<p>^^^</p>
<p>Although I am the scholarships advisor at my university, once a student has won, I send him/her to a designated person in the Financial Aid office to help with the paperwork. I think it’s best to rely on the experts.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your award!</p>
<p>Just remember to fill the paperwork out!</p>
<p>D forgot, so we had an interesting scramble later in the year.</p>
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lol. Yep. Yep. Mine did it fine the first year but had to scramble the second. Couple of geniuses, ain’t they, nmd? Sheesh.</p>
<p>Thanks curmudgeon. I’m going to meet with my financial aid advisor this week! Before I applied for the scholarship, I was talking to my Goldwater Representative and she said that as far back as she can remember, no one from my university has ever received the award (she’s been at the university for over 15 years now), so I think I’m actually the first Goldwater Scholar from my university! Due to this fact, I doubt anyone in the financial aid office has had actual experience with the Goldwater Scholarship, but I have faith that together, we’ll be able to figure the paperwork out and hash out those minor details that can cause serious damage if overlooked. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!</p>
<p>I am going to be applying this year - can someone give me advice on how the essays should be written and some general tips which could help me win this award?</p>
<p>az,</p>
<p>Talk to your campus rep. They know the most. </p>
<p>Your first hurdle is to be one of the nominees of your school. In my D’s year, one applicant eliminated himself because he did not take well the suggestions offered by the Goldwater Committee at the school. </p>
<p>Other than that, I don’t think there’s anything magical. Start early on the essay, get as much feedback from as many people as you can, and re-write. My D spent a good part of a vacation visiting her grandmother in Florida doing re-writes, which tells me success is a lot of hard work. She’s received other awards and scholarships that depend on essays since then. For each one, she spent weeks working on her writeups. She also had a panel of editors she used for advice. (proud to say I was one of the panelists? Not that she took much of my style or content advice. 
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<p>Bumpppp 2011 scholarship application is up?</p>
<p>One question-- after putting in all of the work for the Goldwater, does anybody know of any other science-related scholarships with similar requirements that may be easier to get? I figure since I’m putting so much effort into the essays I might as well use them as much as possible!</p>
<p>answer: none of a national nature.</p>
<p>The only two I’m aware of that have overlap are the Marshall and Rhodes, which are mildly coordinated, although too much re-use of personal statements and such can get one in trouble there, too.</p>
<p>I’m new to this all; what year do you normally apply for Marshall, Rhodes, etc.? Do most colleges have advisors that work with the student?</p>
<p>newmassdad, you mentioned about the representative. Does each college have a rep that coordinates for their college? If a student has an EFC, does the college lower that if the student gets the scholarship?</p>
<p>MCK,</p>
<p>find the faculty rep here: [Barry</a> M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program: Faculty Representatives](<a href=“http://www.act.org/goldwater/gfacrep.html]Barry”>Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education)</p>
<p>Rhodes, Marshall, as well as other national scholarships and fellowships are applied to senior year. </p>
<p>There are a few others than the Goldwater. Yale has a good list: [National</a> Fellowships | Find a Fellowship | Fellowship Programs | Academics | Yale College](<a href=“Yale College”>Yale College)</p>
<p>Good luck! Have fun.</p>
<p>newmassdad— thanks.</p>
<p>NMD - Got nominated by my school, now on to the application.</p>
<p>I figure to have a strong proposal (but then again, who doesn’t) - but my proposal describes my current work and what some of our prelim results are and in the last parapgraph I have a small - in the future, i will do this to get these results. Hopefully they save the world. I am not sure if that is enough, but from reading the PSU winning essay website (with one winning proposal) it seems like that student did the same.</p>
<p>Can any comment on how much proposing one has to do for the future?</p>
<p>Also, my short essays are decent; how much value do you guys think each individual section has? For example, I heard that the major players were LOR, Proposal, and Research experience. I have a ton of research experience and hopefully good proposal and LORs…just wondering about my chances</p>
<p>az,</p>
<p>I have no insider knowledge of the process. Given the level of competition, though, I would assume that every part of the application is important. Plan to revise, revise, revise.</p>
<p>Your college should also review and have some suggestions.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Good luck AZ. Looking into this, since my D is interested. You’ll have to say later how you made out or what you learned about the process.</p>
<p>Anybody know when we’ll hear back? Haven’t really been focusing on it too much but now that the date is getting closer I’m starting to get anxious.</p>
<p>The Goldwater does not give a date that they will annnounce the results. Last year they announced on March 31st so I’m guessing it will be next week.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>The suspense is killing me!</p>
<p>Still nothing…</p>