fellowship applications. He provides quite a range of advice on what to get started on such as meeting with faculty advisers, arranging for letters of recommendation, talking to current graduate students…

Yes, it’s summer and you’re probably working hard in labs on your senior thesis. But rest assured every hour you spend now organising your applications and writing personal statements will make your life much easier fall semester.
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Now this is what I really wanted to get to. If you haven’t already, you should start writing personal statements right now. Unless you’re secretly a writer (… or perhaps a blogger?), you probably cannot write your best statement in a week. What you should be concerned about is sending out sub-par personal statements to the schools with earlier due dates. Spend a time “thinking deeply” about how to present yourself. Your statement should contain a little bit of personal information, a lot about how you’ve demonstrated research potential, and a bit that’s specific to each school/fellowship.

For more ideas see links to advice on applying for science and engineering fellowship on my personal blog. And don’t forget our listing of science and engineering fellowships and scholarships.