The Scholarship

From Tara Kuther, Ph.D. As a college professor, many students approach me for letters of recommendation. Writing these letters is one of the most challenging aspects of my job. How do you fit a comprehensive profile and assessment of a student into a 1-2 page letter? How do you ensure that students provide you with [...]

A letter of intent is typically written by a student who is looking to sell himself to an undergraduate college/university, a graduate school, an athletic department at a college/university, or a business that provides an internship. The purpose of the letter of intent is a sales pitch. You are selling yourself and your abilities. As [...]

The CV (resume, in American English) is meant to introduce you and your background to somebody who does not know you and barely has time to get to know you. It should present you in the best possible light, in a concise and well-structured manner. There are plenty of resume-writing guides out there, that can [...]

At 10 am on 10 September 2007 I started the interview in a room at Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta, second floor. It was a bit late since the original schedule was 9.45 am. Three interviewers were in the room: two ladies from AusAID and one gentleman from the Australian Embassy for Indonesia. Like other [...]

Great advice from Simon Peyton Jones at Microsoft Research.

By Kay Peterson, Ph.D. Before you submit your scholarship application, check out these tips, provided by scholarship sponsors nationwide. Tip #1: Apply only if you are eligible. Read all the scholarship requirements and directions carefully to make sure you’re eligible before you send in your application. Tip #2: Complete the application in full. If a [...]

Great advice from Simon Peyton Jones on how to give a good research talk. Simon Peyton Jones is a researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England, and a Professor of the Computing Science Department at Glasgow University.

Education is invesment. Expensive of expense of education can be overcome with looking for source of fund like from scholarship. To submit the application of scholarship there are some tips which must be known: Do your research. Take the time to look for various scholarships and their requirements and deadlines. Ask your friends, guidance counselor, [...]