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Tips for Applicants

As you begin to gather and compose the materials for your application(s), it will be important that you stay organized and on schedule. The Application Checklist and the summary of basic Timelines and Deadlines for each of the major national fellowships will be of great assistance to you in this regard. The tips for essay writing and choosing recommenders will aide you with each of those portions of your application.

More specific tips for the Fulbright, Marshall, Rhodes, and Truman scholarships can be found on our Tips for National Fellowships and Scholarships page. Some of the suggestions that you will find there have been composed by a few of Villanova’s own most successful candidates.

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