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Description: Retro '50s rectangles fill the screen. White text appears saying, Scholarship Application Instructions.
Description: Boxes and text dissolve to show computer screen open to the dashboard of the application process. On the left is a yellow box which states one item requires completion. On the right is a gray box which says Scholarships closing in 21 days. She opens the application, which starts out with asking personal information.
MARITSSA BONILLA
GUERRA: Hey, Panthers, before completing your
scholarship application you are required to
watch this short video so you know exactly how to
fill out your scholarship application, and some
of your questions are answered before
even applying. So let's get started. The first section,
sections 1 through 4, which are your
personal information, academic information, financial
information, and qualification questions are straightforward
yes or no and multiple choice sections. Please make sure you answer
these questions accurately as they will match you to the
scholarships you qualify for. Answering these questions
wrong can either disqualify you or mistakenly qualify
you for a scholarship you don't qualify for. Students usually don't have any
problems with these sections, however I do want
to go over one where I have received many
questions and that is your financial information. So there is one question here
where students get stuck on and that is your independent
or dependent question.
Description: She scrolls to the section in question.
So you can read
this section here to determine if you're
independent or dependent applicant. If you are over
the age of 24, you are considered an
independent applicant. If you are under the age of 24,
however you live on your own, you are still considered
an independent applicant. If you are under the age
of 24 and you live at home or dependent of
your parents, you are considered a
dependent applicant. What you select here will
determine what questions you will receive. If you select independent,
you will be asked questions about yourself and your income. If you select
dependent, you will be asked questions about
your parents and their income status. One question in common
in both of these outcomes is your total annual
gross household income. So here you want to
make sure you insert this amount using numbers only. Do not use dollar signs,
commas, or decimals. Another section I
want to talk to you about is your work experience
and extracurricular activities. Please fill out
this section exactly as you would if you
were filling out an application for employment. Make sure your
dates are accurate. Also, make sure you
include any volunteer and extracurricular activities. Community involvement
is an important quality in this section. If you are involved in any kind
of service to the community, make sure you include it here. If you are not involved
in the committee or on campus because of work
or any responsibilities, please make sure you
include an explanation of this in your
personal statement. The very bottom of
this section, we have your educational statement
and your personal statement. Let's go over your
educational statement section. Your educational goal statement
should be clear and precise and your current short-term
and long-term educational and career goals. You can follow this guideline
I created just as a suggestion, however you can freely write
it however you would like. I will paste this guideline
at the end of the video so that you can copy and
paste it onto a Word document and use it as an outline. So there are four points
to the outline I created. The first one is
an introduction. So you might want to
talk about your purpose at Chaffey College,
why you chose to come to Chaffey College, or
what circumstances brought you here. The second point would be
your major of study Chaffey. So what degree or
certificate you are seeking, and what inspired you to pursue
this degree or certificate? The third point is a purpose
for obtaining this degree or certificate. So do you need this degree to
transfer to a certain four year university that
you have in mind? Or if pursuing a
certificate, will help you obtain a specific employment? And then finally is
stating your long-term educational and career goal. If receiving an
associate's degree, you might want to explain how
this will eventually lead you to your long-term goal, which
could be maybe obtaining a master's degree or a
PhD in a specific area. Or if pursuing a
certificate, if this will lead to a job advancement. Finally, as your
personal statement, I want to briefly read this
over to point some things out. So it reads, "this section
is your opportunity to provide further information
about yourself that will assist the committee in
selecting you as a recipient. Examples-- tell
your story, share your financial situation, your
challenges and aspirations. Please keep in mind
this section will have a great impact on
whether you are selected as a scholarship recipient. Not giving enough detail
will affect your score. Minimum word count is 200." So let's point out the fact
not giving enough detail will affect your score. It is important that you
elaborate as much as possible as to all the
different challenges to your financial situation
or your aspiration. Don't just say things
straight to the point. Don't just say, "I need money." Well, guess what? Everybody else does. Why is it that you need money? What makes you different
than other students? What is going to make the
readers want to give you this scholarship money? What is going to make
them think that you need it more than other students do? Always keep this in
mind when writing your personal statement. You want to elaborate
as much as possible and make sure you
fully explain yourself and every last bit of
your financial or personal situation. Finally, your personal statement
does have a minimum word count of 200. We can see, in our
system, exactly how much your word count is. If you are anywhere
under 200, we will have to take you off
of the applicant pool. Please make sure you have
at least 200 word count. The system itself does tell
you what your word count is, backwards. However, I strongly
recommend that you type out both statements
on a Word document and then just copy and paste
them onto the application. This will help you
see if you have any spelling or
grammatical errors, and it will help you
correct them before even submitting your application. Another thing I
want to recommend is that if you're having
trouble with completing your personal or
educational statement, you can always take advantage
of the great resources that Chaffey has to offer
and go to one of the three wonderful writing
success centers and get help from
the tutor there. This is great if
you want somebody to read over your statements
or if you want somebody to suggest edits. They're really good with helping
students out with any writing assignments, and they also
have workshops for filling out scholarship applications. So it really is
a great resource; please take advantage
of all the great things Chaffey has to offer. So that is the last portion of
the scholarship application. If you completed
all of the sections, it should give you
a status update under the title of the tab.
Description: Hovers mouse over the third tab down, under Application, which reads, Financial Information, and it has underneath in italics, In Progress.
So you see here it
says In Progress. If you were to complete
all of the sections, it would say Completed
under these five tabs. And only until all of
these are completed you would be able to go
into the certification and authorization,
read this statement, electronically sign
your application and include the
date, and then this would be highlighted
in yellow and you would be able to submit
your application. If, for some reason, you are
missing one question on any of these tabs, it would say
In Progress as it does here, and it would not let you
submit your application. So make sure that you
are looking at these tabs before submitting your
application making sure that they all say Completed
before you finally decide to be able to
submit your application. Once you submit
your application, if you qualify for
any scholarships that require additional
items or documents, it would tell you here. As it reads now, it
would say x amount of items requiring completion. You would select this
tab and complete whatever it is that they are requesting. Once you have fully completed
all of your pending items, you will be able to look
into the scholarships tab, see all of the scholarships
we have to offer, and it would give
you a status here. So if you qualified for
any of these applications, it would say Applied. If you did not qualify
for certain scholarships, it will say Not Qualified. And it will go on to do this
for every single scholarship, so then you can
get a total number of the amount of
scholarships you qualify for. And that's pretty much it. That's the end of my video. If you have any
questions, please feel free to give the
foundation office a call. Anybody in the office
should be able to answer any of your questions in regard
to the scholarship application. Our number to the
office is 652-6545. If you're not able to
call during office hours, you can also send me an
email at Maritssa.Bonilla Guerra@Chaffey.edu. That is Maritssa,
M-A-R-I-T-S-S-A, .Bonilla, B-O-N-I-L-L-A, Guerra,
G-U-E-R-R-A, @Chaffey.edu. Thank you for watching
my video, and good luck with your scholarship
application.
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