Essay Writing Tips:
- Reflect on the transition that has shaped your preference.
Both Fulbright alums talked about their lives and how they observed what they could do best. One thought of his own love of teaching when he was helping younger ones learn while the other was saying that he went to school earlier with nothing much to do. He then started reading more science-related textbooks.
To me, the terms 'reflection' and 'transition' are real helpful to help us learn about ourselves ka.
- Leave passion behind as the second priority when time isn't right.
One alum's passion has always been in cooking with his desire to become a chef. Yet, his favorite subjects in Math and Physics made him decide to pursue Engineering as cooking may not have been suitable as a career yet.
้Nevertheless, he has benefited from this skill by cooking for his friends during the Fulbright years that made him a real 'Cultural Ambassador' for the Fulbright Program.
- Begin the essay forcefully to capture the readers'attention (with quote of your favorite or even twist the quote around to make a difference or with a phrase best describing oneself)
We took Fulbright's requirement as an example to show that within 300-400 word limits, applicants have to be concise and able to lead the judges to read with interest.
When using a quote, see if it's far too common to get attention. One could reword it like, 'Life is a journey.' into 'Life isn't a journey.' Then, try to reason all the way to end mentioning about it in another way.
- Use key technical terms to make the essay stand out for judges to see.
Technical terms will start with capital letters and then he was very interested in Educational Technology so he used the term EdTech in his writing which caught the eyes and attention of the judges right away out of his essay page.
- IMPACT adds real value to the applicant's quality
Both speakers mentioned 'IMPACT' a few times, saying that they thought hard what to do after their master's studies. This could replace the classic phrase we tended to write in the past, 'I'll come back to develop our country.' ka.
- 'Good to have help but it's you to choose what's best!'
The two asked others to help read and comment. Yet, after all, both agreed that they didn't follow everything others said as some ideas didn't seem to be their own selves.
This is good for those who help not to expect the writers to strictly follow them ka.
For this particular activities, we had a lucky draw to have 2 winners to be coached by us. We sure will let them feel free to pick and choose ka.
One speaker (visually impaired) gave me his reflections of the session which I'd like to share here na ka:
1. Everyone has strengths but we need to find out what it is. If we know ourselves well, it is easy to write an essay that reflects who we are.
2. Giving a chance for the audiences to ask questions and talk with us is very important because when in small group they are likely to ask any specific questions based on their need.
3. Using mentimeter can help engage audiences' attention. Most of them are a bit shy to ask questions; therefore, mentimeter can help them more confident to ask questions or share their experience during the presentation.
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