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ouwant
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NCREASE yourappl
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s,

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ightpl
ace!
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f
orwr
iti
ngany
appl
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cat
ionand s
tar
tapplyingthem
i
mmedi
atel
y.

St
epbys
tep,youwi
l
lbec
omea
rej
ecti
on-
proofmasterofappl
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cati
on
wri
ting–ofanykind, ti
bei nternship,
conf
erence,schol
arshi
p
ors
omet
hingel
se!
1
Be
c
reat
iveanduni
que,
notbor
ing!

Okay
, i
magi
neyouhav
etor
ead800appl
i
cat
ionsand700oft
hem ar
e
thesame,f
eat
uri
ng:

-
Youngl eaderswhowantt ochangetheworl
d
-
Applic
ant swhowantt omeetnewpeopleandexpandt
hei
rknowledge
andhorizons(a.
k.a.t
ravel
)
-
Applic
ant sfrom poorercountr
ieswhoneedachancet
osucceed

Yes ,y
ougues sedit;
alloftheseappl
i
cati
onsendupint herec
ycl
ingbi
n,
alongsidethegeneri
conest hatweresentprev
iousl
yinthesameformto
thousandsofot heropportuni
ti
es.Ev
enthoughtheargumentsaboveare
vali
dr easonsf
ors el
ection,t
heyarenotpers
onal.

Yourappl i
cati
ons houldbeuniqueaseac honeofusisunique.
Everyone
ofyourans wersshouldbebas edony ourori
ginali
deasandthoughts
,
NOTbas edon“whatt heywantt ohear”,orevenworse“whatis
acceptabletowr i
te”(as,undoubt
edly
, youwil
lwindupwriti
ngone
more“y oungleader’sappli
cati
on”)
.

Thi
nkofcr
eati
veanduni
quewaystoanswerther
equi
rement
ssetby
theor
gani
zer
s.Thi
sbri
ngsustothenex
tgoldenr
ule;
2
ReadADDsc
aref
ull
yandseehow
y
oucan bes
tres
pond
t
other
equi
rement
s!

Herewear e!Si
tdownandc ar
efull
yr eadt hr
oughwhati nterns hips ,
confer
enc es,scholars
hipandot heroppor tuni
tyorganizersex pec tfrom
thei
rappl i
cants.Thismays oundobv i
ous ,butyouwoul dbes urpr i
s edby
thenumberofpeopl ewhodonotf ull
yr eadthepostingsfort he
opportuniti
estheyapplyfor.Ones tudentonc easkeduswhywedi dn’t
haveanAPPLYNOW but toninplaceofanappl i
cat
ionpr ocess( at
HeySuc cess.
com) .
Here’swhy :
organiz
erswantc andidat
eswhohavedev otedtimeand
energytotheirappl
icati
ons,thusprovi
ngthei
rdedic
at i
on,attent
ion
andwi l
l
ingnesstowor k
. I
tals
os howsthatyoucareabouty ourwork
andc anmeetex pect
ations.
Beyonds i
mplyrespondi
ngt otherequir
ement swit
hy ourex
per
ience
andk nowledge,thi
nkofwhatadditionalbenefi
tyoucanaddtothe
organizati
ons ponsor
ingtheopportunit
yort othewor l
dasawhole:
may bey ouhaveamaz i
ngc ont
acts
, oryouc ancontr
ibutewi
thcoola
presentation/sessi
on?

I
fyoudonothavemuchr
elevantexperi
ence,
donotgi
veup!Usewhat
y
ouhaveand,bel
iev
eme,yourhonestyandpass
ionwi
llber
ecogni
zed.
3Benefits
Fir
stofal
l
moneyony
,
Del
i
v

ous
er

beari
i
nmi
mpl
ndt
ybec
hatnoonei
auseyouar
swi
ea“
l
l
i
y
ngtos
oungl
elec
ty
eaderwi
ouors
l
li
ngt
pend
omeet
newpeopleandlearnnewt hi
ngs”(because,
inas ense,
t hi
smeansthat
youarepurelyatouri
st)
.

Or
gani
zer
smustbeget
ti
ngar
etur
noni
nvest
mentbysel
ect
ingy
ou!

Thebestwayt ol
earnwhatr eturntheyexpectistoconcentr
ateont he
gol
denr ul
enumbert wo.Iwoul
dal sosuggestthatyoureadevenmor e
abouttheorgani
zers(univ
ersi
ty,company,country
,etc),
inv
esti
gate
howy oucancontri
bute,andi
nc l
udethisi
ny ourproposal
/appli
cat
ion.
4
I
gues
sthi
ss
NEVER
GI
VEUP!
houl
dbenumberone?

Wheny oustarts
endingputyourappli
cations,don’
texpectthat
ever
y onewil
l besuperhappyt
os eeit
,forgetaboutairplanesparkedi
n
fr
ontofy ourdoorsandhotLufthans
aai r
-attendant
swel comingyouon
board…
Thet
rut
his
:youwi
l
lrec
eiv
emanyr
ejec
tions
.Yes
,many
!Thegood
newsi st hatyouwi l
llear
nALOT. I
fy oudonotgi veupandt akeevery
rejecti
onasani nval
uablelesson, yourr ej
ecti
onratewill
dr op
signif
icantlyv
er yrapidl
y.Thebes tpar tisthatyouwill
comet o
under standthemos tamaz i
ngt ruthev er(well
,oneoftopt hr
ee):
REJECTI ONi sNOTREJECTI ON;itisREDI RECTIONt osomet hingeven
bet t
er,mor eexc i
ti
ngandc ert
ainlytos omethingwherey ourinborn
talentsfitmuc hbetter.

So,embr acerej
ecti
onandgetus
edtorecei
vi
ngasmanyofthem
possible.Bett
ertodothatwhenyouar
eas tudentt
hanwhenyouare
l
ookingf orajobanddonothavemuchtime(ormoney!
)tof
ull
yenj
oy
thegr eatnessofrej
ect
ions
.
5
Every
onel
Bec
or
f

i
k
i
har
gi
ort

esc
mi
nal
ng!
andbeaut
heappl
i
c

ompl
i
at
i

ment
i
onr
f
ul
ec

s,
i
pi
ent
!

butbecaref
ul
Wr
i

her
tes
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e!I
fy
hing

ouwri
te
somethi
ngtoogener
al(forexampl
e“Iappreci
ateki
ndnes
sofyour
peopl
e”)y
oumaybet aggedasamani pul
ator
.

Readmor
eabouttheappl
i
cat
ion’sreci
pient
,fi
ndsomethi
ngt
hey
arees
pec
ial
l
yproudofandus
et hatinyourpropos
al,

BUT…
6
Fi
rstofal
l
,
Behones
NOTf
ak
t
e!
donotex
,
agger
atewi
thc
ompl
i
ment
s!

Secondly,nevereverc
heatwit
hregardstoyourprev
iousex
peri
enc
eand
knowledge.Notonlycanyoubeeasi
lycaughtout
,youcandamageyour
reput
at i
onf orev
er.

I
tismuc hbet
tertoc oncentr
ateony ourcur
rentexper
ienceandpm
ful
fi
l
li
ngonallt
her equir
ement ssetbytheorgani
zers(
togetherwi
th
provi
di
ngconcret
ebenef it
sforthem).
7 Bepos
Noonewant
i
t
andopt
i
i
v
snegat
i
e
mi
s
v
ti
c
epeopl
eonboar
d,s
impl
east
hat
!

Avoidc omplai
ningaboutyourcurrents i
tuat
ion,
environment,count
ry,
uni
v ersit
y,etc.
Ifther
eiss omethi
ngy oudonotlike,
us ethatasan
oppor t
unitytoexpressyourproacti
vi
t yandpassi
onforc hangi
ngit,
turningitint
oanadv ant
age.
8
Peopl
“y
ouli
kec
c
Be
i
hal
l
onc
nnov
edonotcar
r
et
at
i
et
v
eand
ewithyouri
haty
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engesandmeet
i
ai
mt
deas
ohav
ean“
ngnewpeopl
e”
i
nnov
!Any
at
iv
onec
emi
nd”ort
ans
ayit!
hat

Proveitwi thconcr
eteexperi
encesandreall
if
er esults
!Wheny oushow
yourideasandt hei
rbenefi
tstoorgani
zers,
bec onc r
ete!Ifyoucan,
i
nc l
udec oncreteacti
onsormilest
one’
syou’v
eac hievedandt hei
r
i
mpac ts( butmakes ur
ethatappli
cati
onspaceallowsf orthosedet
ail
s).
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tps

9 Al
fr
al
way
sas
om t
umni
kf
hel
as
!Fi
or
ts
ndt
ucc
es
hem,t
sf
ul
her
s
pec
i
appl
ei
i
c
sal
al
ti
ant
way
ps
sand
saway!

Thi
sisthecli
ncher
!Thosewhohavealr
eadysucceededi
nevery
thi
ng
youhav
ey ettodoarethebes
tsourceofpower
fuladvi
cefory
ou.
Tr
ytousesoc
ial
media,
yourper
s onalc
ontact
s,t
heoppor
tuni
ty’
s
webs
ite–t
herewil
lbeawaytolocatethos
epeopl
e.

Thendonothesit
atetocontactthem.Beconcr
ete,ki
ndandspeci
fi
c.
(SomeemailsI
’v
er ec
eiv
edr ead:
“Hi,I
wantthatschol
ars
hip…hel
p”.
Iti
s
verydi
ff
icul
ttowanttorespondtothese.
)

Thi
nkaboutconcretequesti
onsy oucanaskand,attheend,t
rytoof
fer
somekindofbenefi
tforthepersonyouareex pect
ingt
oansweryou.At
thever
yleast
,showy ourgrati
tudebyoff
eringthem adri
nkorthe
equi
val
entasat hankyou.

Ther
eisoneaddi
ti
onal
kil
l
eri
dea…r
eady
?
10
Yes
i
nc
,
r
ther
eas
ei
ey
salway
sa“
ourappl
ic
at
Fi

s
i
t
addi
nd
way
y
epf
on’
sc
ur
t
t
ional
stosucceedwith
ourappl
i
cat
ion!
her
hanc
”t
haty
esofsuc
c
ouc
es
s
ant
.
akei
nor
dert
o

Forexample,doyouhaveaprofes
sor,
previousi
nter
nshipcoor
dinator,
mentororc ontac
twhoi si
nanywayrel
atedt ot
heorganiz
ati
onorc ountr
y
youareapplyingto?I
fyes,
askhimtopreparearecommendationforyou.

Opportuni
ti
esar
eendl
ess
.Jus
tus
eyourc
reat
ivi
tyand,
agai
n,donott
ry
tocheat!