{"id":166,"date":"2011-05-11T15:12:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T22:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.155.6.59\/south-counselling\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:16:38","slug":"tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/scholarships\/tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips!"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Starting in <strong>Grade 10<\/strong>, begin a file containing reference letters, certificates, awards etc&#8230;&nbsp; If you can&#8217;t prove your involvement in a volunteer activity, then it will not be counted for the most prestigious awards<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer work refers to both in school (eg: committees, organizing events) and in the community (eg: volunteer work with children, seniors, sports teams)\n<ul>\n<li>For some scholarships, volunteer work is just as important as academic achievement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>READ the application <em>carefully<\/em>!!!&nbsp; Each scholarship has unique requirements, deadlines and ways of handling the forms.&nbsp; It is very important that you do <strong>exactly<\/strong> what the instructions say and provide the documentation required.&nbsp; DO NOT miss deadlines!!&nbsp; <strong>Include a cover letter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Give teachers and other referees 2-3 weeks notice to write reference letters<\/li>\n<li>Keep your <a href=\"https:\/\/moscropsecondaryscholarships.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/moscrop-scholarship-profile-form-fillable.pdf\">Moscrop Student Scholarship Profile<\/a> up to date!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting in Grade 10, begin a file containing reference letters, certificates, awards etc&#8230;&nbsp; If you can&#8217;t prove your involvement in a volunteer activity, then it will not be counted for the most prestigious awards Volunteer work refers to both in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/scholarships\/tips\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1834,"featured_media":0,"parent":111,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1834"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3077,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions\/3077"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}